Belgium is considering turning restaurant VAT receipts into lottery tickets, giving diners a rather more exciting reason to ask for the bill The Belgian State and National Lottery are developing a VAT receipt lottery aimed initially at the hospitality sector. Customers would receive a QR
Ukraine mulls raising its standard VAT rate from 20% to 21% to help fund a new war-risk The Ukrainian government has included a potential one percentage point VAT increase in its draft 2027 State Budget. The standard VAT rate would rise from 20% to 21%,
Mandatory secure electronic cash registers for larger businesses 1 January 2028, alongside a switch from automatically printed paper receipts to digital receipts. The German Federal Cabinet approved the draft Second Cash Register Act (Zweites Kassengesetz) on 23 September 2026. The proposals form part of Germany’s
