# Invoicing a Customer Outside the EU from Greece

> The process is the same as invoicing a customer in Greece, with one difference: the country you pick when you add the customer. From there Wrapp recognises the transaction as a third-country sale on its own and transmits it to myDATA with the right classification.
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A third country is any country **outside the European Union**. Issuing the document is no different from invoicing a customer in Greece. Exactly one thing changes, and it happens at the moment you add the customer.

### Step 1: Set the customer country

On the new customer form, the first field of the **General Information** section is the country, and it arrives preset to `Greece`. Change it to your customer country.

![The General Information section of the new customer form, with the country field preset to Greece](https://wrapp.ai/assets/wrapp_new_customer_country-a12a98e50c6daf55bfd63a6e420671795d7880818da8c0e37c7a6e67aaf57b61.png)

**That is the whole of what distinguishes the transaction.** You do not need to change any setting on your account to invoice a third country.

### Step 2: Fill in the rest of the details

Carry on with the remaining fields using whatever details you have for the customer. A customer outside the EU has no intra-community VAT number to verify, so [VAT-number lookup](https://wrapp.ai/en/resources/customer-vat-lookup-taxisnet) does not apply the way it does for domestic customers.

### Step 3: Issue the document

From here you [issue the document](https://wrapp.ai/en/resources/how-to-issue-an-invoice) as usual. Once you press **Submit**, the system recognises from the country that this is a third-country transaction and transmits it to myDATA on issue with the matching classification. You do not have to select it yourself.

### VAT and the reason for exemption

The VAT rate on transactions of this kind is **0%**. Because you are issuing a document with zero VAT, the **reason for the exemption** has to be stated too: the article of the Greek VAT Code the zero rate rests on. You pick it from the list and it is transmitted to myDATA along with the document.

**Which article applies depends on the transaction.** Picking the right one is a tax decision, not an application setting: it differs depending on whether you are selling goods or supplying services. See the [current list of VAT exemption articles](https://wrapp.ai/en/resources/vat-exemption-articles-greece) and confirm the article with your accountant before you issue.

If your customer is in a country **inside the EU**, the transaction is not a third-country sale but an intra-community one, and it follows different rules. See the guide to [intra-community invoicing](https://wrapp.ai/en/resources/intra-community-invoice-greece).

## Frequently asked questions

### What counts as a third country?

Any country outside the European Union. If your customer is in an EU member state the transaction is intra-community and follows different rules.

### Do I need to change a setting to invoice a third country?

No. Selecting the correct country on the customer record is enough. The system recognises the third-country transaction from that country and adjusts the myDATA classification when the document is issued.

### What VAT rate applies on a third-country invoice?

The rate is 0%. Because you are issuing a document with zero VAT, you also have to state the reason for the exemption, which is the article of the Greek VAT Code the zero rate rests on.

### Which VAT exemption article do I pick?

It depends on the transaction, so it is a decision to confirm with your accountant. You pick it from the exemption list once you set VAT to 0%, and the article is transmitted to myDATA together with the document.

### Do I need the customer VAT number?

Fill in whatever customer details you have. A customer outside the EU has no intra-community VAT number to verify, so VAT-number lookup does not apply the way it does for domestic customers.

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