The Czech Republic – changes to VAT
Date24 Mar 2017
The following changes with proposed effectiveness from 1st April, 2017. The obligation to declare VAT in the case of a received advance payment will arise only in case that the […]
EU – general reverse charge update
Date23 Mar 2017
European Union (EU) member states have continued to discussion the planned introduction of an anti-fraud general reverse charge mechanism. In order to reduce VAT fraud, the EU is trying to […]
UK – changes to VAT
Date22 Mar 2017
United Kingdom raises VAT Registration Threshold On 8th March, 2017 the UK Chancellor announced in his Spring Budget that the annual VAT ‘Registration Threshold’ will rise from £83,000.00 to £85,000.00, […]
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) says no to e-Book reduction in VAT
Date21 Mar 2017
The ECJ on 7th March, 2017 ruled (Case C-390/15) that e-Books are not entitled to the same reduction in EU VAT rates similar to printed books. The ECJ decided that […]
European Court of Justice (ECJ) new ruling on VIES number requirement
Date15 Mar 2017
Recently the ECJ presented a ruling that will make registering in the VIES database more flexible, in order to allow an intra-Community supply to be zero-rated. In case Euro Tyre […]
Norwegian import VAT must be reported in VAT return
Date14 Mar 2017
From January 2017, Norwegian VAT returns must include import VAT amounts. Before this recent change, import VAT was reported separately in a form called ‘omsetningsoppgave for merverdiavgift’. The reason for […]
Portugal changes excise duties on diesel and petrol
Date13 Mar 2017
The authorities in Portugal have announced changes to excise duties – an increase for diesel and a decrease for petrol. From 01 January, 2017, the applicable duties on (commodity code: […]
Italian government plans to increase VAT rates in 2018
Date10 Mar 2017
The Italian government has just announced that the standard VAT rate will rise from 22% to 25% as of 01 January, 2018. Also, there will be an additional increase of […]
France – changes in VAT
Date09 Mar 2017
French reverse charge for import VAT From 01 January, 2017, within a French VAT return import VAT will be allowed to be reverse charged, only if a license is obtained […]
Belgium ends monthly VAT pre-payments
Date08 Mar 2017
Taxpayers in Belgium will no longer be required to submit monthly pre-payments if already providing quarterly VAT returns. Currently, if a business’ annual turnover is below 2.5 million EUR and […]
amavat Europe attends the ‘Internet World – e-Commerce Fair 2017’, Munich
Date07 Mar 2017
Categoryamavat Announcement - news
VAT experts and tax consultants of amavat Europe are currently attending the annual ‘Internet World – e-Commerce Fair 2017 at Munich’s Trade Fair Centre. With getsix® and HLB Stueckmann present, […]