VAT on importations in Belgium shifted to periodic VAT return

31 August 2012

Under Belgian law, the payment of VAT due on importation of goods can be shifted to the periodic VAT return rather than paying VAT to Customs. In order to be able to benefit from this system, taxable persons have to request an import deferral license and pay a bank guarantee of 1/24th of the import VAT due.

It has been announced that as of 1 October 2012 the guarantee will no longer be required.

LATEST NEWS

Belgium approves draft law for near-real-time...

July saw the Belgian Council of Ministers approve a preliminary draft law to introduce near-real-time electronic reporting of certain invoice data to the tax...

SEE MORE
VAT news
LATEST NEWS

Luxembourg proposes the introduction of electronic...

This month Luxembourg’s Government approved a draft law to introduce mandatory structured business-to-business (B2B) e-invoicing for domestic transactions...

SEE MORE
VAT news
LATEST NEWS

Germany's action plan signals move toward...

Germany has announced a 26-point “Action Plan” against tax and financial crime, which aims to increase detection risk, strengthen enforcement, and improve...

SEE MORE
VAT news

Gated Content

The following email providers are not accepted: gmail, hotmail, yahoo. Please use proper company email.