Most companies write off their cross-border VAT.

Every company operating across EU borders pays VAT on invoices from other member states. Under Directive 2008/9/EC, that VAT is recoverable. In practice, most of it is never claimed.

The process requires classifying every line item against 27 different country rulesets, each with its own deductibility rules, thresholds, and documentation requirements. Advisory firms handle this — for 15–30% of whatever they recover, plus engagement letters, minimum volumes, and months of back-and-forth.

For most mid-market finance teams, the math doesn't work. So the VAT stays on the table.

What Eitoo does

Eitoo replaces the advisor's work with automation. Upload invoices. The system extracts structured data, classifies every line item into EU Directive expense codes, and runs 15 compliance gates per invoice against each member state's rules. The output is a submission-ready recovery package, formatted per country.

You file it yourself through your tax authority's portal. No middleman, no engagement letter, no waiting months for a report.

Who is behind Eitoo

Eitoo is built by Itay Kahan — solo founder based in Tel Aviv & Basel, operating on EU-resident infrastructure (Frankfurt). Previously in healthcare (not finance). His first company taught him that the hardest compliance problems are the ones companies quietly accept as unsolvable.

He can be reached directly at itay@eitoo.eu.

Where we are

Eitoo is pre-launch. We are working with a small group of design partners — finance teams with real cross-border EU spend — to validate every compliance gate against production invoices before opening up.

If your team has EU invoices sitting in a drawer, 15 minutes is enough to find out what you're leaving on the table.