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Umsatzsteuer Newsletter 14/2013
After the extensive changes which occured at the beginning of 2013, there are not too many new midyear regulations in the EU member states to report. Nevertheless, VAT rates, as usual, remain rather volatile. Furthermore, the fight against VAT fraud is increasingly gaining a higher profile. The EU Council has agreed to two proposals for new directives which allow member states to implement measures against VAT fraud temporarily and on short notice.
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Last year the German Ministry of Finance changed its view on the VAT treatment of sales of tickets by intermediaries. Now, the German VAT Circular has been amended accordingly. All entrepreneurs selling tickets as intermediaries but not as organizers of events will need to review their invoicing processes. This not only concerns typical ticket sellers but potentially event organizers and all other entrepreneurs selling tickets to other parties.
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Due to the accession to the EU, entrepreneurs having business relations with Croatia will need to make changes to the individual settings in their SAP systems. From now on, business transactions will have to be treated differently in VAT matters. These changes will have to be implemented accordingly with regard to the customer’s settings, using the correct tax codes and the invoice layouts as well as VAT reports, EC-Sales lists and Intrastat declarations.
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