Regulatory Analysis

Posted December 2, 2022 by Enis Gencer
Greece: The extension of deadline for the accounting data of wholesale transactions

The Greek Tax Authority, IAPR, published a press release on 1 November, announcing the extension of the deadline until 31 December 2022 for the transmission of accounting data of wholesale transactions, data of invoicing expenses, and self-invoicing income in the cases of discrepancies in the aforementioned transmitted data.

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Posted December 2, 2022 by Marta Sowińska
Serbia: Draft Law on Amendments to the Law on Value Added Tax

As previously announced, the Serbian Minister of Finance published the Draft Law on Amendments to the Law on Electronic Invoicing on the 9th of November, alongside the Draft Laws on Amendments to the Law on Value Added Tax, Law on Fiscalization, and Law on Tax Procedure and Tax Administration. The changes introduced to the Law […]

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Posted December 2, 2022 by Marta Sowińska
Serbia: Draft Law on Amendments to the Law on Fiscalization

The Serbian Minister of Finance (MoF) published the draft Law on Amendments to the Law on Fiscalization. The Law of Fiscalization regulates the so called “Fiscalization”, which is the procedure of fiscalization of the content of the fiscal account through an electronic fiscal device. The amendments to the Law on Fiscalization impacting the future e-invoicing […]

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Posted December 2, 2022 by Marta Sowińska
Poland: draft legislation published amending the VAT Act and adopting mandatory e-invoicing via KSeF

On the 1st of December the Ministry of Finance published draft legislation amending the Act of 11 March 2004 on tax on goods and services (Journal of Laws of 2022, item 931, as amended) – hereinafter referred to as the “VAT Act” regarding the introduction of mandatory invoicing in the National e-Invoice System (KSeF) hereinafter […]

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Posted December 2, 2022 by Enis Gencer
MyDATA: Penalties regarding Electronic Tax Mechanisms (F.I.M)

On 21 September, the Greek Parliament passed a bill introducing penalties for non-compliance with rules requiring taxpayers to transmit retail sales data issued via the Information System of Electronic Tax Mechanisms (F.I.M). According to Article 54H of the Tax Procedures Code, IAPR will impose the following penalties for non-transmission of the receipt summary to the […]

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Posted November 28, 2022 by Christopher Branch
IVASS Management Fee

The Institute for Insurance Supervision (IVASS) in Italy has published the management charge rate for the year 2023. It set the rate for 2023 at 4.26%. The management charge reduces the taxable basis applied to the Road Accident Victims Fund (RAVF) and Hunting Accident Victims Fund (HAVF) and is published annually in November.

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Posted November 23, 2022 by Enis Gencer
Lithuania: E-Invoicing Portal based on EU standard and PEPPOL

The Lithuanian Ministry of Economy and Innovation announced its plans to build a technological solution that will support the transmission of electronic invoices by the European standard for electronic invoices. According to the project plan announced by the Ministry, the platform is expected to be available free of charge to businesses for at least five years and be ready […]

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Posted November 21, 2022 by Dilara İnal
Germany takes a step forward to implement mandatory e-invoicing

German government has previously announced its ambition to introduce a uniform nationwide electronic reporting system that will be used for the issuance and validating of invoices as well as forwarding them to buyers. German ministry of finance announced during the IDSt-Conference Digital Transformation in VAT held on 16th of November 2022 that Germany has applied for […]

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Posted November 17, 2022 by Stephanie Melhem
Luxembourg VAT Rates Decrease effective 1 January 2023

The Official Newspaper of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg publish an amendment on October 26, 2022, regarding changes to the VAT rates. The standard VAT rate will be decreasing to 16%, the reduced-rate will be decreasing to 13%, and the super-reduced-rate will be decreasing to 7% effective January 1, 2023. These are temporary decreases that […]

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Posted November 17, 2022 by Marta Sowińska
Serbia: Draft Law on Amendments to the Law on Electronic Invoicing

On November 9, the Serbian Ministry of Finance published a Draft Law on Amendments to the Law on Electronic Invoicing. The main changes concern: Scope: Natural persons who are not liable for income tax from self-employment in the sense of the law governing personal income tax will be excluded from the provisions of this law. […]

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Posted November 2, 2022 by Andrew Decker
United Kingdom Applies Zero-Rate VAT to Children’s Face Mask

HMRC has issued a new policy paper, Revenue and Customs Brief 11 (2022): VAT and children’s face masks, announcing a shift in their policy regarding children’s face masks. Children’s face masks are now considered children’s clothing and therefore qualifies for the application of a zero-rate of VAT. For the zero-rate to apply the masks must […]

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Posted October 27, 2022 by Enis Gencer
Greece introduces mandatory B2G e-invoicing

On 23 September 2022, Law 4972/2022 was published in the Official Gazette of Greece, amending the provisions of Law 4601/2019 that establish the framework concerning electronic invoicing in public contracts. According to amendments, economic operators must submit electronic invoices following the European standard for issuing electronic invoices for the execution of public contracts, which entails a […]

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Posted October 19, 2022 by Selin Adler Ring
France: Further details on the upcoming E-invoicing and E-reporting system are published

The French authorities published new legal documentation that provides details on the overall French Mandate requirements. Some of them, especially with regard to the obligations of the Partner Dematerialization Platform (PDP) operators and e-reporting deadlines, were long-awaited.  Decree No. 2022-1299 provides requirements and obligations of the Partner Dematerialization Platform (PDP) operators and the Invoicing Public Portal (PPF), the […]

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Posted October 5, 2022 by Enis Gencer
Romania changes the fiscal inspection rules after the introduction of digitization projects

On 30 September 2022, the Romanian Ministry of Finance published a draft Government Emergency Ordinance, including various amendments to various regulations. One of the important changes envisaged in the draft GEO is regarding the rules on fiscal inspections. While the fiscal inspections are carried out on the work premises of the taxpayers’ premises, as per Article 125 […]

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Posted October 3, 2022 by Enis Gencer
Denmark: Detailed requirements for digital accounting systems have been published

The Danish Business Authority, Erhvervsstyrelsen, has prepared drafts for three executive orders concerning the new digital bookkeeping requirements. The below draft orders lay down the detailed requirements for digital accounting systems and rules for registration of these systems: Draft executive order on notification, registration, publication, etc. of digital standard bookkeeping systems Draft executive order on requirements for […]

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Posted September 28, 2022 by Edit Buliczka
Croatia: Adoption of the Euro

On 12 July 2022 a Council Regulation of (EU) 2022/1207 was issued amending Regulation (EC) No 974/98 regarding the introduction of the Euro in Croatia from 1 January 2023. A fixed conversion rate between the Kuna and Euro has been confirmed, being set at 1 € = 7.53450 kn. Based on the communication from the […]

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Posted September 22, 2022 by Enis Gencer
Romania Postpones the e-Transport Fines to 2023

The Romanian Ministry of Finance has announced another delay to e-transport requirements for high-fiscal risk products by issuing a draft emergency ordinance (“GEO”) on 21 September 2022. The fines had already been delayed from July 2022 to October 2022, but this time the entry into force has been postponed to January 2023. Another significant change […]

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Posted September 16, 2022 by Enis Gencer
Greece: Recent Changes to MyDATA System

The Independent Authority for Public Revenue (IAPR) has made some updates to the MyDATA system in recent weeks, including technical and regulatory changes. The changes include the following: The Ministerial Decision A.1138/2020 was amended by Decision A. 1090/2022, which includes changes regarding the obligation to transmit data to the myDATA digital platform. As a result, […]

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