With the quick fixes, an interim solution came into force in January 2020 to unify and improve the VAT system within the EU. The new regulations on consignment stocks, chain transactions and intra-Community deliveries have already been in force for six months, and applications are now available to help with their implementation.
For example, at the AWB webinar, ClearVAT presented its tool CHECKVAT for checking VAT identification numbers (VATIN). Since the tax exemption for intra-Community deliveries has been more strictly regulated, the supplier is now responsible for ensuring that the customer’s VATIN is valid at the delivery time. Otherwise, the tax exemption does not apply. With CHECKVAT, ClearVAT offers a complete solution for the automated verification of VATIN, which enables suppliers to validate several customers simultaneously and archive the results for later revision.
The second part of the webinar revolved around the Second Corona Tax Assistance Act, including the VAT changes from 1 July 2020. The reduction for six months, which the legislator surprisingly decided, poses some challenges for traders: the correct declaration of the advance VAT return, the significance of the time of performance of the turnover and the special features of the exchange of goods.
The AWB online session ended with an outlook on the LINK: “https://newsroom.clearvat.com/en/blog/das-ende-der-uebergangsloesungen” changes in e-commerce 2021. The reforms, which have now been postponed to 1 July 2021, include the planned introduction of a one-stop shop for the VAT registration of distance sales and the abolition of the exemption from customs duties of up to 22 euros for goods from third countries. These topics will be explained in detail in another webinar.
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