Surprising statistics emphasizing the enormous resources of time & Money invested in favor of VAT registration by eCommerce businesses in every country.   A business must file an average of 13 documents to complete one VAT registration process in EU Member State.  Wait an average of 100 days to receive a VAT number,  Submit up to 60 VAT & statistical filings per country per year,  Spend thousands of Euros in compliance costs to VAT register and trade in another Member State.  SMEs are estimated to spend €4,500 for each VAT registration application plus a further €6,000 per country per year in compliance costs to engage in cross-border trade.