- EU and USA agree to recognise each other's "trusted traders"
- Nestlé AEO certified
- Intrastat deadline and threshold changes 2012
- Commission asks Slovakia to comply with EU packaging waste legislation
- Classification: Clarification of "modem" and "interactive information exchange"
- Extension of the common transit procedure with Croatia and Turkey
- Union Customs Code instead of Modernised Customs Code
- EU VAT rates January 2012
European VAT rate changes 2011
As of January 2011 several European countries will change their VAT rates. Below is an overview of the planned VAT rate changes:
| Country |
VAT Std Rate |
VAT Std Rate |
VAT Reduce rate |
VAT Reduce rate | Startdate |
| - | Current | New | Current | New | - |
| United Kingdom | 17,5% | 20,0% | 5,0% | no change | 4-1-2011 |
| Switzerland and Liechtenstein (non-eu) |
7,6% | 8,0% | 3,6% / 2,4% | 3,8% / 2,5% | 1-1-2011 |
| Portugal | 21,0% | 23,0% | 13% / 6% | no change | 1-1-2011 |
| Slovakia | 19,0% | 20,0% | 10% / 6% | no change | 1-1-2011 |
| Latvia | 21,0% | 22,0% | 5,0% | no change | 1-1-2011 |
| Poland | 22,0% | 23,0% | 7,0% | 8,0% | 1-1-2011 |
- Ireland recently announced that the gouvernment plans to increase the standard VAT rate to 23% in 2013 and an additional 1% as from 01-01-2014.
For more information about VAT changes 2011 please contact
Daniëlle van der Meulen - Idema, Sr. Indirect Tax Specialist: +31(0)314-695247.
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