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Greece myDATA; e-invoicing Jan 2025 EC request
1st January 2025 B2B e-invoicing mandate – EC permission request Greece has applied to the European Commission for permission to mandate the use of B2B e-invoicing. It is hopeful of receiving a derogation from the VAT Directive by September in time for a 1 January
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Ireland cuts VAT e-books to nil
2024 Budget reduced VAT on electronic and audio books to zero The 2024 Irish Budget includes a provision to reclassify the VAT rate on electronic books to zero. This brings it into line with the rate on their printed equivalent. The same tax break will
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Lithuania to cut e-book VAT
Shift from 21% standard rate to 9% reduced rate; other reduced rate changes The Baltic state of Lithuania is considering in parliament a fill to reduce the VAT rate on electronic books and publications to 9%. This follows most other EU states which have harmonised
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Romania 5% reduced VAT rate on e-books 2022
e-publications allowed same VAT rate as paper-versions Romania is to reduce the Value Added Tax rate on e-books from 1 January 2022. This will include audio books, blogs, electronic newspaper and journals. The follows a 2018 agreement between member states to allow the harmonisation of
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Latvia cuts e-books and press VAT rate to 5% Jan 2022
Latvia enacts EU reduced VAT agreement on e-books and news 1 January 2022 The Baltic state of Latvia’s Parliament has agreed to cut the Value Added Tax rate on income from electronic books, newspapers and journals to 5% from the rate of 21%. This harmonises
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Greece myDATA e-book and e-invoices Nov 2021
Sales e-invoice reporting goes ahead; purchase reporting to follow from 1 Jan 2022 Greece’s Ministry of Finance and Greek tax office, AADE, started the voluntary the rollout of its VAT transactional reporting from 1 July 2021 via e-invoice and e-book reporting. Sales invoice reporting started
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Greece to cut e-book and journals VAT rate to 6%
Greece is to join the majority of EU member states and switch electronic books and publications from the 24% standard VAT rate to its 6% reduced rate. The changes is now confirmed fro 18 July 2021 gazette. EU harmonises e-books and journals VAT rates 2018
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Estonia VAT e-book VAT cut
Harmonised VAT on e-publications and paper equivilants Estonia has introduced a range of tax measures to help businesses and consumers during the COVID-19 health and economic crisis. The Value Added Tax measures include: Electronic book and educations books will be reclassified to the 9% reduced
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Slovenian cuts VAT on e-books to 5%
Slovenia has harmonised the VAT rate on printed books and journals to the e-book rate. The reduced rate is now 5% from 1 January 2020. This follows the Council Directive (EU) 2018/1713 in the VAT Directive to permit EU member states to set electronic publications Value