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Belgium fiscal cash registers extended

Fiscal cash registers extends in the hospitality sector

The new Belgian government is extending the mandate of fiscal cash registers throughout the hospitality and similar VAT-fraud prone sectors. Belgium introduced certified cash registers July 2016 for the hotel, restaurant, and Café/Catering (HORECA) sectors. There is an annual sales threshold of €25,000.

Belgium is planning mandatory e-invoicing and e-reporting regimes for 2026, and 2028, respectively.

Certified fiscal cash registers since 2016

Where required, the registers are registered with the Federal Public Service Finance (FPS Finance) of Belgium.  Whilst each transaction requires a fiscal receipt to be created, it is then transmitted to FPS via a ‘VAT signing card’. This is being phased out in version 2.0, with a direct connection between the register and FPS Finance.

Certified registers include: cash registers; Point-of-Sale systems; or fiscal data modues.

Read more in our Belgium VAT guide

European VAT electronic cash registers

Country (click for details) Implementation
Albania 2019
Austria 2016
Belgium 2014
Bulgaria 2020
Croatia 2013
Czech 2019 (suspended)
France 2018
Germany 2025
Greece 2020
Hungary 2014
Italy 2017
Lithuania 2001
Montenegro 2019
Poland 2018
Portugal 2008
Romania 2017
Russia 2017
Serbia 2022
Slovakia 2019
Slovenia 2016
Sweden 2014
Turkey 2012
Ukarine 2013

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