Yeah that was how I remembered it was actually. Thanks for the link. So it is not a flat 20% for every country which is in Europe.

But at the moment I am looking at some confusing thngis regarding which VAT actually applies.. where the customer is living are where the seller is, which would be gog in cyprus...

Hmmm, I didn't know that. That certainly seems like a less confusing way to do it. Maybe GOG should include VAT and have a * at the bottom?

* Price includes VAT for YOUR COUNTRY

On the other hand, it'd be super-confusing on the front page.

Sorry wasnt answering in particular to your game heh.

Gog pays Vat, I'm fine with paying up to 19% extra since that is german VAT, usually the conversion is much higher though.
Although for GoG it probably makes no difference as they hand out gift cards for the extra difference.

In this discussion elsewhere on the boards, there were always people saying, that since GoG makes it's transactions through Cyprus, that the VAT from Cyprus is used for wherever you buy the stuff from, is this right?

+1

And I may add, that average income in a country has huge diversity depending on the region, not to mention that even your neighbor could earn 5 times as much as you and this whole reasoning with poor Russia is full of fail from the start.

I earn slightly less than the average Russian, welcome to Eastern Germany.
Basing a price system on national discrimination which is mostly based on prejudices is so wrong.
Charging the Balkan states as much as the rest of Europe is wrong anyway.

VAT in Germany is 19%, not 20.

Haha I like Russia it slaps the "we must raise prices because of piracy" so in the face ;D

The problem with that reasoning is double:

a) There are countries in the EU price zone that have income levels at the level or under the level of Russian income. So, why does Bulgaria pay the strong price then ? Where is that "fair purchasing power" consideration for say, Greece , or Romania ?

b) Russian income varies widely between West / East, Large cities, vast spaces out there, Oligarchs / Middle class/ working class. In fact games are likely to sell mainly amongst the middle class , I suppose. So putting that low price as " the only way for them to buy it" is a bit.... too mainstream thinking.

The only fair way to treat customers is one world base price + VAT charged separately when applicable.

Yes it does, it shows that piracy helps you reducing the price for your fellow comrades, lol.

That's how I do it via my own site.

Has anyone a reliablel source saying if VAT has to be paid according to the consumers country or according to the country the seller (aka gog) is located? Since I am finding infos on the internet which say either one or the other and one must be false^^

If the VAT is charged according to the country gog is in, then your prices for Infested planet are ok for Europe since the small difference is probably just the rounding to fit the game into gog pricing schemes.
But the sad truth is, sad most of the time regional prices are not just added taxes but a lot more.

Just out of curiosity, do you pay VAT to the EU ? Or do you use a big Provider like BMT Micro which does it automatically ?
If it's not done automatically it is much more honest than most any small out of EU business heh

I use BMT Micro and they handle all that stuff for me (in exchange for 9% of the money).
I'm not an accountant - I make games, so the less time spent doing taxes the better.

When you insist on adding VAT to the prices GOG has to compensate out of their own pocket (due to their fair price policy) the European costumers for paying a higher price than people in the US. I don't think that is fair to GOG.

If you find that GOG pays only the Cyprus rate, please let me know and I'll ask them to change the price.

I suspect that it's otherwise, though. I know even my friends on Canada who sell on the Android store have to pay VAT per-country. They don't even have any offices or anything in the EU.

bleh