Increase on sales threshold for mandatory VAT registration in 2024 budget
In today’s 2024 Budget, Ireland is proposing to increase the existing VAT registration thresholds for businesses from €37,500 for services and €75,000 for goods to €40,000 for services and €80,000 for goods respectively.
These changes will come into effect from 1 January 2024.
These increase changes will provide more latitude to small businesses whose turnover is close to the existing thresholds, and is broadly in line with forthcoming EU VAT registration thresholds. For registration purposes, the sales figure may be reduced by the amount of VAT paid on stock bought for re-sale. Businesses should use this reduced turnover figure to see if they can register for VAT.
This adjusted turnover figure is used only for the purposes of determining your turnover for registration for VAT.
Businesses may still voluntarily register for Irish VAT.
VAT registration thresholds only apply to resident businesses. Non-resident businesses making taxable supplies which require them to VAT register (e.g. selling goods domestically), will have to VAT register immediately.
2024 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 1.65m | BGN 1.9m | €16m | €37.2m | |
| Croatia | €40,000 | Nil | €450,000 | €300,000 | €450,000 | €300,000 | |
| Cyprus | €15,600 | Nil | €320,000 | €75,000 | €2.7m | €5.8m | |
| Czechia | CZK 2m | Nil | CZK 15m | CZK 15m | CZK 30m | CZK 30m | |
| Denmark | DKK 50,000 | Nil | DKK 22m | DKK 11m | DKK 22m | DKK 11m | |
| Estonia | €40,000 | Nil | €700,000 | €350,000 | €700,000 | €350,000 | |
| Finland | €15,000 | Nil | €800,000 | €800,000 | €800,000 | €800,000 | |
| France | Goods €85,800 Services €34,400 | Nil | Discretionary | Discretionary | Discretionary | Discretionary | |
| Germany | €22,000 | Nil | €800,000 | €500,000 | €49m | €51m | |
| Greece | Nil | Nil | €150,000 | €90,000 | €150,000 | €90,000 | |
| Hungary | HUF 12m | Nil | HUF 270m | HUF 150m | HUF 5.5bn | HUF 15bn | |
| Ireland | Goods €80,000 Services €40,000 | Nil | €500,000 | €635,000 | €5m | €34m | |
| Italy | €85,000 | Nil | See country guide | See country guide | See country guide | See country guide | |
| Latvia | €50,000 | Nil | €350,000 | €200,000 | €5m | €7m | |
| Lithuania | €55,000 | Nil | €550,000 | €400,000 | €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 200,000 | Nil | PLN 6.2m | PLN 2.8m | PLN 103m | PLN 150m | |
| Portugal | Nil | Nil | €600,000 | €600,000 | €6.5m | €6.5m | |
| Romania | RON 445,500 | Nil | RON 1m | RON 1m | RON 10m | RON 20m | |
| Slovakia | €49,750 | Nil | €1m | €1m | €1m | €1m | |
| Slovenia | €50,000 | Nil | €220,000 | €270,000 | €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 | |||||||
| 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 (Northern Ireland - EU Intrastat only) | £90,000 (Apr 2024) | Nil | £500,000 | £250,000 | £24m | £24m | |
