EU VAT/Quickbooks problem

[aranell]

I have an Irish supplier who have charged me 20.99% on all my purchases. Obviously, I need to claim this back (because the VAT is zero rated), but does anyone know how to add these invoices into Quickbooks. Do I just add the invoice amount without the VAT? Or do I have to setup a new VAT code within Quickbooks? If I need to add a new VAT code, does it matter what I put in the 'VAT code' section when I'm setting up the new code? (I hope that sort of makes sense!)

[Eric Mc]

Is your Irish supplier based in the Irish Republic?

If he is, you cannot recover from the UK VAT authorities any Irish VAT he may have charged you.

The only way to get the Irish VAT back is for him to issue to you revised invoices with the Irish VAT content he incorrectly charged removed. Alternatively, he could isssue you with a Credit Note reducing the value of the original invoices he issued to you to their correct "Zero Rate" value.