Regulatory Analysis
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 […]
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.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
On 1 August 2022, the Romanian National Agency of Fiscal Administration (ANAF) issued a draft order indicating plans to extend the SAF-T filing grace period. The ANAF previously granted a six month grace period to 31 July 2022 for SAF-T filings. The grace period is set to be extended by an additional six months to […]
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 […]