Withdrawal of CHF100,000 distance selling VAT registration threshold
Switzerland is to follow the EU and many other countries by ending the VAT registration threshold for non-resident e-commerce sellers to consumers. The current threshold is CHF100,000 for all global income – so not just Swiss taxable supplies.
The move, voted on by Parliament and awaiting implementation date, replicates the EU’s e-commerce package of July 2021, the ending of distance selling VAT registration threshold. The UK threshold was scrapped following Brexit and the import VAT
Swiss marketplace VAT liabilities are scheduled to come into force shortly. Again, this follows the EU’s deemed supplier changes in 2021.
2026 EU VAT registration & Intrastat reporting threshold
| Country | VAT Registration thresholds | Intrastat thresholds | |||||
| Resident | Non-resident | Arrivals | Dispatches | Arrivals Statistical | Dispatches Statistical | ||
| EU SME Scheme | €85,000 max | €100,000 EU residents only | |||||
| EU One-Stop Shop | €10,000 | €10,000 EU sellers only | - | - | - | - | |
| Austria | €55,000 | Nil | €5,000,000 | €1,200,000 | €12m | €12m | |
| Belgium | €25,000 | Nil | €1,500,000 | €1,000,000 | €25m | €25m | |
| Bulgaria | €51,130 | Nil | €0.9m | €1.15m | €17m | €36.1m | |
| Croatia | €60,000 | Nil | €450,000 | €300,000 | €450,000 | €300,000 | |
| Cyprus | €15,600 | Nil | €380,000 | €75,000 | €2.7m | €5.8m | |
| Czechia | CZK 2.2m | Nil | CZK 15m | CZK 15m | CZK 30m | CZK 30m | |
| Denmark | DKK 50,000 | Nil | DKK 41m | DKK 11.8m | DKK 41m | DKK 11.3m | |
| Estonia | €40,000 | Nil | Withdrawn | €325,000 | Withdrawn | €325,000 | |
| Finland | €20,000 | Nil | Withdrawn | €800,000 | Withdrawn | €800,000 | |
| France | Goods €93,600 Services €41,250 | Nil | Discretionary | Discretionary | Discretionary | Discretionary | |
| Germany | €25k prior yr & €100k this yr | Nil | €3m | €1m | €49m | €52m | |
| Greece | Nil | Nil | €250,000 | €90,000 | €250,000 | €90,000 | |
| Hungary | HUF 20m | Nil | HUF 400m | HUF 200m | HUF 9bn | HUF 15bn | |
| Ireland | Goods €85,000 Services €42,500 | Nil | €750,000 | €750,000 | €5m | €34m | |
| Italy | €85,000 | Nil | €2m | €0 | €2m | €0 | |
| Latvia | €50,000 | Nil | €380,000 | €220,000 | €5m | €7m | |
| Lithuania | €45,000 | Nil | €600,000 | €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 240,000 | Nil | PLN 6.0m | PLN 2.8m | PLN 105m | PLN 148m | |
| Portugal | Nil | Nil | €650,000 | €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 | €300,000 | €280,000 | €4m | €9m | |
| Spain | Nil | Nil | €400,000 | €400,000 | €400,000 | €400,000 | |
| Sweden | SEK 120,000 | Nil | SEK 15m | SEK 12m | SEK 15m | SEK 12m | |
| 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 | |
