Existing client offer only – VAT registration in Sweden
Date21 Oct 2020
Categoryamavat Announcement
Recently Amazon announced that they are targeting Northern Europe and following on from that an Amazon marketplace in Sweden within the next year. Currently, Swedish customers are directed to the...
Bulgaria increases there Intrastat Reporting Threshold in 2018
Date08 Feb 2018
CategoryVAT Compliance
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...
Portugal’s February Tax Dates
Date07 Feb 2018
CategoryVAT Compliance
Conceito our Portuguese amavat® Partner Firm has put together an English document with generic* information regarding Portugal’s ‘Tax Calendar’ for February 2018. (also available in Portuguese below) Click here for...
The EU Council issues its VAT priorities for 2018
Date07 Feb 2018
CategoryVAT Compliance
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...
Hungarian ‘live VAT invoice reporting’ will commence July 2018
Date30 Jan 2018
CategoryVAT Compliance
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...
EU Member States to work collectively to stamp out VAT fraud
Date25 Jan 2018
CategoryVAT Compliance
European Union Member States to work collectively to stamp out VAT fraud Towards the end of 2017 the European Commission released new tools intended to make the European Union’s value-added...
VAT rate changes 2018
Date22 Jan 2018
CategoryVAT Compliance
VAT rate changes ’18 Below you will see a summary of the principle VAT rate changes in the European Union on 1st January, 2018. Country VAT Change Cyprus Imposition of...
EU update on VAT rules for eCommerce businesses
Date19 Jan 2018
CategoryVAT Compliance
The EU has recently declared new rules to help eCommerce businesses simplify how they account for VAT. These new rules apply to businesses selling both goods and services on a...
Update to Italian ‘Spesometro’ for 2018
Date18 Jan 2018
CategoryVAT Compliance
Update to Italian Spesometro for 2018 The reporting frequency for 2018 invoice listing (or ‘VAT Books’) submission (formerly ‘Spesometro’) has been changed by Italy, from quarterly to bi-annually. There will...
Simplification to Slovakian VAT registration
Date16 Jan 2018
CategoryVAT Compliance
From the 1st January, 2018, non-resident Slovakian businesses may side-step the responsibility to VAT register for intra-community transactions and distance sales from Slovakia. At present, foreign companies must apply for...
Finland defers import VAT from January 2018
Date22 Dec 2017
CategoryFinland VAT
From 1st January, 2018 importers of goods from outside of the EU into Finland will benefit from an import VAT deferment. Going forward importers with a Finnish VAT number will...
UK – Tax News
Date14 Nov 2017
CategoryVAT Compliance
The UK sets out post-Brexit cross-border tax plans On the 9th October, 2017, the UK Government released a number of ‘white papers’, setting out how it will accomplish its trade...
UK Tax
Date16 Aug 2017
CategoryVAT Compliance
UK postpones tax technology plans George Osborne, the previous Chancellor of the Exchequer announced last year “the death of the tax return”. A new plan named “Making Tax Digital’ and...
VAT rises ruled out ahead of UK elections
Date19 May 2017
CategoryVAT Compliance
The current Conservative government and the main opposition Labour party recently ruled out future rises in VAT ahead of June’s election. Since the 10%+ debit from the financial crisis, the...
BREXIT – UK VAT and potential tax opportunities
Date26 Apr 2017
CategoryVAT Compliance
The concerns around Brexit has been dominated by the potential negatives and uncertainties facing the UK economy as it arranges to leave the European Union. This has been compounded in...
UK – VAT split payment system
Date24 Apr 2017
CategoryVAT Compliance
Recently the UK government launched a consultation on the use of split VAT payments for the e-Commerce industry. This split payment mechanism consists of the customer paying the VAT share...