Terms and Conditions

1.1. This user agreement (“the agreement”) describes the terms on which you can access and use GlobalVATOnline (the “product”, “the service”, or “the website”).

1.2. The agreement will take effect when you click the “I agree” button. By clicking “I agree”, you agree to be bound by these terms of use.

1.3. We may amend the agreement at any time by posting the amended terms on the website. The new terms will automatically be effective and binding on you 15 days after they are posted. You may terminate the agreement in accordance with the termination provisions in this agreement if you do not wish to accept the amendments.

2.1. We grant you a non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and use the product solely for your internal purposes and subject to the terms set out in the agreement.

2.2. You warrant and represent that the individual clicking on the “I agree” button has full authority to legally bind you to the terms of the agreement.

2.3. Each authorised user will be required to enter their username and password every time they wish to access the product. Each username and password is unique to each authorised user and is non-transferable. You will ensure that each authorised user maintains them in strict confidence and will not communicate them to anyone else. You are responsible for all use of the product made using usernames and passwords allocated to authorised users. You agree to notify us immediately of any unauthorised use of your account or any other breach of security. This clause 2.3 is subject to the provisions set out in clause 3.

2.4. You will not sell, lease, assign or otherwise transfer the rights to access and use the product under this agreement in whole or in part. In particular you will not: (i) copy, download or extract the information from the product (other than for your own internal purposes); (ii) permit any outsourcing, subscription or rental use of the product (including to your clients); (iii) permit the product to be used for any unlawful purpose (iv) disclose any information contained in the product, or access to the product, to any third party (including your clients) except to the extent required by law or with our prior written approval.

2.5. Save as expressly permitted by law, you may not copy or modify the product or any information contained on the product.

2.6. The product is for general information purposes only. You should not act or rely on any information obtained from the product, and before making any decision, or taking or refraining from taking any action, specific professional advice should be sought.

2.7. You are responsible for verifying the outputs from the product.

2.8. The agreement is not intended, and will not be construed in any way, to be an undertaking or agreement on us to provide advice or counsel to you or to any other person.

2.9. We do not guarantee continuous, uninterrupted or secure access to the product and you acknowledge that the reliability, availability, performance and other aspects of the Internet are beyond our reasonable control.

2.10. We may prevent or limit access to the website where required for the purposes of resolving security issues, upgrades, scheduled or emergency maintenance or other reasonable purposes. Where reasonably practicable we will provide you with at least 48 hours’ notice of any scheduled down time (this notice may be posted on the website).

2.11. We will use standard, commercially-available virus-checking software in relation to any document or files accessible using the product. However we do not represent or warrant that the product or any documents or files downloaded from the product will be error-free, free from viruses or other harmful components.

2.12. We may from time to time prepare updates, amendments, clarifications or other changes to the product, when deemed appropriate by us. You will be entitled to receive such updates without further charge where fees have been paid in full.

2.13 Where the product contains a discussion board or other open forum, we may, in our discretion, moderate the content of any discussion board or other forum. However, we are under no obligation to oversee, monitor or moderate any discussion board and we expressly exclude liability for any loss or damage arising from the use of any discussion board by another user.

2.14. The views expressed by other authorised users on the system or a discussion board do not represent our views or values, nor are they supported or endorsed by us or any PwC firm.

2.15. You agree that we will be free to use and exploit any such information or content you post on a discussion board, and that no payment, royalty or other consideration whatsoever will be payable by us in connection with our use of such content.

3.1. You must complete all the required fields on the registration form, including the names of your authorised users who may access the product on your behalf.

3.2. We may accept or reject your registration for the product. If your registration is not accepted, we will notify you via email and will refund any initial fee you have paid. If your registration is accepted, we will send you a username and password.

3.3. If you are registering for corporate (multi-user) rate as set out in the Tariff Page, the account will be assigned a ‘Head User’. This user will be able to manage (add/remove) users on the account. Once a user has been added to the account they will receive a registration email.

3.4. Where an individual ceases to be an authorised user, you will notify PwC immediately.

4.1. You will pay the initial fee at the time of submitting your registration by one of the methods set out on the Tariff Page.

4.2. The initial term of the agreement begins when we accept your registration and ends:

a) after twelve months; or

b) if you are registering for a corporate (multi-user) rate, on the expiry of the agreement; 
unless, in each case, terminated earlier in accordance with the terms of this agreement or renewed in accordance with 4.3.

4.3. On the date of renewal, this agreement will be automatically renewed for successive periods of one year until terminated in accordance with this agreement. You must pay the renewal fee by one of the methods set out on the Tariff Page on the date of renewal. If you are registering for the corporate (multi-user) rate, this agreement will not be renewed unless the agreement pursuant to which your corporate key is issued is also renewed.

4.4. You are responsible for paying any taxes, including VAT, arising from the agreement for which you are legally liable.

4.5. All payments to be made by you under this agreement shall be made in immediately available funds free and clear of and without any withholding or deduction for any and all present or future taxes duties or other charges unless you are compelled by your domestic law to make such withholdings or deductions. If you are compelled by law to make any such withholding or deduction and if any or all of that withholding or deduction becomes irrecoverable in the United Kingdom, then you shall pay to us such additional amounts as are required to enable us to receive the amount which we would have received if no such irrecoverable withholding or deduction had been made. You shall provide us with evidence that such taxes, duties or charges have been paid by forwarding to us official receipts within 30 days of payment.

5.1 We and you agree to use the other’s confidential information only in relation to the services or in order to carry out conflict checks, and not to disclose it, except where required by law or regulation or by a professional body of which we are a member. However, we may give confidential information to other PwC firms and contractors as long as they are bound by confidentiality obligations. We and other PwC firms may also use confidential information for any lawful business purpose as long as you or others cannot be identified. Nothing in the agreement will restrict your ability to disclose our advice concerning the tax (including social security) treatment or tax structure of any transaction, regardless of any confidentiality markings on any communications.

5.2. We may wish to refer to you and the agreement when marketing our products and services. You agree that we may do so, as long as we do not disclose your confidential information.

5.3 You agree that we may perform services for your competitors or other parties whose interests may conflict with yours, as long as we do not disclose your confidential information and we comply with our ethical obligations.

6.1. You acknowledge that all rights, including all intellectual property rights, title and interest in the product (including the software and the content provided through or on the product) belong to and will remain with us (or our licensors) and that you are not acquiring any property rights in the product or any information it contains.

7.1.  You and we will comply with applicable data protection legislation in relation to any personal data shared with us under the agreement.

7.2.  You will not provide us with personal data unless the agreement requires the use of it or we request it from you. In respect of any personal data shared with us, we assume you have necessary authority for us to use and transfer it in accordance with the agreement, and that data subjects have been given necessary information regarding its use.

7.3.  Where we act as a controller, we may process personal data for the purposes of any of: (i) providing the services; (ii) administering, managing and developing our business and services; (iii) security, quality and risk management activities; (iv) providing you with information about us and our range of services; and (v) complying with any requirement of law, regulation or a professional body of which we are a member. Full details of how we use personal data can be found in the GlobalVATOnline privacy statement at https://globalvatonline.pwc.com/privacy-policy-statement.

7.4 We may transfer personal data to other PwC firms and contractors, including those outside the UK and European Economic Area (EEA), for any of the purposes set out in clause 7. We will do so only where we have a lawful basis, for example to recipients: (i) in countries which provide an adequate level of protection for personal data; or (ii) under agreements which meet UK or European Commission Decision 2021/914 requirements for those transfers, as appropriate.  

7.5 Where we act as processor in relation to your personal data, we will: (i) process it only on your lawful written instructions; (ii) implement appropriate measures designed to ensure its security, including by imposing confidentiality obligations on relevant personnel; (iii) transfer it only to sub-processors (as set out in our privacy statement) under a written contract which imposes obligations consistent with those in this clause 7.5 and you authorise us to transfer your personal data to them; (iv) provide you with reasonable assistance in carrying out any legally required data protection impact assessments, complying with the rights of data subjects and complying with your own data security obligations under applicable data protection legislation; (v) notify you without undue delay after becoming aware of a breach in respect of it; (vi) on your request either return or destroy it when the agreement ends; and (vii) on your written request, provide you with reasonable information necessary to demonstrate our compliance with this clause 7.5, which may include any available third party security audit reports.