EU e-book VAT rate cuts
- Dec 28, 2018 | Richard Asquith
The following major global Value Added Tax and Goods and Services Tax rate and regime changes come into effect after 1 January 2019.
| Country | Existing/old rate | New rate | Implementation |
| Austria | 20% | 10% | 1 Jan 2020 |
| Belgium | 21% | 6% | 1 Apr 2019 |
| Bulgaria | 20% | 9% | 1 JUl 2020 |
| Croatia | 25% | 5% | 1 Jan 2019 |
| Czech Republic | 21% | 10% | 1 May 2020 |
| Estonia | 20% | 9% | 1 May 2020 |
| Finland | 24% | 10% | 1 Jul 2019 |
| Germany | 19% | 7% | 1 Jan 2020 |
| Ireland | 23% | 9% | 1 Jan 2019 |
| Luxembourg | 17% | 3% | 1 Jan 2019 |
| Malta | 18% | 5% | 1 Jan 2019 |
| Netherlands | 21% | 9% | 1 Jan 2020 |
| Norway (non-EU) | 25% | 0% | 1 Jul 2019 |
| Poland | 23% | 5% | 1 Nov 2019 |
| Portugal | 23% | 6% | 1 Jan 2019 |
| Slovenia | 22% | 5% | 1 Jan 2020 |
| Spain | 21% | 4% | 23 Apr 2020 |
| Sweden | 25% | 6% | 1 July 2019 |
| United Kingdom (non-EU) | 20% | 0% | May 2020 |
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.
