Your goods and services move across several countries. Each flow has its own VAT regime, its returns and its obligations — and the slightest blind spot is costly in the event of an audit. Our VAT compliance audit scrutinises every one of your operations: a complete tax diagnostic that leads to a clear, certified report — what to fix, what to declare, country by country.
When to run an audit
Certain stages in a company’s life make an audit essential. At each one, a blind spot can prove costly — here is where we step in most often.
You are migrating your invoicing. This is the moment to get the VAT configuration of every flow right — before a setup error repeats itself across thousands of invoices.
Without an audit: a faulty configuration duplicated across thousands of invoices.The tax authority has announced an inspection. We secure your positions, document your flows and audit trail, and support you in front of the inspector.
Without an audit: positions impossible to defend on the day.You have identified — or you fear — past errors. We quantify the exposure and build a controlled voluntary disclosure, country by country.
Without an audit: errors that snowball, interest and penalties included.You are opening new countries, a warehouse, a B2C channel. We map your obligations before the volumes take off, so you start out compliant.
Without an audit: overlooked obligations that explode as volumes grow.The scope
Like a technical inspection, every flow and every reporting obligation goes through our control points. A methodical review of your VAT — tailored to your flows and your activity, in France and in each of your countries of operation.
Actual chargeability of each operation, correct application of the reverse charge (Art. 194), recovery of input VAT.
Qualification of the regime for each flow, treatment of triangular transactions and chain supplies.
Thresholds, dispatches and arrivals, and consistency with your VAT returns.
Customer recap for goods: completeness, accuracy and consistency with the VAT declared.
Intra-EU B2B services subject to reverse charge by the customer: qualification and European declaration of services.
Crossing the single €10,000 threshold, choice of one-stop-shop regime and the related returns.
Where must you be registered? Stock abroad, local thresholds, specific obligations in each jurisdiction.
Mandatory wording, sequencing, and the documented link between invoice and operation required by the tax authority.
A method tailored to your flows and your activity — each point is qualified, country by country, by a tax specialist.
Our method
We carry the complexity of the analysis. You receive clear decisions.
We get to know your activity, your countries, your flows and the goal of the audit. Free, with no commitment.
You send us your flows, invoices, returns and ERP configuration, within a confidential framework. We guide the collection.
Our tax specialists qualify each operation: VAT regime, reporting obligations, points of non-compliance.
A clear, certified document, presented over a video call. You leave knowing exactly what to do.
Corrections, registrations, configuration: we support you through implementation, in France and abroad.
The deliverable
Not an unreadable technical PDF: a structured, accessible document, signed by the tax specialist who produced it.
From import to final sale — France, EU & export
02 Treatment by flow
Examples
Situations we come across regularly — including at companies that are otherwise well organised.
A missed reverse charge — intra-EU service purchases not reverse-charged, and therefore deductible VAT never recovered.
Stock in a country without a registration — a logistics warehouse that creates an overlooked local obligation.
The OSS threshold crossed without switching — B2C sales above €10,000 still declared in the wrong place.
Non-compliant invoice wording — the reverse charge applied without the legal wording, undermining the customer’s deduction.
An EMEBI and a VAT return that don’t match — a discrepancy the tax authority spots immediately.
An ERP change that propagates an error — a wrong VAT code duplicated across thousands of invoices.
Why us
Where others deliver an automated output, we commit the analysis of tax specialists — and we stay by your side after the report.
Each flow is qualified by an expert who stands behind their analysis. The report is reviewed and certified — it carries weight, not just an automated output.
We translate complexity into clear decisions. Your operational teams and your management alike can find their way around it.
Offices in France, Italy, Germany, Belgium, Poland, Czechia and Norway. Local compliance, wherever you operate.
From the audit to corrections, registrations and returns: the same team follows you over time.
FAQ
The VAT audit, made clear.
It depends on the scope: number of countries, volume and complexity of your flows. An audit focused on a single operation takes a few days; a complete, multi-country audit runs over a few weeks. The free scoping call lets us give you a precise timeframe right from the start.
The audit is carried out on a quote, drawn up after the scoping call. The price depends on the number of countries, the volume of flows to analyse and the objective (preventive diagnostic, preparation for an inspection, correction, etc.). You know exactly what is covered before you commit.
Depending on the scope: access to your flows (sales and purchases), a sample of invoices, your existing returns (VAT, Intrastat/EMEBI, EC Sales Lists, DES) and the VAT configuration of your software. We guide you precisely on the collection — you don’t need to know in advance what is relevant.
Yes. Your data is handled within a strictly confidential framework, and we sign a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) if you wish. It is a basic condition for this type of engagement.
The report contains a prioritised action plan. You can implement it yourself, or entrust the rest to us: corrections, registrations in the countries concerned, bringing the configuration into compliance and ongoing returns. We are also your fiscal representative wherever needed.
Yes. We prepare your positions and documentation beforehand, and we assist you throughout the procedure: dealings with the inspector, justification of the regimes applied, and responses to the tax authority’s requests.
All 27 European Union member states, as well as the United Kingdom, Switzerland and Norway. Our network of offices across Europe lets us analyse your local obligations country by country, without changing your point of contact.
Our tax specialists, experts in intra-EU VAT. Every report is reviewed and certified before it is delivered to you — our name stands behind the analysis, not just a software export.
30 min with a tax specialist to pin down your situation and define the scope of the audit. No commitment.
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