Pension deficit from ‘Baby Boomers’ prompts National Council to approve national referendum on VAT rise An ageing population, and funding shortage in the public pension system (OASI), has led to the National Council and Council of States to approve a national referendum for 25 September
January 2023 rate rises to sparkling drinks, hotels and catering VAT The VAT amendments to the fiscal code have been agreed for 1 January 2023 Fizzy drinks reclassified from 9% reduced VAT rate to standard 19% rate. Hotel and similar short-term accommodation raised from 5%
Temporary tax breaks on domestic fuel and basic foodstuffs as inflation continues rise The Bulgarian government has confirmed a range of emergency VAT rate cuts and rollovers of existing temporary cuts: An extension of the temporary cut to 9% for domestic energy and hearting until
Russia has put on pause plans to mandate B2B electronic invoicing The existing ‘Traceability Model’ on retail sales will not be extended to the B2B transactions for the forceable future. This was confirmed by the Ministry of Finance in June 2022. Invoice Traceability Model adopted
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The Caribbean British territory of Anguilla has introduced a 13% Goods and Services Tax (GST) on 1 July 2022. Mandated business may now register if they are above the GST registration thresholds (see below). Introducing a full consumption tax has been debated many times over
GST state compensation ends tonight in deadlock; rate rises and removal of exemptions on certain supplies despite inflationary worries The July meeting of the Goods and Services Tax Council meeting approved rate rises on a range of supplies, plus the removal of some exemptions from the
European Commission group debates question on: Single VAT registration in EU; Digital Reporting Requirements and e-invoices; and Platform Economy and VAT The European Commission’s VAT Expert Group (‘VEG’) reviewed this month a range of questions arising from the proposed VAT in the Digital Age reforms.
Spring public consultation backs EU VAT reforms and harmonisations with limits The EU published submissions and summaries of its Spring 2022 public consultation on EU VAT in the Digital Age reforms. The European Commission is expected to conclude on reforms under the three reform strands
The UK 2020/21 VAT Gap was £9billion, down from £12.5 billion as COVID-19 deferred VAT scheme unwinds The difference between the UK expected and actual VAT reveipts has shrunk according to the UK’s HMRC from 8.6% to 7% – which equates to £9 billion. This
