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/