Cut to services vat registration threshold stripped out of Finance Act The 5 February 2025 Finance Bill has proposed reducing the services VAT registration threshold from €37,500 to €25,000 from 1 March 2025. But this is now delayed until at least 1 June 2025 subject
e-invoicing: l’Ordre des Experts-comptables ‘La Source’ free platform The Order of Chartered Accountants has announced the creation of an electronic invoicing platform (via the existing ‘La Source‘) to support small businesses and micro-entrepreneurs. This follows the French tax authorities, DGFiP, decision to withdraw its own
VAT compliance and reporting rules in France Below is summary of the major rules provided under French VAT rules (Code Général des Impôt – CGI – the French Tax Code. Livre des Procédures Fiscales (Fiscal Procedures Code)), plus adoption of EU VAT Directive provisions. Check
Tax authorities updated plans Sept 2026 mandatory e-invoicing & e-reporting On 18th December, the French tax authorities, DGFiP, issued v3.0 of the external specifications which cover directory and concentrator. Details for invoices and use cases will be provided early next year by the new AFNOR
Ahead of Sept 2026 B2B e-invoicing mandate, French DGFiP confirms to join 20 other national champions of Peppol standard France’s tax authority, Direction Générale des Finances Publiques DGFiP, has confirmed today at a FNFE presentation it will become the French national authority, responsible for supporting
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.
Finance Committee considers hiking Digital Services Tax from 3% to 5% France’s Finance Committee of the National Assembly is reviewing an amendment (I-735) to the 2025 budget to raise the 3% Digital Services Tax (DST) to up to 5% to raise €500m. A separate proposal
France’s DGFiP estimate of missing VAT revenues at €6bn to €10bn per annum The Direction générale des Finances publiques tax authorities has published an in-depth study on the loss of Value Added Tax (VAT) receipts resulting from errors or omissions in reporting – including evasion.
Public consultation on 2024-introduced import VAT mechanism In January 2024 new France import VAT deferment rules were introduced. This enabled regular importers to boost their cash flows by avoiding import VAT payment at the point of goods clearance into France. A new public consultation has
