# Buying as a business: invoice, VAT-ID and reverse charge

> Buying for your company? Here is how to get an invoice made out to your business, and in many cases an invoice without VAT.

Source: https://tentary.com/en/help/buying-as-a-business/
Last updated: 2026-09-04

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Buying for your company? You say so during checkout and get an invoice made out to your business.

## Saying so at checkout

On the checkout page, where you are asked what kind of customer you are, choose **Company** instead of **Individual**. Two extra fields then appear:

- **Company name**: the name that should appear on the invoice
- **VAT-ID**: your VAT identification number

Both go straight onto your invoice.

> **Note:** Not every shop offers business purchases. Sellers can limit their shop to private customers, in which case you never see the choice.

## Invoice without VAT

If the seller is based in a different EU country than you, no VAT is charged. The tax liability passes to you. This is called the reverse charge procedure, and your invoice then carries this line:

**Reverse charge procedure: Tax liability of the recipient**

Your VAT-ID has to be valid for this. We check it against the European database automatically during checkout.

## When VAT is charged anyway

- **The shop is based in your own country.** The local VAT rate applies, to businesses as well.
- **Your VAT-ID is missing or invalid.** Without a valid VAT-ID your purchase is treated like a purchase by a private individual.

If the shop is based outside the EU, no VAT is charged either. And if the seller uses the [small business regulation](https://tentary.com/en/help/small-business-regulation/), the invoice never shows VAT.

> **Important:** We do not provide tax advice. How you treat the purchase in your bookkeeping is a question for your tax adviser.

## Forgot to enter something?

A company name or VAT-ID cannot be added by yourself after the purchase. Contact the seller of the product. See [I did not receive an invoice, or it is incorrect](https://tentary.com/en/help/missing-or-incorrect-invoice/) for more.