EU Council approves doubling of annual threshold for VAT compliance from 1 January 2023
The Council of the European Council has agreed to the Bulgarian plan to double the annual VAT registration threshold from 1 January 2023. It will rise from the current BGN 50,000 (approx. €25,600) to BGN 100,000 (approx. €51,300).
Bulgaria estimates that 200 000 companies in Bulgaria would be exempted from mandatory VAT registration. Depending on how many companies choose to de-register, the state coffers will lose between 85 million and 130 million leva, they said.
The government has also indicated that it wishes to further raise the threshold in January 2024 to BGN 166,000 (approx. €85,000).
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2023 EU VAT registration & Intrastat reporting threshold
| Country | VAT Registration thresholds | Intrastat thresholds | |||||
| Resident | Non-resident | Arrivals | Dispatches | Arrivals Statistical | Dispatches Statistical | ||
| EU One-Stop Shop | €10,000 | €10,000 EU sellers only | - | - | - | - | |
| Austria | €35,000 | Nil | €1,100,000 | €1,100,000 | €12m | €12m | |
| Belgium | €25,000 | Nil | €1,500,000 | €1,000,000 | €25m | €25m | |
| Bulgaria | BGN 100,000 | Nil | BGN 700,000 | BGN 1m | €7.3m | €14.7m | |
| Croatia | €40,000 | Nil | €400,000 | €200,000 | €345,000 | €400,000 | |
| Cyprus | €15,600 | Nil | €270,000 | €75,000 | €2.7m | €5.8m | |
| Czechia | CZK 2m | Nil | CZK 12m | CZK 12m | CZK 12m | CZK 12m | |
| Denmark | DKK 50,000 | Nil | DKK 22m | DKK 11m | DKK 22m | DKK 11m | |
| Estonia | €40,000 | Nil | €400,000 | €270,000 | €400,000 | €270,000 | |
| Finland | €15,000 | Nil | €800,000 | €800,000 | €800,000 | €800,000 | |
| France | Goods €85,800 Services €34,400 | Nil | €460,000 | €460,000 | €460,000 | €460,000 | |
| German | €22,000 | Nil | €800,000 | €500,000 | €48m | €50m | |
| Greece | Nil | Nil | €150,000 | €90,000 | €150,000 | €90,000 | |
| Hungary | HUF 12m | Nil | HUF 250m | HUF 140m | HUF 5bn | HUF 14bn | |
| Ireland | Goods €75,000 Services €37,500 | Nil | €500,000 | €635,000 | €5m | €34m | |
| Italy | €85,000 | Nil | See country guide | See country guide | See country guide | See country guide | |
| Latvia | €40,000 | Nil | €330,000 | €200,000 | €4m | €6m | |
| Lithuania | €45,000 | Nil | €500,000 | €300,000 | €7m | €10m | |
| Luxembourg | €35,000 | 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 207,000 | Nil | PLN 5m | PLN 2.7m | PLN 80m | PLN 128m | |
| Portugal | Nil | Nil | €400,000 | €400,000 | €5m | €6.5m | |
| Romania | RON 445,500 | Nil | RON 1m | RON 1m | RON 10m | RON 20m | |
| Slovakia | €49,790 | Nil | €1m | €1m | €1m | €1m | |
| Slovenia | €50,000 | Nil | €1m | €1m | €4m | €9m | |
| Spain | Nil | Nil | €400,000 | €400,000 | €400,000 | €400,000 | |
| Sweden | SEK 80,000 | Nil | SEK 15m | SEK 4.5m | SEK 15m | SEK 4.5m | |
| Non-EU | |||||||
| Iceland | ISK 2m | ||||||
| Montenegro | €30,000 | 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 (Northern Ireland - EU Intrastat only) | £85,000 | Nil | £500,000 | £250,000 | n/a | n/a | |
