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name: al-085-reverse-charge-vat-check-on-software-invoices
description: "Catch foreign software and ad invoices (Meta ads, Claude, Google Cloud) booked with local deductible VAT instead of reverse charge, like Tom Eberle's accounting agent that fixed all 34 wrongly booked invoices before his VAT refund claim. Use when the user wants help with vat & tax checks (finance) for a small business."
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# Reverse-charge VAT check on software invoices

Catch foreign software and ad invoices (Meta ads, Claude, Google Cloud) booked with local deductible VAT instead of reverse charge, like Tom Eberle's accounting agent that fixed all 34 wrongly booked invoices before his VAT refund claim.

## Inputs to collect first
Ask the user for anything below that they haven't already given you. Don't guess missing facts.

- Vendor, date, amount, VAT booked
- Country
- Your own material (text, notes or data)

## Instructions

Do the task below with the user's inputs in place of each [bracket].

Here are my invoices from foreign software and ad vendors: [paste or attach]. Here is how each one is booked in my accounting tool: [paste: vendor, date, amount, VAT booked]. I'm based in [country] and my business is VAT-registered. For each invoice, tell me: does the invoice say 'reverse charge' or show no VAT, how it's currently booked, and whether that looks wrong. Put the results in a table, list the ones to fix with the treatment you'd suggest, and add any questions I should confirm with my accountant. Don't change anything in my books; this is a review only.

## Safety checks (share these with the user)

- Check every figure, price and total against your own records before anything is sent, posted or booked. A person approves refunds, discounts, payments and price changes.
- Read and edit the draft before it reaches a customer or goes public. If you later automate this prompt, start with "draft and notify me", not "send automatically".
- Check names, dates, numbers and any claim against your own source material before you use the answer. AI can misread or invent details.
- Say clearly which parts need a person to review or approve before anything is sent, paid, posted or filed.

## About this skill

- Works with: ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Gmail, Xero, QuickBooks, Dougs + dougs-cli
- Based on this real-world example: https://x.com/eberle_tom/status/2110353694659105156
- Free prompt from AgentPlaybook Real Estate: https://agentic-library.netlify.app/prompt/al-085-reverse-charge-vat-check-on-software-invoices/
- To install in an agent that supports Agent Skills, save this file as SKILL.md in a folder with the same name as `name` above (for example in your skills directory). Install steps for Claude.ai, Claude Code, Cursor and Codex: https://agentic-library.netlify.app/skills/