Increase to €20,000 annual sales threshold for mandatory VAT registration in 2025 budget
The Finnish Ministry of Finance is planning to raise the annual sales threshold for compulsory VAT registration. From 1 January 2025, it will rise from €15,000 to €20,000 per annum.
The new threshold applies to businesses whose turnover in the current and proceeding years exceeds €20,000. Businesses below this level of sales may still voluntarily register for Finnish VAT.
VAT registration thresholds only apply to resident businesses. Non-resident businesses making taxable supplies which require them to VAT register (e.g. selling goods domestically), will have to VAT register immediately.
EU Special Scheme VAT threshold
At the same time, Finland is introducing the EU Special Scheme for single VAT registration. This offers EU-resident small businesses the option to sell goods and services in other member states under their home VAT number if sales remain below €100,000 per annum.
2025 EU VAT registration & Intrastat reporting threshold
Country | VAT Registration thresholds | Intrastat thresholds | |||||
Resident | Non-resident | Arrivals | Dispatches | Arrivals Statistical | Dispatches Statistical | ||
EU One-Stop Shop | €10,000 | €10,000 EU sellers only | - | - | - | - | |
Austria | €42,000 | Nil | €1,100,000 | €1,100,000 | €12m | €12m | |
Belgium | €25,000 | Nil | €1,500,000 | €1,000,000 | €25m | €25m | |
Bulgaria | BGN 100,000 | Nil | BGN 1.7m | BGN 2.2m | €17m | €36.1m | |
Croatia | €60,000 | Nil | €450,000 | €300,000 | €450,000 | €300,000 | |
Cyprus | €15,600 | Nil | €350,000 | €75,000 | €2.7m | €5.8m | |
Czechia | CZK 2m | Nil | CZK 15m | CZK 15m | CZK 30m | CZK 30m | |
Denmark | DKK 50,000 | Nil | DKK 22m | DKK 11m | DKK 22m | DKK 11m | |
Estonia | €40,000 | Nil | €700,000 | €350,000 | €700,000 | €350,000 | |
Finland | €20,000 | Nil | €800,000 | €800,000 | €800,000 | €800,000 | |
France | Goods €85,000 Services €37,500 | Nil | Discretionary | Discretionary | Discretionary | Discretionary | |
Germany | €22,000 | Nil | €800,000 | €500,000 | €49m | €51m | |
Greece | Nil | Nil | €150,000 | €90,000 | €150,000 | €90,000 | |
Hungary | HUF 12m | Nil | HUF 270m | HUF 150m | HUF 5.5bn | HUF 15bn | |
Ireland | Goods €85,000 Services €42,500 | Nil | €500,000 | €635,000 | €5m | €34m | |
Italy | €85,000 | Nil | See country guide | See country guide | See country guide | See country guide | |
Latvia | €50,000 | Nil | €350,000 | €200,000 | €5m | €7m | |
Lithuania | €55,000 | Nil | €570,000 | €400,000 | €7m | €10m | |
Luxembourg | €50,000 | Nil | €250,000 | €200,000 | €4m | €8m | |
Malta | Goods €35,000 Other €30,000 | Nil | €700 | €700 | €700 | €700 | |
Netherlands | €20,000 | Nil | Discretionary | Discretionary | Discretionary | Discretionary | |
Poland | PLN 200,000 | Nil | PLN 6.0m | PLN 2.8m | PLN 105m | PLN 158m | |
Portugal | Nil | Nil | €600,000 | €600,000 | €6.5m | €6.5m | |
Romania | RON 300,000 | Nil | RON 1m | RON 1m | RON 10m | RON 20m | |
Slovakia | €62,500 | Nil | €1m | €1m | €1m | €1m | |
Slovenia | €60,000 | Nil | €220,000 | €270,000 | €4m | €9m | |
Spain | Nil | Nil | €400,000 | €400,000 | €400,000 | €400,000 | |
Sweden | SEK 120,000 | Nil | SEK 15m | SEK 4.5m | SEK 15m | SEK 4.5m | |
Non-EU | |||||||
Bosnia | BAM 100,000 | Nil | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
Iceland | ISK 2m | Nil | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
Montenegro | €35,000 | Nil | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
Norway | NOK 50,000 | Nil | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
Russia | RUB 8m (on application) | Nil | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
Switzerland | CHF 100,000 | CHF 100,000 global income | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
Turkey | Nil | Nil | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
UK (Intrastat Northern Ire only) | £90,000 (Apr 2024) | Nil | £500,000 | £250,000 | £24m | £24m |