[Denlian]

Hi Marie

Yes the agency was raising the invoices on the bands behalf. However, the invoices were not consecutively numbered i.e. the numbers were related to the contracts the agency issued to performers so one number might be 778 the next might be 988. The invoice date was sometimes shown in american format i.e. month/day/year rather than day/month/year so all confusing.

Also the agency did not operate the reverse charge procedure for B2B shows that were performed in the EU. In fact they didn’t seem to be that aware of the procedure.

The band now issue their own invoices and have these passed onto the promoter.

It seems odd that what happens in practice seems to go against what the VAT regs say – but I guess if everything was by the book it might make life too easy!

Thank you very much for you input Marie, I must admit there is a lot of useful reading on the forum (yes I know – I need to get a life!!

Best wishes and have a good Christmas

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