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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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