Advice and answers from the Advanced Web Ranking Team
Why am I being charged VAT?
Learn why VAT is applied to your Advanced Web Ranking subscription.
According to international financial and legal regulations, all software service purchases are accompanied by sale taxes.
Avangate BV dba 2Checkout, the authorized payments processor for Advanced Web Ranking, is responsible for collecting the sale taxes applied to new acquisition or renewal orders placed for our service.
The full list with the sale tax rates and countries for which they are collected is available on our partner e-commerce partner website.
European Union Countries
VAT is applied according to the rates available in the country from which the order is placed. The tax is listed separately on your invoice, and is applied only to customers who are private individuals or businesses without VAT ID registered for intra-EU Community transactions.
Companies with VAT ID registered in the VIES system are exempted from VAT charges.
If you are placing the order for an EU Company, please make sure you add your Company Name and VAT ID on the purchase form:

Non-European Union Countries
Purchases made by companies registered in Iceland, Norway, Russia, Serbia, Switzerland and Turkey are subject to each country’s VAT rate.
Non-European countries
Purchases made by companies registered in Argentina, Australia, Belarus, India, Japan, New Zealand, South Africa, South Korea, Taiwan and United Arab Emirates are subject to VAT / sale tax rates established according to international regulations.
United States
Avangate BV dba 2Checkout is authorized to collect VAT / sales tax for several US states, available on our e-commerce partner website.
Tax rates vary depending on the zip code entered in the purchase form at the time when placing the order.
Do you have any other questions? Don’t hesitate to get in touch and we will keep building the FAQ.
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