Hungary has introduced a VAT cut for internet access
Date12 feb 2018
CategoryVAT Compliance
This move comes notwithstanding the fact that the measure could be in breach of EU law, as such services are not included in Annex III of the EU VAT Directive, which sets out a preventive...
Bulgaria increases there Intrastat Reporting Threshold in 2018
Date08 feb 2018
CategoryVAT Compliance
Bulgaria as of the 1st January, 2018 increased the ‘Intrastat Reporting Thresholds’ for both arrivals and dispatches. Arrivals threshold will be greater than before, increasing from BGN 410,000.00 to BGN 430,000.00 (approximately €220,000.00), with dispatches...
Portugal’s February Tax Dates
Date07 feb 2018
CategoryVAT Compliance
Conceito our Portuguese amavat® Partner Firm has put together an English document with generic* information regarding Portugal’s ‘Tax Calendar’ for February 2018. (also available in Portuguese below) Click here for English version Click here for...
The EU Council issues its VAT priorities for 2018
Date07 feb 2018
CategoryVAT Compliance
The Presidency of the Council of the EU, which is held in Bulgaria for the first half of 2018, has issued its priorities for indirect tax. These comprise of: Implementing the Norwegian agreement on administrative...
There will be tax cuts, not tax hikes for Germany’s new coalition government
Date02 feb 2018
CategoryVAT Compliance
Germany’s three political parties set to form the next governing coalition have agreed to decrease the solidarity tax burden, according to the text of the recently released agreement. This solidarity tax is a 5.5% surtax...
Belgium adopts the ECJ’s position on unfinished invoices
Date01 feb 2018
CategoryVAT Compliance
Belgium has implemented the recent ECJ jurisprudence regarding the right to subtract VAT on invoices with missing details. On the 12th October, 2017 the authorities published a circular letter 2017/c/64 summarising their clarification of recent...
Luxembourg collects unpaid taxes from recent tax amnesty
Date31 jan 2018
CategoryVAT Compliance
Luxembourg has collected over EUR30mln (approx. $36.7mln) in unpaid taxes in 2016 as a result of a tax amnesty scheme, Finance Minister Mr Pierre Gramegna has told parliament. Reacting to a parliamentary question, Mr Gramegna...
Spain announced 4% transfer tax on P2P internet sales
Date30 jan 2018
CategoryVAT Compliance
Spain has prolonged its ‘Impuesto de Transmisiones Partrimoniales’ (ITP) transfer tax to the sale by consumers of second-hand goods on the internet. If consumers are not VAT registered, then the 4% withholding tax relates. amavat®...
Hungarian ‘live VAT invoice reporting’ will commence July 2018
Date30 jan 2018
CategoryVAT Compliance
Hungary advised recently that ‘live VAT invoice reporting’ will proceed from the 1st July, 2018. The requirements relate to VAT invoices above HUF100,000.00. The timing of reporting has been tightened up since the last update,...
Norwegian SAF-T delayed to 2020
Date29 jan 2018
CategoryVAT Compliance
Norway will introduce an on-demand compulsory Standard Audit File for Tax (SAF-T) requirement for taxpayers from the 1st January, 2020. The introduction of the electronic tax transaction data reporting had been planned for 2018. SAF-T...
Romania has implemented limited VAT ‘Split Payments’ from March 2018
Date26 jan 2018
CategoryVAT Compliance
Romania has applied a limited VAT ‘Split Payments’ regime from the 1st March, 2018 in an attempt to reduce VAT losses and fraud. From the 1st January, 2018, Romanian taxpayers who are in financial difficulties...
HMRC urged to temper new VAT penalties for online retailers
Date26 jan 2018
CategoryVAT Compliance
HMRC urged to temper new VAT penalties for online retailers ‘ The Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) is calling for amendments to a new government scheme to tackle VAT evasion to safeguard those that make...
EU Member States to work collectively to stamp out VAT fraud
Date25 jan 2018
CategoryVAT Compliance
European Union Member States to work collectively to stamp out VAT fraud Towards the end of 2017 the European Commission released new tools intended to make the European Union’s value-added tax system more resilient to...
VAT ‘Split Payment’ benefit questioned by the EU
Date24 jan 2018
CategoryVAT Compliance
VAT Split Payment benefit questioned by the EU A European Commission study into the benefits of ‘Split Payments’ as a VAT collection tool, aimed at battling VAT fraud, has cast doubt on the cost /...
There are more than 800,000 online stores in Europe
Date23 jan 2018
Categoryamavat Announcement
e-Commerce News along with data company, Dataprovider, have conducted research to find out how many online stores are currently in Europe. According to the research, there is a 98% accuracy in the measurements. In total,...
VAT rate changes 2018
Date22 jan 2018
CategoryVAT Compliance
VAT rate changes ’18 Below you will see a summary of the principle VAT rate changes in the European Union on 1st January, 2018. Country VAT Change Cyprus Imposition of 19% standard VAT rate on...