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BMF Guidelines on Recording Obligations for Payment Service Providers under CESOP

  • Introduction of § 22g UStG under JStG 2022 requires payment service providers to keep records of cross-border payments
  • BMF issued guidelines on the application of the new regulation and granted an extension for the first report submission
  • BMF references CESOP guidelines for interpretation of the new rules
  • Special recording and reporting obligations for payment service providers since January 1, 2024
  • Information on payments in Germany for cross-border transactions must be recorded and reported to BZSt
  • Data is collected and analyzed in the central electronic payment information system (CESOP)

Source: datenbank.nwb.de

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