Ireland - Tourism industry to benefit from lower VAT rate until end 2013
11-05-2012
The Irish government have confirmed that the temporary 9% VAT rate will now be retained on tourism related supplies until the end of 2013. This reduced rate will therefore continue to apply, amongst others, to hotel accommodation and restaurant ...
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Spain - VAT rate to be increased in 2013
03-05-2012
In the face of one of its most difficult financial periods to date, Spain's Minister of Economy Luis de Guindos has announced that the VAT rate in Spain will be increased in 2013 to help the country fulfil its deficit commitments. The increase in ...
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The Netherlands - Standard VAT rate to increase from 19% to 21%
02-05-2012
Following the collapse of the right wing coalition goverment last week, and following 2 days of talks, the newly formed 5 party coalition government in the Netherlands has proposed austerity measures, to include an increase of the standard VAT ...
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Greece - VAT Refunds
01-05-2012
Recently the Greek Ministerial Decision POL 1090/2012 was published with various details in relation to the automatic VAT refund system, including the process of how refunds will be dealt with (i.e. chronological order), provisional audits (where ...
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