Blogs

Belgium has become the latest country to publish guidelines on the use of electronic invoices following the implementation of the EU e-invoice directive last year. Generally, Belgian VAT invoices m...Continued

The German Ministry of Finance has acted curtail an extended VAT recovery option that was thrown open to foreign companies. German Federal Tax Court helps VAT recovery The tax ruling in August 2013 ...Continued

The January 2014 increase in French VAT from 19.6% to 20% now look too low following the issuance of latest forecast government revenues. €14bn undershoot on tax revenues on stagnant economy The Fre...Continued

The German tax office has decided not to follow-up a proposal to combine the current 19% standard and 7% reduced German VAT rates. The proposal had been to combine the rates at 16%. EU calls for fewe...Continued

The latest report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) on Germany’s economy point out that labour taxes remain too high, and that it needs to look at other revenue sour...Continued

Following the January 2014 increase in French VAT to 20%, the tax office has issued additional guidance on the reduced VAT rates for media content. The reduced 5.5% rate will apply to the admission...Continued

The German Federal Court has overruled the German tax office on its interpretation of VAT treatment on subsidies to staff canteens. The German VAT office treated subsidies by employers to the opera...Continued

The German Finance Minister agreed this week to impose tighter penalties where voluntary disclosure is involved. When companies detect errors in their German VAT returns, the will generally receive...Continued

German VAT on ebooks may be about to drop from the standard German VAT rate of 19% down to the reduced 7% rate. This would come despite opposition from the European Commission (EC) on reduced VAT on d...Continued

As Poland makes progress on bringing its budget deficit under control, the government has stated its aim to reduce the current Polish VAT rate by 2016. The standard Polish VAT rate was increased to 23...Continued