To Parnell, Re Vat enquiry
A vat registered person in Republic, can buy goods for his business in UK or elsewhere in EU, vat free, if he supplies His Vat registered number. However he has to account for that vat in his records, by including it with his sales as an import and charging vat on it at appropriate rate. Of course, he can claim a vat input credit for it in his Purchases. Vat Guide gives details of how goods, purchased in other EU Member State, tax free, are to be treated. My line of work is taxation.