Spain calls for early option to impose mandatory deemed supplier on ride & accommodation platforms On 5th November 2024, EU finance ministers gave political agreement to VAT in the Digital Age reforms. Spain asked to include a statement in the minutes of its desire to
Updated publication of common German ZUGFerd and French Factur-X standard In October, the respective national e-invoicing standards for Germany and France will simultaneously updated. German e-invoicing is to be mandated between 2025 and 2028. There is also a French e-invoicing mandate starting in September 2026.
HMRC updates obligations for platform operators with regards their sellers VAT activities The UK’s HMRC is updating use of data from digital platform operators in the UK of their sellers activities. This will come into effect in November 2024. The changes will enable HMRC to
Ministry of Finance consultation on draft legislation and FA(3) Schema for Feb 2026 mandatory KSeF B2B e-invoicing The Polish Ministry of Finance has launched on 5 November 2024 a public consultation of latest revised draft legislation and FA(3) logical structures for the 2026 launch of
ViDA 2030 near-live reporting of EU Intra-community supplies replaces EC Sales List The new Digital Reporting Requirements (DRR) , now agreed as part of the EU VAT in the Digital Age package, will retire the EC Sales List (ESL) requirement from 1 July 2030. Instead
1 January 2027 UK CBAM levy on imports of carbon intensive goods Following a summer consultation, the UK government confirmed the introduction of carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) from January 2027. CBAM will be a levy on certain carbon-heavy goods being imported into the country.
Jan 2025 next phase Bookkeeping Act: digital booking; e-invoicing; and SAF-T The implementation of the Danish Bookkeeping Act main digital requirements is now underway. Under the 2022 Danish Bookkeeping Act, Danish resident businesses are mandated to record and store their accounting records on approved accounting
Pillar 2 of ViDA, ride & accommodation platforms becoming deemed supplier Voluntary from 1 July 2028; mandatory 1 January 2030 As part of the EU VAT in the Digital Age reforms, ride and accommodation marketplaces / digital platforms will take on the deemed supplier for
E-invoices must be adopted for sales to non-consumer customers Hungary is to attempt to squeeze VAT fraud from the trading of electricity and natural gas. This is separate from the Hungarian real-time reporting obligation. Starting 1 January 2025, electronic invoicing for non-private person customers in
HMRC to launch public consultation on electronic invoicing to government and businesses The UK Chancellor on 30 October in the Autumn Budget confirmed it will publish a consultation in early 2025 to establish standards and increase the adoption of electronic invoicing. This had already been
