Regulatory Analysis
The Slovakian administration once again postponed the implementation of the mandatory submission of e-invoices to the IS EFA platform for B2G (business to government) and G2G (government to government) transactions. The implementation of the B2G and G2G mandate for the government and public administration institutions as well as for their suppliers is expected to start […]
On June 29, the Ministry of Finance (MoF) published updated schema FA(2) on the ePUAP platform in the Central Repository of Electronic Document Templates (CRWDE), template number (2023/06/29/12648). Important information about timelines: July 2023– the MoF will provide the test environment for the schema FA(2). July to August 2023– both schema versions will apply in […]
New regulations were recently adopted concerning the contributions to be paid to the Romanian Guarantee Fund (Fondul de Garantare a Asiguraților). Prior to this, contributions to the Romanian NGF (now known as the NGF contribution) were only payable by domestic insurers that were authorized by the Romanian Financial Supervisory Authority (ASF), including the activity of […]
The temporary zero VAT rate that applied to supplies of protective face masks in Austria expires on June 30, 2023. The law, pursuant to Section 28(54) of the VAT Act, can be found here.
As announced by the Polish Ministry of Finance on June 27, 2023, through an article on their news website, the zero VAT rate that temporarily applies to supplies of certain food and drinks has been extended until December 31, 2023. The article can be found here.
The European Commission (EC) published its council implementing decision proposal authorizing Germany to introduce mandatory e-invoicing derogating from the VAT Directive, 2006/112/EC. Germany requested authorization to derogate from Articles 218 and 232 of the VAT Directive to be able to impose mandatory electronic invoicing for domestic B2B transactions in Germany, on 10 November 2022. According […]
The European Commission (EC) published its council implementing decision proposal authorizing Romania to introduce a special measure derogating from the VAT Directive, 2006/112/EC. According to proposal of the EC, Romania will receive a derogation as of 1 January 2024 until 31 December 2026. On the other hand, Romania will need to make necessary adaptations in […]
The Ministry of Finance in Serbia has recently published and updated: The Rulebook on electronic invoicing: Rulebook on electronic invoicing (efaktura.gov.rs) Internal Technical Manual (16.06.23): Updated internal technical manual (16.06.2023.) (efaktura.gov.rs) Instructions for using XML files: Instructions for using XML files (05.06.2023.) (efaktura.gov.rs) Main changes introduced in the Rulebook: Replaces three regulations that were applying […]
The Hungarian Government has modified the government decree (No. 197/2022) regulating the imposition of extra profit taxes as part of the 2024 Bill again. The new decree (No. 206/2023) published in the Hungarian National Gazette on 1 June 2023 is in effect as of 2 June 2023. The new decree extends the extra profit tax […]
As published in the official gazette on May 5, 2023, basic food and consumer items such as bread, milk, eggs, baby foods, baby and adult diapers, and female hygiene products will temporarily apply the zero VAT rate in Cyprus. The temporary zero VAT rate will apply from May 5, 2023 until October 31, 2023. The […]
Effective 22 June 2023, electronic distribution platforms (EDP), such as a website, internet portal, online store, or online marketplace, are required to charge and collect VAT on the sale of remote services and electronic services made to Egyptian consumers through their platforms. Remote services are services that at the time of the performance there is […]
Since November of 2020 Ireland has applied a special reduced rate of 9% to various supplies in the hospitality industry as a way to ease the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The application of this rate was set to expire at the end of February, however, the government announced an extension of the special […]
On 23 March 2023, the tax authorities published the working version of the schema FA (2). The next steps following the publication of the schema are: The final schema FA(2) will be published on ePUAP in June 2023. The test environment adapted to the schema FA(2) and documentation will be available in July 2023. The […]
The Saudi Arabian Tax and Customs Authority (ZATCA), published updated technical documents for the e-invoicing system on 19 May 2023, after the public consultation process which took place in April 2023. Implementation Resolution of the E-invoicing Regulation, Security Features Implementation Standards and Electronic Invoice XML Implementation Standard to aforementioned resolution, and E-invoice Data Dictionary are […]
In a recent Press Conference held by the Council of Ministers of the Portuguese government it was announced that a new law-decree for the execution of the state budget for 2023 was approved. One of the many changes announced is another extension of the mandatory B2G e-invoicing deadline for micro, small and medium-sized companies allowing […]
On the 9th of May, the government in Poland adopted a draft law introducing mandatory e-invoicing via KSeF, which is going to take effect from 1 July 2024. Now the draft law has to be approved by Parliament, and the next session is planned for the end of May. The adoption of this piece of […]
The applications for registering as a partner dematerialization platform (PDP), a registered and authorized service platform, are open as of 2 May 2023. Under the new French e-invoicing mandate, taxpayers will be able to use the public billing portal (PPF) or PDPs for issuing e-invoices and e-reporting. For further information on PDPs, you can visit […]
The French authorities published, on 27 April 2023, an English translation of the ‘External specifications file for electronic invoicing’, version 2.2 of 31 January 2023. Compared to version 2.1, this version clarifies some additional use cases and other miscellaneous points. For further details on the French e-invoicing and e-reporting mandate, you can visit our website.