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Umsatzsteuer Newsletter 38/2019
A look across the border
PORTUGAL postpones requirement of certified invoicing software +++ LITHUANIA implements Reverse Charge for mobile phones +++ NORWAY implements SAF-T +++ UK postpones Reverse Charge for construction services +++ POLAND publishes White List of taxable persons and postpones replacement of VAT return by SAF-T +++ CROATIA reduces VAT rate for hospitality and standard VAT rate +++ JAPAN reduces standard VAT rate +++ SAUDI-ARABIA waives obligation of fiscal representative for non-residents +++ CZECH REPUBLIC plans implementation of a general Reverse Charge
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Umsatzsteuer Newsletter 37/2019
VAT group: new legal regulation in Germany
The Federal Ministry of Finance has suggested changing the German VAT regulations as regards VAT groups (Federal Ministry of Finance, key issue paper of 14 March 2019). One significant proposed innovation is that the legal consequences of group taxation will only occur after the group members have submitted a joint application. By means of these and other innovations, there is finally the prospect of more legal certainty for the taxpayers concerned. It is therefore to be hoped that the German legislator will soon implement the Federal Ministry of Finance’s proposal.
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Umsatzsteuer Newsletter 36/2019
Payment by instalments: German Federal Fiscal Court implements ECJ legal opinion
The ECJ’s decision in baumgarten sports & more GmbH (see KMLZ VAT Newsletter 52/2018) served to provide the German Federal Fiscal Court with guidelines on the incurrence of VAT in payment by instalment transactions. The case concerned a professional football player agency. Nevertheless, the decision impacts on almost all businesses where payments by instalment agreements play a role. With the now published decision, the German Federal Fiscal Court follows the requirements set up by the ECJ. For taxable persons, recommendations for action concerning national practice can be drawn from this decision.
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