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Tax news and information from Norway
Norwegian government proposes super reduced VAT rate In October, 2017, the Norwegian government presented its plans for the 2018 budget declaring an increase of the super reduced rate from 10% to 12%. This super reduced VAT rate applies to cultural services, for example, cinema admission, museum admission and hotel accommodation,... Read More →
EU Tax News | 15.12.2017
Weaponising VAT in 2018! Brexit VAT fraud. Austerity restrictions. Arab states panic on VAT. Global tax wars. Brexit – Are you getting ready for Armageddon? The impending trading model for post-UK Brexit looks as uncertain as on the date of the 23rd June, 2016 referendum. Certainly, with the membership of... Read More →
The Netherlands has announced a reduced VAT rate
The Netherlands has announced a reduced VAT rate rise from 6% to 9% to pay for income tax rate cuts and band simplifications. The Dutch will reduce the number of income tax bands from 4 to 2, and the rates combined to benefit over 500,000 income tax payers. The reduced... Read More →
EU Finance Ministers reach agreement on a series of e-Commerce VAT reforms
At yesterday’s meeting of EU Finance Ministers (ECOFIN) they reached agreement on a series of e-Commerce VAT reforms. These proposals are aimed at simplifying the collection of VAT when consumers buy goods or services online. Additionally, they will help combat a projected €5 billion in ‘distance selling’ VAT fraud. These... Read More →
Important Data Protection Act 2018
Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, We kindly request you to familiarise yourself with a very important change in the data protection legislation in Poland. On 28th May, 2018 expires the deadline for implementation of the data protection environment in a given corporate organisation to the provisions of the Directive of the... Read More →
Czech Republic is preparing changes to VAT ‘Control Report’
The Czech Republic tax authorities are preparing to change data requirements in the ‘Control Report’ periodic VAT obligation. What exactly are the changes? The Czech parliament approved an adjustment to the VAT law which sets out the information that taxable persons must contain in their VAT ‘Control Report’. This adjustment... Read More →
Changes to Intrastat reporting system in Italy
by Anthony Kerr, getsix.eu, Wrocław, Poland 24 October 2017 Italy will implement changes to its Intrastat reporting system starting from 1st January, 2018. These simplifications were first scheduled for 2018, when a new quarterly VAT reporting regulation was introduced. Changes will include: The withdrawal of the quarterly acquisitions Intrastat, Monthly... Read More →
Poland – VAT split payments delayed until April 2018
The introduction of anti-VAT Split Payments has been delayed until 1st April, 2018 Poland has announced. The original date had been 1st January, 2018. To explain ‘Split Payments’, this is the payment of the VAT element of a sales invoice into a special, controlled VAT account of the seller. The... Read More →
Germany has new Annual VAT return deadlines
The German authorities have confirmed an extended deadline for annual VAT returns, when these filings are done directly by the taxpayer, they will now be due by 31st July of the following year (instead of currently 31st May). If they are submitted by a recognised tax consultant, there is an... Read More →
Poland VAT – Split Payments 2018
From the 1st January 2018, Poland will introduce a voluntary anti-VAT Fraud split payment mechanism. This system will ONLY apply on domestic transactions and will not affect invoice requirements. B2C transactions WILL NOT be impacted by these changes, only business to business sales. We have not received information about the... Read More →
