Poland joins 18 other EU member states with VAT group simplification option Poland has now introduced the option for related taxpayers to join under a single VAT number for reporting and exempt intra-group invoicing – ‘VAT group’. Thisis based on Article 11 of the EU VAT
Increase for annual threshold for reporting intra-community movements of goods The Baltic state of Estonia is hiking the Intrastat goods arrivals and dispatches reporting threshold from 1 January 2023. The changes will be: Dispatches: will increase from €200,000 to €270,000 Arrivals: is unchanged from 2022
Polish roles over food VAT cut; ends fuel VAT cuts following EC ruling Poland has roll-over again it’s zeroing of VAT on basic foodstuffs. This forth extension will last into 2023. This covers: fruits, vegetables, meat, dairy and grain products. It was scheduled to expire
Zero-rating of basic foods to continue in first half of 2023 as inflation hits 18% The Polish Prime Minister, Mateusz Morawiecki, has stated that the rate of Value Added Tax will continue to be held at zero. This follows the European Commission decision to prevent
Anti-inflation shield VAT cuts fall foul of EU VAT Directive rules The EU’s European Commission has blocked VAT zero-rating of natural gas, fuels and fertilers by Poland as part of its ‘Anti-Inflationary Shield’. However, it has agreed to zero-rating of basic foods. Under EU VAT
KSeF e-invoices mandated 1 January 2024; new e-Mikrofirma version launched Poland is gearing-up for the mandated B2B e-invoicing regime from January 2024. It has been voluntary since the start of 2022. The Ministry of Finance has released the latest version of the e-mikrofirma application (see below)
23% standard and 8% reduced rates held to support defence following Russian invasion of Ukraine The Polish Deputy Finance Minister has confirmed that there will be no reduction in the 23% standard VAT rate or 8% reduced rate whilst defence spending remains at at least
Third round of SLIM: Simple, Local and Modern VAT reforms The Polish government has published last month comments on a draft Bill to introduce a range of VAT simplifications – known as SLIM VAT 3. This follows the completion of a public consultation earlier this
KSeF e-invoices production version available for testing; mandated 1 January 2024 The Polish e-invoicing platform, KSeF, has now been released this month. Businesses are able to test, create, issue, receive and review electronic invoices. This is ahead of the January 2024 mandating the use of
