VAT in Europe - News

New Special tax on non-reusable plastic packaging in Spain

Date19 Dec 2022

CategoryVAT Compliance, VAT OSS and Export

We hereby wish to remind you that on January 1st, 2023, the “Special tax on non-reusable plastic packaging” will come into force. The tax is levied on the use of non-reusable packaging containing plastics, whether […]

New VAT Penalty Regime in the UK from 1st January 2023

Date14 Dec 2022

CategoryVAT Compliance, VAT OSS and Export

From 1st January 2023, the way the UK’s tax authorities (HMRC – Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs) charge penalties for late submission of VAT returns or payment of the resulting tax will change. In essence, […]

SAF-T important changes to VAT reporting in Portugal for VAT PT payers

Date24 Nov 2022

CategoryVAT Compliance, VAT OSS and Export

We would like to remind you that taxable entities that are not established in Portugal, but registered for VAT purposes, has the obligation to use certified invoicing software since the 1st of July 2021. In […]

Black Friday & the pre-Christmas period vs. your VAT on sale in the EU

Date23 Nov 2022

CategoryVAT Compliance, VAT OSS and Export

As always, the last two months of the year are the busiest sales season. There are many guides and tips available on how to increase sales in an online shop, but often entrepreneurs forget about […]

New version of the Instructions for filling in and sending INTRASTAT declarations in Poland

Date30 Aug 2022

CategoryVAT Compliance, VAT OSS and Export

The Customs Department of the Polish Ministry of Finance has published on its page a new version of the Instructions for Completing and Submitting INTRASTAT Declarations (dated July 27, 2022). These instructions are available under […]

Changes to the INTRASTAT declarations: New provisions from 2022

Date10 May 2022

CategoryVAT Compliance, VAT OSS and Export

1. Country of origin – export declaration: As of January 2022, the rules for filling the INTRASTAT export declarations have changed. This regulation refers to the country of origin of the goods. As of 1st […]

Special procedure – Import of goods from outside the EU (Import One Stop Shop)

Date21 Mar 2022

CategoryVAT Compliance, VAT OSS and Export

From 1 July 2021, the special procedure Import OSS (IOSS) came into force. It applies to distance sales of imported goods originating outside the European Union, the total value of which in a consignment does […]

The French holiday procedure for charging VAT on the example of July 2021

Date20 Jul 2021

CategoryVAT Compliance, VAT OSS and Export

There is a very popular “holiday procedure” in France during the annual summer holidays, approved and recommended by the French tax administration. It consists of filing the VAT return for July 2021 on the basis […]

Information about One Stop Shop (OSS)

Date24 May 2021

CategoryVAT Compliance, VAT OSS and Export

Until now, all e-commerce companies from the EU that sell goods to other EU countries, after exceeding a certain sales threshold (depending on the country the threshold ranges from EUR 35,000 to EUR 100,000) are […]

SLIM VAT – Change in the rules from 1 January 2021 regarding domestic negative credit notes with Polish VAT of sales and purchase invoices – Examples

Date24 Mar 2021

CategoryVAT Compliance, VAT OSS and Export

On 1 January 2021, the so-called SLIM VAT (Simple, Local And Modern VAT) came into force, introducing changes with regard to the settlement of negative credit notes. As a result of the amendment to the […]

Existing client offer only – VAT registration in Sweden

Date21 Oct 2020

Categoryamavat Announcement - news

Recently Amazon announced that they are targeting Northern Europe and following on from that an Amazon marketplace in Sweden within the next year. Currently, Swedish customers are directed to the German website via the amazon.se […]

Existing client offer only – VAT registration in the Netherlands

Date25 Sep 2020

Categoryamavat Announcement - news

Amazon has stormed the Dutch market in 2020, with the e-Commerce giant pleased to offer both large and small Dutch companies the opportunity to sell on Amazon.nl. The advantages are two-fold: it will increase the […]

Amazon announces own marketplace for Sweden

Date19 Aug 2020

Categoryamavat Announcement - news

Amazon wants to conquer more and more new markets: Following the recent opening of its own Dutch marketplace, the online giant is now targeting the European North. Amazon has now announced the launch of its […]

Amazon: Retailers with sales in Austria must define VAT ID

Date18 Aug 2020

Categoryamavat Announcement - news

After many, many years within a grey area, during which online marketplaces could operate and manage as they wished largely unhindered, they are now increasingly being brought on board. This ranges from the disclosure of […]

Brexit: Amazon announces changes to FBA and EFN

Date04 Aug 2020

CategoryVAT Compliance, VAT OSS and Export

The United Kingdom will inevitably leave the European Union on 1st January 2021 after the option of an extension of the deadline has not been chosen. The precise nature of future relations and whether tariffs […]

VAT ALERT – German sales tax will be reduced to 16% from 1st July 2020

Date09 Jun 2020

CategoryVAT Compliance, VAT OSS and Export

There will be a temporary reduction in the VAT rate to 16% and 5% from 1st July 2020. What should I now consider if trading online? On the 3rd June 2020, the coalition of CDU […]

VAT ALERT – ONLINE SELLERS – One-Stop-Shop (OSS) for Distance Sales has been postponed until July 2021

Date03 Jun 2020

CategoryVAT Compliance, VAT OSS and Export

The implementation date for the VAT e-Commerce package has been postponed from 1st January to 1st July 2021. It was recently announced by the European Commission (EC) that the implementation date for the OSS scheme […]

Poland | EU VAT Information

Date26 Mar 2020

CategoryVAT Compliance, VAT OSS and Export

Poland | From April 2020 new ‘reduced VAT rates’ The Polish Ministry of Finance has approved laws to announce new ‘reduced VAT rates’ from 1st April, 2020. These rates will decrease to 5% and 7% […]