In the UK it used to be one form and a fee of £25 or something like that. I think, nowadays, that's probably just done online as well.

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cm2187 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

But I understand the admin has gone up significantly. Though I presume AI is pretty good at generating the boiler plate bureaucratic work (privacy policy, anti slavery statements, etc).

	▲	946789987649 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		You don't need that stuff for setting up a company, I've only come across those if we are going through due diligence with a (B2B) client.

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gwd 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

That won't get you a VAT ID, which is the key thing he says he needs to be able to bill people outside of Germany. It is significantly cheaper than 9k EUR and faster than 6 months to get in the UK, however.

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alexbilbie 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

It is free to become VAT registered and only takes a few days for the VAT number to be assigned and posted to you.

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notpushkin 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Do you really need a VAT ID though? There is the “reverse charge” mechanism, which IIRC you can use until you sell a lot in any given country. (IANAL)

	▲	sparkling an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Both parties having a VAT ID is actually a requirement to be able to use reverse charge: https://vatdb.com/reverse-charge/

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sscaryterry 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Yep, it is straight-forward.

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VadimPR 6 hours ago | parent [-]

The hard part, I heard, was closing a UK company!

	▲	pjc50 5 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		For a small company with 0 assets and one owner which has ceased trading, I believe you can just abandon it, stop filing and wait for it to be wound up - but check this!
	▲	pluies 5 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		It's honestly not hard either. Certainly doesn't require any face-to-face interaction or anything.