If you are an international seller looking to tap into the Greek market, you’ve likely hit a wall of acronyms: VAT, OSS, IOSS, and myDATA. It’s enough to make any business owner hesitate. But in 2026, the stakes are higher than ever. Choosing the wrong compliance path doesn’t just mean extra paperwork; it can lead to frozen shipments, heavy penalties, and even being barred from major marketplaces. At Global Trade Business, we see this confusion daily. The reality is that the

What Is the OSS Scheme? The One Stop Shop (OSS) is a simplified VAT reporting system introduced by the European Union to make cross-border selling easier for businesses. It was launched in July 2021 as part of the EU VAT ecommerce package. It was designed to remove the burden of registering for VAT in every single EU country where you sell. Before OSS, if your business sold goods to consumers in multiple EU countries, you had to register for VAT separately in each country onc

Since 1 July 2021, the EU One Stop Shop (OSS) and Import One Stop Shop (IOSS) let businesses selling goods online to EU consumers declare the VAT due in all 27 member states through a single registration, and online marketplaces can be treated as the supplier for VAT purposes. Here is what that means for your business...