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Nov 10, 2015 | Richard Asquith
The Germany VAT Amendment Act for 2015 has been approved by the Bundesrat, and implemented last month. Changes included: Public bodies carrying out commercial activities are deemed to be exemp...Continued
Oct 21, 2015 | Richard Asquith
The European Court of Justice (ECJ), the highest court of appeal for EU matters, has today ruled that trading in digital currencies, such as bitcoin, is VAT exempt. This is on the basis that they...Continued
Oct 20, 2015 | Richard Asquith
On 20 October, Poland’s Constitutional Court (Trybunał Konstytucyjny) challenged the recent EU ruling that VAT on e-books must be at member states’ higher, standard rates. Printed books in the...Continued
Oct 10, 2015 | Richard Asquith
Germany’s Ministry of Finance has provided guidance on the procedures for correcting when too much German VAT been paid. The new decree, based on a court ruling from the Budesfinanzhof, concern...Continued
Oct 5, 2015 | Richard Asquith
The French VAT authorities are stepping up measures to improve VAT compliance and collections. Compulsory French VAT software As part of the latest French Budget for 2016, all VAT registered entrepr...Continued
Oct 3, 2015 | Richard Asquith
France is to lower its distance selling VAT threshold from €100,000 to €35,000 per annum from 1 January 2016. The change was announced as part of the 2016 Finance Bill last week. France’s decision ...Continued
Sept 25, 2015 | Richard Asquith
Germany has received a reasoned opinion (request) from the European Commission to bring its Tour Operators Margin Scheme (TOMS) into line with the EU VAT Directive. TOMS allows tour operators...Continued
Sept 20, 2015 | Richard Asquith
German is to increase its Intrastat arrivals (Eingang) threshold from €500,000 to €800,000 per annum from 1 January 2016. There will be no increase to the dispatches (Versand) threshold of €500,00...Continued
Sept 5, 2015 | Richard Asquith
The German fiscal court, BMF, provided some further VAT guidance on the rules surrounding services provided to exhibitions and other live events. The provision of hosts/hostesses is also includ...Continued
Aug 9, 2015 | Richard Asquith
The Nigerian Federal Inland Revenue has confirmed plans to double the Nigerian VAT rate from 5% to 10% this year. The rise is seen as necessary to cope with the fall in world oil prices, which have...Continued
