Hey guys, is it planned to release a german translation of skool? Its just a few words. Maybe, we can translate it by our self? Would be really great and helpful for our clients.

Ok @Sid Sahasrabuddhe , we need to have a chat again. My clients (B2B) are not happy at all with the invoices they are receiving. And from many other European community builders and creators I hear the same complaint. I'm usually not a complainer, but I want to keep things simple for my clients/customers and myself. That's the whole point why I chose in-built payment at the first place. Also I really wanted to participate in the Skool Games.☺️ Btw, I checked with my accountant and it's not an option for me to issue an invoice myself to solve this problem as I'm not the one billing. So here are the critical points. 1.) Customer makes payment to Skool. So Skool (address, invoice details,...) needs to be stated as the one issuing the invoice. It's our group, but you are receiving the money first, before you pay us as creator. (Third-party payment) 2.) Customer can change their business details afterwards and include their Tax ID, but why not make it possible when they sign up? Also VAT amount is not shown. If it's reversed charge, then state it. Maybe with smaller membership fees, people don't mind it. But as soon as you go B2B or above $99, customers want to use the invoices.

Is there any way to give people in your community the option to refer new members and for them to get a percentage of the monthly subscription?

According to my accountant the way Skool & EU customers handle VAT is not compliant. This could potentially lead to pretty big bills or fines so I hope we get this right. 🙂 The only way - according to her - this way of charging would be compliant is, if Skool owns your product (community) and pays you a commission for it. This of course isn't the case and wouldn't work anyways. If you are in EU and your customers are EU consumers, you should charge VAT for your service. (VAT is different % in different EU countries after all!) If you are in EU and your customers are B2B in your own country, you should charge VAT normally (then your customers can deduct it in their accounting). If they are from a different EU country you can charge zero VAT but the invoice has to have the customer's VAT ID and a statement that it's "reverse charge". It says in the Skool Q&A like this: "Skool handles VAT/sales tax compliance for you. You don't need to register for VAT or do anything. All VAT/sales tax liability is on Skool, not you. Payouts from Skool to you are VAT/sales tax exempt because Skool is a US company." I got a reply from help@skool to my inquiry about this last month, which said: "Since Skool is a US-based company handling the customized invoice, they (buyers) can simply add their information and they should be good to go. VAT implications and payment responsibilities are on us. We collaborate with an external compliance firm to ensure everything is remitted as deemed necessary" So according to my accountant, doesn't work like this. If you (me) are the service provider for the community, VAT responsibilities are on you (me). Also possible consequences are on the comunity service provider (you/me). AFAI understand, in order for this to work, technically it would mean that Skool should own your paid community and provide the service. You just get paid commission from Skool. But if any lawyer ever actually checks this it's not going to fly 😅 If what my accountant says is true, then this could lead to some not fun consequences.

Why did you start a community on Skool? What is your purpose?