Regulatory Analysis

Posted May 17, 2022 by Marta Sowińska
Belgium: on its way to implement B2B e-invoicing

On 11 May 2022 Belgium Chamber of Representatives published a draft law amending the law of 2 August 2002 on combating late payment in commercial transactions, as last amended by the law of 28 May 2019, in order to implement electronic invoicing between companies (B2B). Based on the law proposal, companies (with the exception of […]

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Posted May 11, 2022 by Marta Sowińska
Slovakia CTC implementation phase postponed

On the 5th of May 2022, the Slovakian Ministry of Finance presented a technical solution for the new IS EFA system, an e-invoicing platform for sending invoice data to the financial administration. Moreover, the Ministry of Finance has also communicated a new timeline for the implementation of e-invoicing framework: June 2022- the voluntary public testing […]

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Posted May 10, 2022 by Enis Gencer
Romania: More Details on E-Transport System

The National Agency for Fiscal Administration (ANAF) published a draft order introducing further details about the RO e-Transport system. According to Article 1 para. 3 of the draft order, categories of road vehicles that are monitored in the RO e-Transport system are those that; a. Have a maximum authorized mass (MAM) of at least 3.5 tons, […]

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Posted April 22, 2022 by Enis Gencer
Greece: Abolition of periodic invoice reporting requirement

The Independent Authority for Public Revenue (IAPR) issued a decision on 28 March 2022 and abolished the requirement to file consolidated statements of customers and suppliers according to Law 4174/2013. Taxpayers must submit the consolidated statements until 27 May 2022 for the calendar year 2021. Considering that the tax authority receives the invoice data through the MyDATA […]

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Posted April 21, 2022 by Enis Gencer
Romania: Draft amendments to E-Factura regulation

The Romanian Chamber of Deputies published a Draft Law on the approval of the Government Emergency Ordinance no. 120/2021 on the administration, operation and implementation of the national e-invoicing system (Draft Law) on 20 April 2022. The Draft Law includes important amendments to GEO no. 120/2021. The changes proposed in the Draft Law are as […]

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Posted April 12, 2022 by Enis Gencer
Romania: Draft Law establishing the details of the e-transport system published in the official gazette

Romania introduced an e-Transport system, which will be used to monitor the transport of goods on the national territory. After minor revisions, the draft Emergency Ordinance was published in the Official Gazette on 11 April 2022 (GEO no. 41). The revisions made in the ordinance are: Addition of a provision regarding personal data protection The […]

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Posted April 8, 2022 by Enis Gencer
Romania: High-risk products are defined as part of the new e-transport framework

The National Agency For Fiscal Administration (ANAF) has issued a draft order on April 8, 2022 to clarify products that are considered high fiscal risk products as part of the new e-transport framework. The order establishes five high-risk product categories as follows: Vegetables, plants, roots and tubers, foodstuffs falling within CN codes 0701 to 0714 inclusive […]

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Posted April 1, 2022 by Marta Sowińska
Poland: one step closer to the mandatory e-invoicing

On the 30th of March 2022 EU Commission has published a derogatory decision, exempting Poland from Article 218 and Article 232 of Directive 2006/112/EC, which were hindering Poland from developing mandatory e-invoicing. The decision will apply from 1 April 2023 until 31 March 2026, after receiving the last approval from the EU Council. The mandatory […]

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Posted March 22, 2022 by Enis Gencer
The details about the Romanian e-Transport System come to light

Romania introduced an e-Transport system, which will be used to monitor the transport of goods on the national territory. The Ministry of Finance has recently prepared a draft Emergency Ordinance (Ordinance) to clarify the details about the nature of the system, i.e., who would be impacted by it, when and how the system will work. […]

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Posted March 15, 2022 by James Brown
Denmark: Change to Treatment of Industrial Injury Insurance

The Danish Guarantee Fund for Non-Life Insurers (the ‘Fund’) has confirmed the scope of a new Fund contribution due on industrial injury insurance in guidance dated 10 March 2022. With a view to ensuring that adequate capital is held by the Fund, a new contribution of DKK 30 per policy is due on all industrial […]

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Posted February 22, 2022 by Filippa Jörnstedt
Belgium: Rumors surrounding timeline for mandatory B2B e-invoicing indicate that draft legislation is on the way

In October 2021, the Belgian Minister of Finance, Vincent Van Peteghem announced the government’s intention to extend the existing B2G e-invoicing obligation to cover also B2B transactions. Since then, no more details or formal information has been communicated by the government or relevant public authorities. Recent rumours circulating on the timeline for entry into force […]

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Posted January 10, 2022 by Enis Gencer
Romania: High-risk products are defined as part of the new e-invoicing framework

We have previously reported that as of 1 July 2022, Romanian taxpayers will be required to use the CTC e-invoicing system e-factura (regardless of whether or not the recipients are registered in the Romanian e-Invoice register), for B2B transactions involving products with high fiscal risks. The National Agency For Fiscal Administration has today issued an […]

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Posted January 4, 2022 by Enis Gencer
Poland: Clarifying e-invoicing legislation published

The legislation on the use of KSeF, which the Ministry of Finance presented in November as a draft regulation, was published in Poland’s Official Gazette on 30 December. The published regulation includes provisions regarding the following topics: Categories of authorizations Methods of granting, changing, or withdrawing authorizations to use the KSeF Information required to be […]

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Posted December 28, 2021 by Enis Gencer
Romania: Go-live for partial B2B e-invoicing mandate and e-transport system

The Government Emergency Ordinance (GEO) no. 130/2021 was published in Romania’s Official Gazette on 18 December. The legislative act includes significant changes with respect to the fiscal-budgetary measures, including the roll-out date for B2B e-invoicing and the introduction of the e-transport system. According to the GEO 130/2021, in B2B transactions involving products with high fiscal […]

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Posted December 17, 2021 by Coskun Antal
Serbia: Go-live date for e-invoicing likely to be postponed until May 2022

The Serbian Minister of Finance has announced that the Law on Electronic Invoicing will be amended to delay the go-live for mandatory B2G e-invoicing. Both private sector suppliers and public sector buyers are given an additional period until 1 May to prepare before being required to issue and receive B2G e-invoices. These proposed changes are […]

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Posted December 16, 2021 by Coskun Antal
Egypt: New phase for e-invoicing published

According to a newly published decree (No: 619-2021), second group of companies registered at the Joint-Stock Department and Investment Department in Cairo are required to join the e-invoice system as of 15 February 2022. This decision was preceded by decree (No:443-2021) in September which obliged the first group of registered companies at the Joint-Stock Department […]

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Posted December 7, 2021 by Robert Pelletier
EU Member States Consider Proposal for Council Directive Regarding Reduced VAT Rates

It is expected that EU finance ministers will adopt a proposed revision to the EU VAT Directive at the upcoming Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting on 7 December 2021. The amendment would amend the list in Annex III of the VAT Directive of products and services eligible for a reduced VAT rate. The proposal, […]

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Posted December 6, 2021 by Enis Gencer
Slovenia: CTC system in the pipeline

The Ministry of Finance has withdrawn its draft regulation, submitted to the Slovenian parliament in June 2021, which, if passed, would introduce mandatory B2B e-invoicing in the country. According to the draft regulation, all business entities would be obliged to exchange e-invoices exclusively in their mutual transactions (B2B). In the case of B2C transactions, consumers […]

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