{"data":{"id":14433,"title":"VAT Change Announcement","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/comm-link\/transmission\/14433-VAT-Change-Announcement","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-links\/14433","api_public_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/comm-links\/14433","channel":"Undefined","category":"Undefined","series":"None","images":[{"id":2868,"name":"Zoom_Customer_Service_01_mood_SL.jpg","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/media\/ghjz5qw6g38enr\/source\/Zoom_Customer_Service_01_mood_SL.jpg","alt":"","size":1532236,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","last_modified":"2015-01-17T01:31:17+00:00","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/2868","similar_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/2868\/similar"}],"images_count":1,"translations":{"en_EN":"Greetings Citizens,\nPlease note: this update applies only to backers living in the European Union. If you are elsewhere in the world, there are no store changes to announce.\n\nStarting February 1st, 2015, Cloud Imperium Games will be launching a European publishing arm based in the United Kingdom, Roberts Space Industries International, Ltd. While Squadron 42 is being developed in Europe, the publishing side of the operation has always been located in the United States. The good news stemming from this change is that we will now be closer to our many European customers (and able to establish community and customer service operations in dedicated areas) and will be able to ride out some of the exchange rate fluctuations troubling multinational sales operations.\n\nThe downside of this organizational change is that starting on February 1st, we will be required to charge VAT on all purchases (including digital goods) made through the Roberts Space Industries International website, similar to how we must charge sales tax on items sold in Texas and California. And as you may have read in the press, as of 2015 every seller has to charge the rate applicable in the country of the purchaser. This means that in the coming days, the effective rate for European backers will go up depending on the VAT rate of their home country. We know that European backers are familiar with VAT, and likely have already encountered these charges on goods purchased elsewhere online. We wish there were an alternative to charging the tax, but also believe that it is in our best interest to expand Star Citizen\u2019s footprint to a part of the world that has proven to be truly passionate about space games!\n\nWe are informing you today, with two weeks before the switch on Feb 1, in case you have been waiting to purchase a ship or package at the current rates. By popular request, we will make a selection of limited edition and wave two ships available again during the week of January 26, in case there\u2019s a past favorite you missed out on and would like to pick up before the international publishing switches over to RSI. Please check this space on the 26th for a list of available ships.","de_DE":"Gr\u00fc\u00dfe B\u00fcrger,\nBitte beachten Sie: Dieses Update gilt nur f\u00fcr Geldgeber, die in der Europ\u00e4ischen Union leben. Wenn Sie sich an einem anderen Ort auf der Welt befinden, gibt es keine Store-\u00c4nderungen zu melden.\n\nAb dem 1. Februar 2015 wird Cloud Imperium Games eine europ\u00e4ische Verlagsgruppe mit Sitz in Gro\u00dfbritannien einf\u00fchren, Roberts Space Industries International, Ltd. W\u00e4hrend die Squadron 42 in Europa entwickelt wird, war die verlegerische Seite der Operation immer in den Vereinigten Staaten angesiedelt. Die gute Nachricht, die sich aus dieser \u00c4nderung ergibt, ist, dass wir nun n\u00e4her an unseren vielen europ\u00e4ischen Kunden sein werden (und in der Lage sein werden, Gemeinschafts- und Kundendienstaktivit\u00e4ten in speziellen Bereichen aufzubauen) und in der Lage sein werden, einige der Wechselkursschwankungen, die multinationale Vertriebsorganisationen belasten, auszugleichen.\n\nDer Nachteil dieser organisatorischen \u00c4nderung ist, dass wir ab dem 1. Februar auf alle Eink\u00e4ufe (einschlie\u00dflich digitaler Waren), die \u00fcber die Website von Roberts Space Industries International get\u00e4tigt werden, die Mehrwertsteuer berechnen m\u00fcssen, \u00e4hnlich wie bei der Berechnung der Umsatzsteuer auf Artikel, die in Texas und Kalifornien verkauft werden. Und wie Sie vielleicht in der Presse gelesen haben, muss ab 2015 jeder Verk\u00e4ufer den im Land des K\u00e4ufers g\u00fcltigen Tarif berechnen. Das bedeutet, dass in den kommenden Tagen der effektive Satz f\u00fcr europ\u00e4ische Geldgeber in Abh\u00e4ngigkeit vom Mehrwertsteuersatz ihres Heimatlandes steigen wird. Wir wissen, dass die europ\u00e4ischen Geldgeber mit der Mehrwertsteuer vertraut sind und wahrscheinlich bereits mit diesen Geb\u00fchren f\u00fcr Waren konfrontiert waren, die anderswo im Internet gekauft wurden. Wir w\u00fcnschen uns eine Alternative zur Erhebung der Steuer, glauben aber auch, dass es in unserem Interesse liegt, den Fu\u00dfabdruck von Star Citizen auf einen Teil der Welt auszudehnen, der sich als wahrhaft leidenschaftlich f\u00fcr Weltraumspiele erwiesen hat!\n\nWir informieren Sie heute, zwei Wochen vor dem Wechsel am 1. Februar, falls Sie darauf gewartet haben, ein Schiff oder Paket zu den aktuellen Preisen zu kaufen. Auf vielfachen Wunsch werden wir in der Woche vom 26. Januar eine Auswahl an limitierter Auflage herausbringen und zwei Schiffe wieder in Bewegung setzen, falls es einen vergangenen Favoriten gibt, den Sie verpasst haben und den Sie vor der Umstellung des internationalen Verlages auf RSI abholen m\u00f6chten. Bitte \u00fcberpr\u00fcfen Sie diesen Raum am 26. f\u00fcr eine Liste der verf\u00fcgbaren Schiffe.","zh_CN":"Greetings Citizens,\nPlease note: this update applies only to backers living in the European Union. If you are elsewhere in the world, there are no store changes to announce.\n\nStarting February 1st, 2015, Cloud Imperium Games will be launching a European publishing arm based in the United Kingdom, Roberts Space Industries International, Ltd. While Squadron 42 is being developed in Europe, the publishing side of the operation has always been located in the United States. The good news stemming from this change is that we will now be closer to our many European customers (and able to establish community and customer service operations in dedicated areas) and will be able to ride out some of the exchange rate fluctuations troubling multinational sales operations.\n\nThe downside of this organizational change is that starting on February 1st, we will be required to charge VAT on all purchases (including digital goods) made through the Roberts Space Industries International website, similar to how we must charge sales tax on items sold in Texas and California. And as you may have read in the press, as of 2015 every seller has to charge the rate applicable in the country of the purchaser. This means that in the coming days, the effective rate for European backers will go up depending on the VAT rate of their home country. We know that European backers are familiar with VAT, and likely have already encountered these charges on goods purchased elsewhere online. We wish there were an alternative to charging the tax, but also believe that it is in our best interest to expand Star Citizen\u2019s footprint to a part of the world that has proven to be truly passionate about space games!\n\nWe are informing you today, with two weeks before the switch on Feb 1, in case you have been waiting to purchase a ship or package at the current rates. By popular request, we will make a selection of limited edition and wave two ships available again during the week of January 26, in case there\u2019s a past favorite you missed out on and would like to pick up before the international publishing switches over to RSI. Please check this space on the 26th for a list of available ships."},"links_count":0,"comment_count":629,"created_at":"2015-01-19T00:00:00+00:00","created_at_human":"11 years ago"},"meta":{"processed_at":"2026-05-08 18:50:31","valid_relations":["images","links"],"prev_id":14432,"next_id":14434}}