Regulatory Analysis

Posted December 16, 2022 by Carolina Silva
Portugal: New Order Establishes Grace Period for Invoice Reporting Obligation and Postpones QES Requirement for E-Invoices

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 […]

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Posted December 13, 2022 by Dilara İnal
Saudi Arabia: ZATCA Extends the “Cancellation of Fines and Exemption of Penalties initiative”

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 […]

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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 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 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 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 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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Posted September 5, 2022 by Marta Sowińska
Poland: Draft Legislation Amending the Regulation on the Use of KSeF was Published

On the 30th of August, the Ministry of Finance published a draft legislation amending the Regulation on the use of the National e-Invoice System (“KSeF”). The purpose of the draft amendment is to adapt KSeF’s terms of use to the specific conditions that apply to the local government units and the VAT groups, that will […]

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Posted July 7, 2022 by Kelly Muniz
Portugal: Mandatory B2G invoicing for SME’s postponed again

In a recent move, the Portuguese parliament has once again postponed the implementation of mandatory B2G e-invoicing for small, medium and microenterprises. The mandate has been postponed before and was previously set to become effective on 1 July 2022. With the change published in Law Decree 42-A/2022, of 30 June 2022, the postponement now means that […]

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Posted July 5, 2022 by Selin Adler Ring
Saudi Arabia: Recent Updates on the E-invoicing Phase 2

Following the public consultation period, the Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority (ZATCA) in Saudi Arabia has published the amended E-invoicing Implementation Resolution. As previously mentioned, these amendments aim to clarify some requirements (e.g. Cryptographic Stamp, hash, counter etc.) rather than introducing new ones. Moreover, together with the user manual a new Fatoora Platform made available […]

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Posted June 30, 2022 by Enis Gencer
Greece: Clarification from IAPR about B2G E-Invoicing

The transposition of the Directive 2014/55/EU into Greek law was adopted in the first quarter of 2019, making it mandatory for the central government to receive e-invoices from its private sector suppliers. Moreover, the Independent Authority for Public Revenue recently published a clarification concerning suppliers in B2G transactions. According to the clarification, suppliers that have […]

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