Harmonization of VAT in the EU: Evolution, current challenges, and impact on e-commerce businesses
Date08 Aug 2024
The harmonization of Value Added Tax (VAT) in the European Union (EU) is a key process for integrating the internal market, aimed at eliminating trade barriers between member states. This...
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Information about One Stop Shop (OSS)
Date24 May 2021
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...
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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...
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Poland | EU VAT Information
Date26 Mar 2020
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...
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amavat® discussed by one of our strategic partners
Date23 Jan 2020
Recently one of our strategic partner’s setup.pl put together a Polish language communication regarding German and European e-Commerce. In this episode learn about the possibilities that exist when using amavat®...
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Are you ready for the biggest shopping season?
Date12 Nov 2019
Categoryamavat Announcement - news
Have you checked if ‘Black Friday’ and ‘Cyber Monday’ will tip you into new tax liabilities? amavat® realises that this season is particular busy for online sellers and who can be...
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amavat® Service Information | VAT Registration Thresholds for 2019/2020: When should I register for VAT?
Date03 Oct 2019
VAT Registration Thresholds for 2019/2020: When should I register for VAT? One of the most important things for an online business is to always stay tax compliant. Getting a VAT...
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amavat® Service Information | Distance Selling Regulations
Date20 Sep 2019
Distance Selling Regulations: Explanation, the Requirements and the Exemptions 2019 Distance Selling – What Is It? It means sales that are purchased not face-to-face, but typically traded online via online...
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HLB Poland | Top 10 achieved
Date28 Mar 2019
Categoryamavat Announcement - news
We are proud to announce that HLB is now in the top-10 ranked networks across Europe. HLB is a network of independent global advisory and accounting firms. We have a...
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Bulgaria increases there Intrastat Reporting Threshold in 2018
Date08 Feb 2018
Bulgaria as of the 1st January, 2018 increased the ‘Intrastat Reporting Thresholds’ for both arrivals and dispatches. Arrivals threshold will be greater than before, increasing from BGN 410,000.00 to BGN...
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Portugal’s February Tax Dates
Date07 Feb 2018
Conceito our Portuguese amavat® Partner Firm has put together an English document with generic* information regarding Portugal’s ‘Tax Calendar’ for February 2018. (also available in Portuguese below) Click here for...
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There will be tax cuts, not tax hikes for Germany’s new coalition government
Date02 Feb 2018
Germany’s three political parties set to form the next governing coalition have agreed to decrease the solidarity tax burden, according to the text of the recently released agreement. This solidarity...
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Belgium adopts the ECJ’s position on unfinished invoices
Date01 Feb 2018
Belgium has implemented the recent ECJ jurisprudence regarding the right to subtract VAT on invoices with missing details. On the 12th October, 2017 the authorities published a circular letter 2017/c/64...
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Luxembourg collects unpaid taxes from recent tax amnesty
Date31 Jan 2018
Luxembourg has collected over EUR30mln (approx. $36.7mln) in unpaid taxes in 2016 as a result of a tax amnesty scheme, Finance Minister Mr Pierre Gramegna has told parliament. Reacting to...
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Spain announced 4% transfer tax on P2P internet sales
Date30 Jan 2018
Spain has prolonged its ‘Impuesto de Transmisiones Partrimoniales’ (ITP) transfer tax to the sale by consumers of second-hand goods on the internet. If consumers are not VAT registered, then the...
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Hungarian ‘live VAT invoice reporting’ will commence July 2018
Date30 Jan 2018
Hungary advised recently that ‘live VAT invoice reporting’ will proceed from the 1st July, 2018. The requirements relate to VAT invoices above HUF100,000.00. The timing of reporting has been tightened...
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