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 |