{"id":2244,"date":"2019-12-11T14:47:20","date_gmt":"2019-12-11T14:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gtrmena.com\/staging\/?p=2244"},"modified":"2020-12-18T09:46:06","modified_gmt":"2020-12-18T09:46:06","slug":"vat-2020-approved-proposed-rate-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gtrmena.com\/staging\/2019\/12\/11\/vat-2020-approved-proposed-rate-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"VAT 2020: Approved &#038; Proposed VAT rate changes"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gtrmena.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/VAT-20201-1-1024x536.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2252\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/gtrmena.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/VAT-20201-1.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/gtrmena.com\/staging\/2019\/12\/11\/vat-2020-approved-proposed-rate-changes\/vat-20201-2\/\" class=\"wp-image-2252\"\/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>VAT 2020 &#8211; International VAT is regularly changing, take a look at some of the VAT rate changes for the new year that may impact you and your business. <\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"has-text-color wp-block-heading\" style=\"color:#f79028\">Approved VAT rate changes<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hungary<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>From January 1, 2020 Hungary will reduce the VAT rate for accommodation services for hotels, B&amp;B and house sharing from 18% to 5%.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Slovenia<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>From January 1, 2020 Slovenia will reduce the VAT rate for E-books\r\nand electronic journals from 22% to 9.5%.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Poland <\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>From April 1, 2020 Poland will reduce the VAT for the below\r\nfrom 8% to 5%.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Soups and broths<\/li><li>Breads and cakes<\/li><li>Fruit<\/li><li>Homogenized and Dietetic foods.<\/li><li>Hygiene products.<\/li><li>Food for infants and toddlers, pacifiers, nappies and car seats.<\/li><\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>From this date Poland will also be increasing the VAT rate\r\nfor the following <\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Specific processed spices, some unprocessed spices, mustard\r\nand sweet pepper from 5% to 8%.<\/li><li>Lobsters and octopus, other crustaceans, molluscs and aquatic\r\ninvertebrates like crabs and products made from them, as well as caviar\r\nand dishes sold in catering establishments, which include the products\r\nmentioned above from 5% or 8% to 23%.<\/li><li>The VAT rate for ice used for food and other\r\nrefrigeration purposes will also increase to 23%.<\/li><\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Czech Republic<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>From May 1, 2020 the VAT rate for the below will decrease\r\nfrom 15% or 21% to 10%.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Supply\r\nof e-books and audiobooks<\/li><li>Water\r\nand sewer charges<\/li><li>Catering\r\nservices including serving draught beer<\/li><li>Repairs\r\nof bicycles<\/li><li>Hairdressing\r\nand barber services<\/li><li>Adjustments\r\nand repairs of clothing<\/li><li>Footwear<\/li><li>Textile\r\nproducts<\/li><\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"has-text-color wp-block-heading\" style=\"color:#f79028\">Proposed VAT rate changes<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Greece<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>There is a proposed change to Greece\u2019s standard rate to be\r\nreduced from 24% to 22%. There is also a proposal for VAT rates on goods and services,\r\nincluding hotel accommodation services, to be reduced from 13% to 11%.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lithuania<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>There is a proposed change to Lithuania\u2019s standard to rate\r\nto be reduced from 21% to 18%.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Romania<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>There is a proposed change to Romania\u2019s standard rate to be\r\nreduced from 19% to 16% and for the reduced rate to be reduced from 9% to 5%.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Germany <\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>There is a proposed change for the rates on the below to be\r\nreduced from 19% to 7%<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>E-books and Electronic journals<\/li><li>Train journeys<\/li><\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p style=\"color:#f79028\" class=\"has-text-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gtrmena.com\/staging\/contact-us\/\">Have some questions? 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