The EU Council issues its VAT priorities for 2018
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 co-operation on VAT; Approving a long-term minimum standard VAT rate for all Member States; Settlement on the four simplifications for... Read More →
getsix® welcomes Ms. Siourtou Vasiliki from the ERASMUS programme
We support the cross-border development to aid the growth of international students ® welcomes Ms. Siourtou Vasiliki filling the position of ‘Accounting Intern’ at our Warsaw office, as part of the European Community Action Scheme for the Mobility of University Students (ERASMUS). As part of the ERASMUS programme getsix® aims to contribute to the Europe... Read More →
Germany to decrease the solidarity tax burden
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 on both corporate and individual income which is used to fund economic development in the east of Germany. The three... Read More →
Rafał celebrates 5 years
We are driven by excellent people Congratulations to Rafał Stróżyk for achieving 5 years of excellent service with getsix® Wroclaw office. Yesterday Rafał celebrated 5 years of service, so with please the Partners of getsix® Monika Martynkiewicz-Frank and Claus Frank presented our special getsix® basket to say a big thank you! The staff of getsix®... Read More →
Belgium implement the ECJ’s jurisprudence regarding the right to subtract VAT on invoices with missing details
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 ECJ decisions concerning the conditions under which a taxable person may exercise their right to subtract VAT in cases of... Read More →
Luxembourg has collected unpaid taxes as a result of a tax amnesty scheme
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 exposed that 221 applications were filed under the amnesty scheme in 2016, with a further 68 submitted between the months... Read More →
Poznan office staff celebrate 5 years
We are driven by excellent people Congratulations to Anna Jankowiak and Joanna Kacprzyk on achieving 5 years of excellent service with getsix® Poznan office. Recently two of our staff members celebrated 5 years of service, so with pleasure Anna Moeglich our Chief Operating Officer of the Poznan office presented our special getsix® baskets to say... Read More →
Spain prolonged 4% transfer tax to the sale by consumers of second-hand goods on the internet
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® provides a one-stop-shop solution for VAT Compliance within Europe. We assist clients with a single point of contact that speaks... Read More →
Hungarian ‘live VAT invoice reporting’ will proceed in July 2018
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, and the choice to report within 24 hours of the issuance of any invoice has been removed. Submissions should therefore... Read More →
Norwegian SAF-T from the 1st January, 2020
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 has been a voluntary arrangement for providing the Norwegian tax authorities with information of tax transactions since 2017. Norwegian SAF-T... Read More →
