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Highlights
- Changes in standard VAT rates in Estonia, Indonesia and Slovakia in 2025, Switzerland may increase in 2026
- Estonia – Approved in Parliament – Increase the standard VAT rate from 22 to 24% per July 1, 2025
- Indonesia – Reconsidering VAT Increase from 11% to 12% by Jan. 1, 2025
- Slovakia – Approved. Standard VAT rate increasing from 20% to 23%
- Switzerland – Proposal to Parliament to increase VAT rates from 8.1% to 8.8% and from 3.8% to 4.2% per 2026
- Canada: Nova Scotia to reduce Harmonized Sales Tax by 1% in 2025
- Cyprus Confirms Termination of Temporary Zero VAT Rate for Basic Goods, Meats, and Vegetables
- Estonia’s VAT Rates to Increase in 2025: What You Need to Know
- 2025 Changes in EU VAT Rates: Updates on Rate Increases and New Reduced Rates
- Finland – Government Proposes VAT Increase from 10% to 14% per Jan 1, 2025
- Greek Parliament Considers 2025 Budget with VAT Increase and Rental Tax for Multiple Apartment Owners
- Ireland’s 2025 Budget: VAT Thresholds Raised, Gas and Electricity VAT Rate Extended
- Latvia: Extension of Reduced 12% VAT Rate on Fruits and Vegetables Proposed Until 2028
- Maldives Government Proposes Increase in Tourism Sector GST Rate to 17% by June 2025
- Malta’s 2025 Budget: VAT Relief for Restorations and 0% VAT on Sanitary Products
- Montenegro Introduces New 15% VAT Rate Alongside Existing 7% Rate
- Madeira Reduces VAT Rate to 4% Effective October 2024
- Slovakia – Key Updates on Value Added Tax Rates in Slovakia: Changes Effective January 1, 2025
- Switzerland – Proposal to Parliament to increase VAT rates from 8.1% to 8.8% and from 3.8% to 4.2% per 2026
- Thailand extends reduced standard VAT rate until 30 September 2025
- Uruguay Extends VAT Rate Reduction for Tourism Sector until April 2025.
Argentina
Australia
Bahrain
Bangladesh
- Edible Oil Prices Surge Despite VAT Cut: Consumers in Bangladesh Face Hike
- Government Cuts VAT on Soybean and Palm Oil Imports to Boost Edible Oil Industry
- NBR Waives VAT on Cooking Oil to Control Price Hike: Business Correspondent
Bolivia
Bulgaria
- Bulgaria State News: Prime Minister’s Tax Measures for 2025 Budget Unveiled
- Bulgaria to Remove Reduced VAT Rate on Restaurant Services in 2025 Budget Plan
Canada
- Conservative Leader Poilievre Vows to Eliminate GST on New Homes Under $1 Million
- GST/HST Ruling on Zero-Rating Supply of Lignin Products for Industrial and Commercial Use
- Nova Scotia to Lower Harmonized Sales Tax by 1% in 2025, Impact on Provincial Revenues
- Nova Scotia to reduce Harmonized Sales Tax by 1% in 2025
- Tax Court of Canada: Canadian Agent’s Services Not Zero-Rated Due to Work in Canada
Colombia
Costa Rica
- Costa Rica Approves Lower VAT for Reef-Safe Sunscreen
- Costa Rica Updates VAT Law to Improve Access to School Supplies and Technology
Cyprus
- Cyprus Confirms Termination of Temporary Zero VAT Rate for Basic Goods, Meats, and Vegetables
- Cyprus Ends 0% VAT Rate on Basic Food and Women’s Hygiene Products
- Electricity Subsidy and Zero VAT on Essential Goods Scrapped
- End of Temporary Zero VAT Rate for Essential Items Effective 30 September 2024
- Finance Minister Defends Reinstatement of Zero VAT Amid Criticism and Economic Uncertainty
- Government faces backlash for reinstating zero VAT on essential goods amid cost-of-living crisis
Denmark
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
- Ecuador Cuts VAT on Electric Generator Imports and Sales
- Ecuador Implements VAT Cut on Electric Generators to Address Energy Crisis
- Ecuador’s VAT Reduction for Tourism Activities During November National Holidays
- Ecuadorian Official Gazette: Zero-Rated VAT on Energy Imports Effective Oct. 4
- VAT rate reduced for tourism activities
Estonia
- Estonia Implements New Security Tax and VAT Hike to Fund National Defense
- Estonia Plans 24% VAT Rate Increase to Fund Defence Amid Economic Challenges
- Estonia’s VAT Rates to Increase in 2025: What You Need to Know
- Estonian Parliament considers reduced VAT rate for food, animal feed, and restaurant services.
Estonia/ Latvia/ Lithuania
Estonia/ Liechtenstein/ Luxembourg/ Singapore/ Switzerland
European Union
- 2025 Changes in EU VAT Rates: Updates on Rate Increases and New Reduced Rates
- EU Reduced VAT Rates System Overhaul: Changes and Implications for Member States in 2025
- EU VAT Rates Directive 2025: Changes to Reduced Rates System for Member States
- ViDA VAT Package Likely to be Decided by EU Finance Ministers on 5 November
Finland
- Finland Implements VAT Rate Increase and Reclassification Effective September 2024 – Action Steps for Businesses
- Finland Proposes Changes to TV Tax and VAT on Broadcasting Services for Public Consultation
- Finland to Increase VAT on Broadcasting to 14%
- Finland: Parliament Reviews 2025 Budget Bill
- Finnish Ministry of Finance proposes changes to broadcasting tax and VAT rates by 2026.
- Government Proposes VAT Increase from 10% to 14% per Jan 1, 2025
- OLL Demands Abandonment of VAT Rate Increase on Sports Services to Support Student Exercise
- Proposed Changes to Public Broadcasting Taxation: Consultation by Ministry of Finance
- VAT rate changes for commodities, diapers, menstrual & incontinence pads
France
- Budget 2025: Changes to VAT Rates for Energy Supplies
- Clarification on VAT rate for fruit pastes – Ruling – Exportable PDF – Tax Division
- French Parliament Considers 2025 Finance Bill with Aligned VAT Rates on Heating Operations
- How to Set Up VAT Rates on PrestaShop for International Sales: Step-by-Step Guide
- TVA Liquidation: Reduced Rates for Food Products – Update on Fruit Paste VAT Rate
- VAT Liquidation: Reduced Rates for Legal Services under Legal Aid – CJEU Decision Impact
Greece
- Greek Parliament Considers 2025 Budget with VAT Increase and Rental Tax for Multiple Apartment Owners
- Greek Parliament considers draft bill for 2025 state budget with tax measures and VAT extension.
- Response to “Estia” newspaper: Reduced VAT regulation for asylum seekers’ islands in effect for years
- VAT on car rental services with driver and discount right – Circular
- VAT Rate for Passenger Car Rental Services with Driver and VAT Deduction Rights for Related Expenses
- VAT Treatment of Car Rental Services with Driver: Clarifications and Right to Discount
Guyana
India
- Akzo Nobel India Receives Reduced GST Demand in Telangana Department Appeal Order
- Challenges in Merging GST Slabs Amid Revenue and Political Hurdles: Experts Discuss
- GoM recommends lowering GST rate on water bottles, bicycles to 5%: Report
- GoM Struggles to Reach Consensus on GST Rate Rationalisation for Over 100 Items
- GST GoM to Discuss Merging 12% and 18% Slabs on September 25 in Goa
- High Court clarifies ‘as is where is’ basis in GST classification dispute
- Mercedes CEO Concerned Over Potential GST Hike on Luxury Electric Vehicles in India
- Panel Meeting on GST Rate Rationalisation and Insurance Tax Cut Scheduled for Saturday
- PIL in Supreme Court Challenges Lack of Clarity on GST for Mental Health Services
- Understanding GST Rates on Gems, Jewellery, and Silver: A Comprehensive Guide for Jewelers and Consumers
Indonesia
Ireland
- Ireland Publishes Finance Bill 2024 Including Measures for Budget 2025
- Ireland VAT Rates: 2025 State Budget Changes and Extensions
- Ireland’s 2025 Budget: VAT Thresholds Raised, Gas and Electricity VAT Rate Extended
- Ireland’s Budget 2025: Extending 9% VAT Rate to Address Rising Cost of Living
- Irish House of Representatives Approves 9% for gas and electricity and higher registration threshold
- Temporary reduced VAT rate for gas and electricity extended till April 30, 2025
Italy
- Clarification on 10% VAT for TARI surcharges by Revenue Agency
- New VAT rate of 5% for live horses with non-food purposes effective from today.
- New VAT reduction for live horses with non-food purposes: implications and expert observations.
- Parliament Approves Changes to VAT Rates
- Taxation of Wild Animals for Hunting and Food: Clarification on VAT Rate by Tax Agency
- VAT exemption for anesthetic services in aesthetic surgery: A clarification by the Revenue Agency.
- VAT Rate for Wildlife Sales to Agricultural Businesses Engaged in Hunting Activities
Japan
Kazakhstan
- IMF Urges Kazakhstan to Raise VAT Rate for Increased Non-Oil Revenues
- MIC Initiates Public Consultation to Expand SEZ Goods Eligible for Zero VAT Rate
Latvia
- Extension of Reduced 12% VAT Rate on Fruits and Vegetables Proposed Until 2028
- Latvia Planning Extension of Reduced VAT Rate for Fresh Fruits, Berries, and Vegetables
Lithuania
- Lithuania Proposes Zero VAT Rate for Residential Fuel and Hot Water Supply
- Lithuanian Parliament Considers Bill to Reduce VAT on Residential Heat Energy and Hot Water
Luxembourg
Maldives
- Maldives Government Proposes Increase in Tourism Sector GST Rate to 17% by June 2025
- Maldives to Increase GST Rate for Tourism Sector
Malta
Montenegro
- Montenegro Introduces New 15% VAT Rate Alongside Existing 7% Rate
- Montenegro Introduces New 15% VAT Rate Alongside Existing 7% Rate from January 2025
- Montenegro new 15% reduced VAT rate 2025
- VAT Rates Updates in Montenegro from January 2025
Netherlands
- 10 attention points for the upcoming VAT rate changes
- 2025 Tax Plan: Low VAT rate for culture and lodging disappears from January 1, 2026
- Abolishment of Reduced VAT Rate on Agricultural Goods from January 1, 2025
- Answers to Parliamentary Questions on VAT increase on accommodation
- Cabinet refuses to submit separate VAT plan, sparking debate in Dutch Parliament
- Changes in VAT from 1 January 2025: Important Updates for Businesses and Consumers
- Changes to VAT from 1 January 2025
- Confrontation Looms as Senate Rejects VAT Increase on Sports, Books, and Hotels
- Controversy over Government’s Decision to Abolish Reduced VAT Rates on Cultural and Sports Activities
- Court Decision: VAT rate on e-bike service debated, ruling in favor of tax authority.
- Court rules against X for incorrect application of zero VAT rate for car deliveries with collection declaration.
- Court ruling on VAT law for second-hand car transactions with Bulgarian business results in penalty.
- Elegant Solution Proposed for Controversial VAT Increase: First Chamber Remains Opposed
- Elegant Solution: Separate Treatment of VAT Increase in Tax Plan 2025.
- Exclusion of Reduced VAT Rate for Artwork: Case Study in Gelderland Court, July 22, 2024
- First Chamber calls for separate bill for VAT plans in Tax Plan 2025
- Free first e-bike service: no reduced VAT rate
- Frustration Grows in Senate as VAT Increase Remains in Tax Plan for 2025 Budget
- Government refuses separate bill for VAT measures in Tax Plan, causing potential delay and confusion.
- Impact of Abolishing Reduced VAT Rate on Accommodation Services in Vacation Parks and Short-stayOctober 15, 2024
- Increase in Reduced VAT Rates: Changes in 2026 for Accommodation, Culture, and Sports Sector
- Knowledge group point of view: reselling tickets is a form of granting access to events
- Legal Battle Over Tax Classification of Custom Photo Art Services: Court Rules Against X
- Media Industry in Crisis: Warning of VAT Increase Could Be Fatal Blow
- No reduced VAT rate for first free service
- Partial Compliance with Publication Request for SEO Research Report on VAT Zero Rate for Produce
- Photo mosaic not art for VAT
- Proposal to Separate VAT Measures in Tax Plan 2025 for Dutch Senate Approval
- Protest Against VAT Increase Threatens Journalism, Education, and Cultural Accessibility
- Resale of Tickets Eligible for Reduced VAT Rate: Knowledge Group Position
- Resale of Tickets: VAT Rate and Access to Events under Dutch Tax Law
- Roundtable discussion on impact of VAT increase on education, culture, and media
- Senate wants separate bill on increase VAT rate
- Uncertainty Surrounding Effects of VAT Increase on Accommodation: Answers to Parliamentary Questions
- VAT simplification for agricultural products to take effect from 1 January 2025
New Zealand
Nigeria
- CNPP Urges Tinubu: Pause VAT Hike Until Economy Recovers
- Delay in Zero VAT Policy Reduces Pharmaceutical Manufacturers’ Revenue by 8%
- FG Approves Zero VAT on Pharmaceutical Products to Boost Medicine Exports
- FG Clarifies: No Plans to Increase VAT to 10%, Emphasizes Commitment to Fiscal Stability
- FG Confirms Plan to Raise VAT on Luxury Goods by 2.5% to Boost Revenue
- FG Implements Zero VAT on Imported Pharmaceutical Products to Boost Local Manufacturing
- FG Proposes Increase of VAT to 10% by 2025, 15% by 2030: National Assembly Bill
- NASS Considers Bill to Increase VAT to 15% and Reduce CIT to 25% by 2026
- National Assembly Considers Bill to Raise VAT by 2.5% in 2025: Implications for Consumers and Businesses
- Nigeria Considers Doubling VAT Rate to 15% by 2030: Legislative Proposal
- Nigeria to Raise VAT to 15% on Luxury Goods, Exempt Essentials for Poor Citizens
- Nigeria VAT Rise Latest
- Nigerians Protest as FG Plans to Increase VAT to 15% by 2030: Implications Explained
- President Tinubu’s Tax Reforms: Nigeria’s Plan to Increase VAT Rate and Improve Tax Compliance
Norway
- 2025 State Budget: VAT Reduction, Trivial Value Limit Increase, and Stencil Tax Reintroduction
- Norwegian Government Reducing Living Costs Through VAT Reduction on Water and Sewerage Charges
Pakistan
- Amendments to Sales Tax Rules, 2006 effective from October 1, 2024 by Federal Board of Revenue
- Pakistan Increases Sales Tax Rate on Tractors to 14% from 10%
Philippines
Poland
- Changes in VAT from January 1, 2025. What does the Ministry of Finance plan?
- Changes in VAT regulations in 2025: expanded exemptions, higher/lower rates, mandatory fiscal cash registers.
- Entrepreneurs win battle against tax authorities for VAT refund on take-out meals at 8% rate.
- Poland 2025 reduced VAT rate changes
- Proposed Changes to VAT Rates and Reverse Charge Mechanism in Poland by 2025
- Proposed Changes to VAT Rates: Impact on Ship Salvage, Fertilizers, Menstrual Cups, Medical Devices, and More
- Road maintenance VAT dispute: Trust in state organs over 23% VAT rule, says court.
- Tax Implications of Supporting Rainfall and Flood Victims: VAT, CIT and PIT Considerations
- VAT Changes in September 2024 – Summary of New Regulations and Events
- Zero VAT for Building Materials Donations to Flood Victims: Minister of Finance Regulation
- Zero VAT not applicable to all donations for flood victims
Portugal
- 2025 Draft Budget Law: Key Indirect Tax Measures and Recent Guidance Highlights
- 2025 IVA Reduction: Fiscal Revenue Cut by 110 Million Euros Due to Electricity Tax Decrease
- Madeira Reduces VAT Rate to 4% Effective October 2024
- Madeira to Lower VAT Rate to 4% Starting October 2024 in Budget Adjustment.
- Portugal’s Proposed VAT Measures in 2025 State Budget Law: What You Need to Know
Romania
- Romanian Bank Analysts Predict VAT Rate Increase in 2025 Amid Economic Uncertainty
- VAT Rate on Bee Food Reduced by Government from 1 January 2025
Russia
- Ministry of Finance clarifies VAT payment rules for sanatoriums providing services
- Russian Tax Code Amended to Impose 10% VAT on Breeding Product Sales and Allow VAT Deductions
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Slovakia
- Key Updates on Value Added Tax Rates in Slovakia: Changes Effective January 1, 2025
- Parliament Passes Bill Changing VAT Rates
- Slovak President Signs Law Amending Tax Measures, Including VAT Rate Increase to 23%
- Slovak Republic to Implement VAT Rate Increase to 23% Starting January 1, 2025.
- Slovakia – Significant Increase of the VAT Rates
- Slovakia Amends Tax Measures: VAT Rate Increase and New Reduced Rates Effective Nov. 30
- Slovakia Implements 5 Percent VAT on Hotels, Following Hungary’s Lead
- Slovakia Implements 5% VAT on Accommodation and Restaurant Services from January 2025
- Slovakia Implements VAT Rate Changes: What You Need to Know
- Slovakia Implements VAT Rate Increase and Changes to Reduced Rates Effective 2025
- Slovakia increases VAT rate
- Slovakia Proposes VAT Rate Increase to 23% and Changes in Categorization Effective 2025
- Slovakia Proposes VAT Rate Increases Effective January 1, 2025
- Slovakia to Increase VAT Rate and Introduce New Taxes in 2025 Legislation
- Slovakia to Increase VAT Rates in 2025: What You Need to Know
- Slovakia VAT Rise to 23% 2025 Update
- Slovakia’s VAT Rates Set to Increase in 2025: What Businesses Need to Know
- Slovakia’s VAT Rates to Increase: Impact on Businesses and Citizens from 2025
- Slovakian Parliament Approves VAT Rate Increase for 2025: Key Changes and Implications Explained
South Africa
Spain
- Álava Tax Regulations Adjusted with New VAT rate Changes
- Montserrat Government Grants Customs Duty and Tax Exemptions for Holiday Season
- September Updates in INFORMA: Veterinary Dispensed Medications and Tax Implications
- Spain ends zero VAT on food in October after nearly three years of extraordinary measures.
- Spain Implements New VAT Rate Adjustments to Essential Foodstuffs and Energy Products
- Supreme Court Rules Special Bread Deserves Reduced VAT
- Supreme Court Ruling: Gluten-Added Bread Eligible for Reduced VAT Rate
- Tax implications for hairdressing services in elderly care facilities
- Temporary Reduced VAT Rates in Spain 2024
- TicketBAI Fiscalization Updates: VAT Rate Changes in Spain’s Álava and Gipuzkoa Provinces
- Update on VAT Rates in Alava (Basque region): Impact on Basic Foodstuffs and Seed Oils
- Update: DIVA System Adapted to New VAT Tax Rates and Technical Guide Revision
Sweden
- Amendments to Swedish VAT Act: Exemptions, Tax Rates, and Administrative Procedures Effective 2025
- Sweden’s VAT Law Amendments: Simplifying Compliance and Supporting Businesses in the Digital Economy
- Swedish Lawmakers Endorse VAT Law Amendments
Switzerland
- Proposal to Parliament to increase VAT rates from 8.1% to 8.8% and from 3.8% to 4.2% per 2026
- Swiss Federal Council Approves VAT Increase to Fund Additional Pension Payment
- Switzerland Plans VAT Increase to 8.8% by 2026 to Support Pension Finances
Taiwan
- New Taipei City Government Announces Tax Rates for Various Performances and Entertainment Venues
- Taxation on Domestic Services Provided and Used in Taiwan with Foreign Exchange Income Collection
Thailand
- Thai Official Gazette: Royal Decree Extends VAT Rate Reduction to 2025
- Thai VAT Rate Reduced to 7% Extended Until September 2025: Royal Decree No. 790
- Thailand Extends Reduced 7% VAT Rate for Another Year
- Thailand extends reduced standard VAT rate until 30 September 2025
- Thailand Extends VAT Rate Reduction Until 2025: New Rate Set at 6.3%
Tunisia
Ukraine
- Extension of VAT zero rate for businesses of persons with disabilities proposed by Bill No. 12078
- Memorandum with IMF: which Tax is Ready to be Raised in Ukraine.
- Potential Return to VAT Rate Review After Increase in Military Fee, According to Yuzhanina
- Raising VAT as the most effective potential source of additional income – IMF memorandum
- Raising VAT: Most Effective Potential Source of Additional Revenue – IMF’s Unchanging Position
United Arab Emirates
- Amendment to Zero-Rating Export of Services under UAE VAT Law: Impact and Implications
- FTA Amends VAT Executive Regulations for Zero Rating International Transport Services
- Key Amendments to VAT Regulations: Impact on Business Operations and Tax Obligations
- Key Changes to UAE VAT Law Effective from November 2024
- UAE VAT Executive Regulations Amendments: Implications for Businesses in Financial Services Sector
United Kingdom
- 2025 Proposal: Introducing 5% Goods and Services Tax in Guernsey States
- FTT Allows Appeal Against VAT Assessments Denying Zero Rate on Direct Exports by Procurement International Ltd
- Potential VAT Changes and Tax Predictions for Upcoming Budget by Chancellor Rachel Reeves
- Progressive VAT: Addressing Inequality Through Real-Time Compensation for Lower-Income Households
- Tax Classification: Fruit Pulp Zero-Rated, Fruit Juice Standard-Rated
- UK Tax Tribunal Approves New Method for Calculating Output VAT on Caravan Sales
- Understanding VAT Treatment of Hot and Cold Food: A Comprehensive Guide
- Zero-Rating for Residential Caravans: HMRC Guidance on VAT Legislation Amendment for 2024
United States
- Alaska Removes 200-Transaction Threshold for Sales Tax Effective January 1, 2025
- California Sales Tax Rate Changes Effective October 1, 2024: Special Notice and New Rates
- CDTFA’s Tax Rate Map: Instantly Find Sales and Use Tax Rates by Location
- Florida DOR Corrects Sales Tax Rate Chart Error in Revised Tax Information Publication
- Navigating Food Taxation: Understanding the Nuances of Sales Tax on Groceries and Prepared Foods
- Nebraska Introduces Good Life Districts with Varied State and Local Sales Tax Rates
- Sitka, Alaska Declares Sales Tax Free Days on November 29th & 30th, 2024
- South Dakota’s Initiated Measure 28 Undermines Sales Tax Rate Reductions
- US Sales Tax Rate Updates for October 2024
- White Mountain, Alaska Sales Tax Rate to Increase to 3% on December 1, 2024
Uruguay
- Extension of Reduced VAT Rate for Tourism Sector by Ministry of Economy and Finance
- Extension of Reduced VAT Rate for Tourism Sector in Uruguay until April 30, 2025
- Uruguay extends application of reduced VAT rate for tourism sector until 30 April 2025
- Uruguay Extends Reduced VAT Rate for Tourism Sector Until April 30, 2025
- Uruguay Extends VAT Rate Reduction for Tourism Sector to April 2025
- Uruguay Extends VAT Rate Reduction for Tourism Sector until April 2025.
Vietnam
World
- 10 VAT rate changes due on 1st January 2025
- Greening the EU VAT Rate System: The Case for a Differentiated Assessment
- International VAT Rate Round Up: October 2024
- VAT Exempt vs Zero-Rated VAT: What Every Business Needs to Know
Zimbabwe
