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A value-added tax identification number or VAT identification number (VATIN [1]) is an identifier used in many countries, including the countries of the European Union, for value-added tax purposes. In the EU, a VAT identification number can be verified online at the EU's official VIES [2] website. It confirms that the number is currently ...
Certain goods and services are exempted from value-added tax by law; this applies for German and foreign businesses alike. For example, the following are exempted from German value-added tax: export deliveries [22] intra-Community supply of goods; services provided by certain professional groups (e.g. doctors) financial services (e.g. granting ...
The Federal Central Tax Office (German: Bundeszentralamt für Steuern, abbreviated BZSt) is a German federal agency responsible for administering various sections of the country's tax code. It was created out of its current parent agency, the Federal Ministry of Finance , on 1 January 2006 and has approximately 2,200 employees.
EU VAT Tax Rates. The European Union value-added tax (or EU VAT) is a value added tax on goods and services within the European Union (EU). The EU's institutions do not collect the tax, but EU member states are each required to adopt in national legislation a value added tax that complies with the EU VAT code. Different rates of VAT apply in ...
Individual income tax VAT or GST or Sales tax Capital gains tax [1] Inheritance/Estate Tax Further reading Lowest marginal rate Highest marginal rate Afghanistan: 20% [2] 0% [3] 20% [3] 0% [4] However, in Taliban run areas pre-Taliban rule, small fees were illegally added to some groceries. [5] Taxation in Afghanistan Albania: 15% [6] 0% [7] 23 ...
The VAT Information Exchange System (VIES) is an electronic means of transmitting information relating to VAT registration (i.e., validity of VAT numbers) of companies registered in the European Union. EU law requires that, where goods or services are procured within the EU by a VAT taxpayer, VAT must be paid only in the member state where the ...
Value added tax or VAT, (in Italian Imposta sul valore aggiunto, or IVA) is a consumption tax charged at a standard rate of 22 percent, which came in on 1 July 2013 (previously 21 percent). The first reduced VAT rate (10 percent) applies to water supplies, passenger transport, admission to cultural and sports events, hotels, restaurants and ...
The Customs Service, as part of the Finanzverwaltung (fiscal administration), ensures the flow of revenue from federal trade tariffs and taxes (excise taxes—Branntwein taxes, electricity taxes, tobacco taxes, energy taxes, etc., including the beer tax, the revenues from which go to the German states), as well as revenues of the European Union (75% of all tariff income goes to the EU, 25% are ...