Romanian tax authorities have confirmed that they hope to have the SAF-T in effect by the end of 2020. The SAF-T (Standard Audit File for Tax) is an international standard for the electronic exchange of data from organisations to national tax authorities or external auditors.
On 20th July 2019, the Greek government introduced a bill to reduce the standard VAT rate from 24% to 22%, and the reduced VAT rate from 13% to 11%. The government has also proposed a VAT Suspension in the building sector. Parliament has not yet passed the Act and therefore no implementation date is known...
From 1st January 2020, the VAT registration threshold in Germany will be increased from EUR 17,500 to EUR 22,000 All domestic companies exceeding the EUR 22,000 threshold must register for VAT and submit their VAT returns. Non-resident businesses cannot benefit from this threshold and must register for VAT, if necessary, from their first taxable transaction.
The Dutch tax authorities will issue a new Dutch VAT number to sole traders registered for VAT in the Netherlands. From 1st January 2020, this new VAT number must be used for Intra-Community transactions. The previously issued Dutch VAT number will become invalid from 1st January 2020. For other forms of business, the current Dutch...
Greece has extended the 30% reduction on standard rates in the Greek islands of Lesbos, Chios, Samos, Kos and Leros. The extension will last until June 30th 2020.
From 1st January 2020 Slovenia has introduced a second reduced 5% VAT rate, which for the time being applies only to sales of books and periodicals in electronic form.
From April 2020, the Hungarian National Tax and Customs Authority (NAV) will require all taxpayers to use the XML version 2.0 of e-invoices in their online returns. A new XML (V2.0) has been made mandatory. Incoming invoices will be available on the NAV portal After 1st July 2020, all transactions between taxpayers established in Hungary...
Following the rejection of its plan by the European Commission, and after several postponements, Romania has finally cancelled the introduction of the fractional payment scheme, a scheme that has already been implemented in Italy and Poland. However, Romania still intends to develop the SAF-T (Standard Audit File for Tax) which is an international standard for...
The Polish Ministry of Finance has announced that VAT-registered taxpayers will no longer have to file both VAT returns and the SAF-T(Standard Audit File for Tax), an international standard for electronic data exchange, at the same time. From April 2020, taxpayers declaring a turnover of more than PLN 50,000,000 (approximately EUR 11 million) will only...
The Italian government recently announced that if certain budgetary targets are not met by 2020, it will implement a number of VAT rate increases. This includes: an increase in the reduced rate from 10% to 12% from 1st January 2021 an increase in the standard rate from 22% to 25% from 1st January 2021 and...
