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Bahamas, Belize, Seychelles and Turks and Caicos Islands removed from EU list of tax non-cooperative jurisdictions
In February 2024, the Council of the European Union decided to remove the Bahamas, Belize, Seychelles, and Turks and Caicos Islands from the list of EU jurisdictions reluctant to cooperate for tax purposes. As a result of these changes, there are still 12 jurisdictions remaining on the list which are... Read More →
The new law implementing the DAC7 Directive
In February 2024, a new bill amending the law on the exchange of tax information with other countries and certain other laws was published on the website of the Government Legislation Centre (RCL). The aim of this bill is to implement Council Directive (EU) 2021/514 of 22 March 2021 amending... Read More →
New draft law on protection of Whistleblowers
On 11 January 2024, a new draft law appeared on the website of the Governmental Legislation Centre, incorporating changes introduced by the new Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy. Legislative work on the draft law on Whistleblowers started at government level back in 2021. The draft law aims to... Read More →
EU funds for 2021-2027
EUR 76 bln from EU funds for Poland in 2021-2027 In the years 2021-2027, Poland will receive EUR 76 bln from the European Union budget – EUR 72.2 bln from cohesion policy and EUR 3.8 bln from the Equitable Transition Fund. These funds will be used for investments in the... Read More →
amavat® Services in Europe
Should you expand your business within Europe – 3 reasons why There are limited growth opportunities in each market place, so you might be wondering how can you scale your business even more? Can I generate more sales and grow my online business? Why should you expand within Europe and... Read More →
Three times less data than a standard declaration for low value consignments from 1st January, 2021
Following an amendment to the Union Customs Code Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446 released on 5th July, 2019, it will be possible from 1st January, 2021 to declare goods up to €150.00 using a customs declaration that requires three times less data than a standard declaration. Currently, consignments of goods into... Read More →
Bulgaria increased the Intrastat Reporting Threshold in 2018
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 threshold being increased from BGN 240,000.00 to BGN 260,000.00 (approximately €133,000.00). Additionally, the statistical thresholds... Read More →
Portugal’s February Tax Calendar
Conceito our Portuguese amavat® Partner Firm has put together an English document with generic* information regarding Portugal’s ‘Tax Calendar’ for February 2018. Click here for English version Click here for Portuguese version *might not be applicable to your organisation amavat® provides a one-stop-shop solution for VAT Compliance within Europe. We... Read More →
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... 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... Read More →
