Regulatory Analysis
Bulgaria has extended the temporary reduced VAT rate in Bulgaria due to Covid-19 through Decree No. 304 as published on 23 December 2022. The 9% reduced VAT rate has been temporarily extended until 31 December 2023 on restaurant and catering services consisting in the delivery of prepared or unprepared food. The reduced rate of 9% […]
The Portuguese government published Decree-law no. 85/2022, in December 21st 2022, which determines the postponement of the mandatory submission of the accounting SAF-T file regarding the year 2023 among other things. Instead, this obligation will only be applicable from tax year 2024 onwards. Considering that the accounting information is only reported in the following year, […]
On the 28th December 2022, Act no. 458/2022 Coll. was published in the Collection of Laws, which repeals the Sales Registration Act, which would come into force on 1 January 2023. Czech Republic had previously enacted the Sales Registration Act, which made mandatory to report in real-time to the Czech Tax Authorities electronic invoices from […]
The Portuguese government published Decree-law no. 85/2022 amending Decree-law no. 198/2012 to change provisions concerning the communication of self-billed invoice elements to the tax authority (TA) via the E-Fatura Portal. The amendments were made to article 3 of the above-mentioned decree-law to clarify and include reporting obligations in case of self-billing. The following measures were […]
The Saudi Arabian Tax and Customs Authority, ZATCA, has announced the second group required to comply with Phase 2 for E-invoicing. The second group of taxpayers are businesses with revenues subject to VAT which exceed half a billion riyals during 2021. The ZATCA will notify taxpayers in the group and this notification will provide taxpayers […]
Norway has approved amendments to the Norwegian VAT law regarding cross-border business to consumer sales of remotely delivered services. Effective 1 January 2023, non-resident suppliers of remote services (non-digital) to Norway who make supplies to non-registered persons are required to collect and remit VAT. This law change is an extension of Norway’s current VAT compliance […]
The French Parliament approved the Finance Bill for 2023 (“2023 Bill”) on 17 December 2022. It includes an amendment to Article 166 of Finance law no. 2019-1479 of 28 December 2019 for 2020. Whilst only the date has changed from 2023 to 2025, this has a huge impact on the settlement of French insurance premium […]
On the 19 December 2022, the Agencia Estatal de Administración Tributaria (AEAT) published the new Modelo 480 for future submissions, including 2022, in the Spanish Gazette. Alongside this, an extension for the annual tax submission has been confirmed, with submissions allowed up to 31 January. This is a positive change as it allows for more […]
Ireland’s Finance Act of 2022 introduces several important VAT changes for the new year. The Act imposes a zero-rate of VAT on newspapers, which were previously subject to a reduced rate of 9%, provided the papers are not predominantly devoted to advertising. This rate reduction includes electronic newspapers as well as physical newspapers. The Act […]
As approved by the Mozambique parliament on 30 November 2022, the standard VAT rate will be reduced from 17% to 16% with effect from 1 January 2023.
On November 10, 2022, Belgium published amendments to its reverse charge mechanism for immoveable property. Previously, the reverse charge mechanism applied only when the foreign taxable customer was identified for VAT purposes in Belgium via a fiscal representative. From 1 January 2023, when a Belgian established company performs construction supplies on immovable property, reverse charge […]
Effective 1 January 2023 and until 30 April 2023, the domestic supply of passenger transport services are temporarily zero-rated under Law No. 870/2022. The law can be found here (in Finnish).
The Parliament of Slovak Republic approved an amendment of the VAT law temporarily reducing the VAT rate on the transportation of people by ski lifts, sports facilities, swimming pools, and for restaurant and catering services. These supplies will apply a reduced VAT rate of 10% effective 1 January 2023. This is a temporary rate reduction […]
The Portuguese State Secretary of Fiscal Affairs issued Order 8/2022 XXIII which, among others things, establishes a grace period for invoice reporting obligations, as well as another postponement of the requirement of application of a qualified electronic signature or seal on electronic invoices. The Order establishes a grace period during which penalties that concern the […]
The Saudi Arabian Tax and Customs Authority, ZATCA, has launched a “Cancellation of Fines and Exemption of Penalties initiative” for fines regarding late registration in all tax systems, late payment, late filing of returns fines in all tax systems, and fines to correct VAT returns, as well as fines for violations of VAT field control […]
Effective 1 January 2023, non-alcoholic beverages intended for human consumption, excluding water, fruit and vegetable juices, and milk, will apply the standard VAT rate of 19%. Restaurant and catering services, except for alcoholic beverages and non-alcoholic beverages that now apply the standard rate, will apply the reduced VAT rate of 9%. These rate changes, as […]
The Greek Tax Authority – IAPR announced on 30 November that VAT returns will be pre-filled using the data collected through the MyDATA system. The measure aims to simplify the filing process of VAT returns. The announcement states that the pre-filled returns will be available for Greek taxpayers starting from 5 December 2022 and will […]
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.