# EU VAT rules and updates

- [🇪🇺 New VAT rules - The one-stop shop (OSS)](https://blog.octobat.com/eu-vat-rules-and-updates/new-vat-rules-the-one-stop-shop-oss.md)
- [🇪🇺 The EU Intra-community VAT 'reverse charge' mechanism](https://blog.octobat.com/eu-vat-rules-and-updates/the-eu-intra-community-vat-reverse-charge-mechanism.md): Generally, VAT is collected from customers by vendors for remittance. Sometimes it is the customer himself who returns the VAT to the tax authorities: this is the 'reverse charge' principle.
- [Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) is here](https://blog.octobat.com/eu-vat-rules-and-updates/strong-customer-authentication-sca-is-here.md): #Strong Customer Authentication, #SCA, #compliance, #payments, #conversion, #checkout, #Beanie, #PSD2, #DSP2, #regulation, #3Dsecure


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