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Germany Implements New Laws for Document Conservation and VAT Return Simplification

  • German Council approved the 4th Bureaucracy Relief Law on 18th October
  • Aim is to alleviate economic pressures and simplify fiscal process
  • Reduction in retention period for accounting documents from ten to eight years
  • Financial statements, books, records, inventories must be retained for ten years
  • New regulation on advance VAT returns starting from 1st January 2025
  • Threshold for filing monthly VAT returns increased to 9.000€ of VAT payable

Source: auxadi.com

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