# Intra-Community Invoicing from Greece, With and Without VAT

> In the normal case an intra-community invoice is issued at 0% VAT and all you do is pick the right country on the customer. There is also the case where Greek VAT has to be charged, and that one needs a setting you must switch back afterwards.
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An intra-community transaction is one with a customer in **another European Union member state**. In the usual case you issue at **0% VAT** and no setting is involved. There is also the case where Greek VAT has to be charged, and that one needs a change you must put back afterwards.

### The normal case: intra-community at 0% VAT

Add the customer with **their country** selected instead of Greece, fill in the remaining details, and [issue the document](https://wrapp.ai/en/resources/how-to-issue-an-invoice) as usual. The system recognises the intra-community transaction from the country and transmits it to myDATA with the matching classification.

Because you are issuing with zero VAT, the **reason for the exemption** is stated too: the article of the Greek VAT Code it rests on. Which article applies depends on the transaction, so see the [list of VAT exemption articles](https://wrapp.ai/en/resources/vat-exemption-articles-greece) and confirm it with your accountant.

To verify the customer intra-community VAT number, [VAT-number lookup](https://wrapp.ai/en/resources/customer-vat-lookup-taxisnet) runs against VIES, the EU database.

### The exception: when Greek VAT has to be charged

Some intra-community transactions do not meet the conditions for the exemption and have to be invoiced with Greek VAT. **Whether yours is one of them is a tax question**, not an application setting: confirm it with your accountant before you go ahead.

To make the document reach myDATA carrying Greek VAT, go to `Settings → Invoice Preferences → Other Options` and find the **«Αποστολή Παραστατικών στο myDATA»** section. In its initial state both fields sit at `Προεπιλογή`, the default.

![The myDATA transmission section with service and sales invoices both left at the default](https://wrapp.ai/assets/wrapp_mydata_send_settings-bb509b32fe9d4bc5b09847768c69489e8adca091d60c98db66605ec351e2a9f9.png)

Change the field matching the document you are about to issue, **service invoices** or **sales invoices**, to **«Ως Εσωτερικού»**, meaning as domestic, and save.

![The same two fields switched to as domestic](https://wrapp.ai/assets/wrapp_mydata_send_as_domestic-bd56f8807e240edd95c34edc3c94ffdab4e777fceb5731832a3babfaae764631.png)

Issue the document you need.

**Put the setting back as soon as you have issued.** It is global, not per document. Left on, every intra-community invoice you issue afterwards goes to myDATA as a domestic transaction, with the wrong classification.

If your customer is **outside the EU**, the transaction is not intra-community. See the guide to [invoicing a customer outside the EU](https://wrapp.ai/en/resources/invoice-non-eu-third-country-greece).

## Frequently asked questions

### When is an intra-community invoice issued at 0% VAT?

In the usual case of a transaction with a business in another EU member state. Because you are issuing a document with zero VAT, the reason for the exemption is stated too, which is the article of the Greek VAT Code the zero rate rests on.

### When do I charge Greek VAT to an EU customer?

When the particular transaction does not meet the conditions for the exemption. Which transactions those are is a tax question, so confirm it with your accountant before you issue.

### What does the «Ως Εσωτερικού» option do?

It tells Wrapp to transmit the document to myDATA as though it were a domestic transaction, so it goes through carrying Greek VAT rather than the intra-community classification.

### Why do I have to switch the setting back after issuing?

Because it is a global setting, not a per-document one. Left on, every intra-community invoice you issue afterwards goes to myDATA with the wrong classification. Switch it back as soon as the document is issued.

### Do I need to change a setting for an ordinary 0% intra-community invoice?

No. In the normal case you touch no settings at all: pick the customer country and issue. The setting exists only for the exception, where Greek VAT has to be charged.

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