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Albania cuts tourism VAT rate

  • Apr 3, 2017 | Richard Asquith
Albania cuts tourism VAT rate

Albania has cut its VAT rate on tourism from the standard rate of 20% to the 6% reduced rate.

Most countries in Europe operate reduced VAT rates for tourism-related services, including hotel accommodation.

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VP Global Indirect Tax
Richard Asquith
VP Global Indirect Tax Richard Asquith
Richard Asquith is VP Global Indirect Tax at Avalara, helping businesses understand their compliance obligations as they grow globally. He can be contacted at: richard.asquith@avalara.com. He is part of the European leadership team which won International Tax Review's 2020 Tax Technology Firm of the Year. Richard trained as an accountant with KPMG in the UK, and went on to work in Hungary, Russia and France with EY.