Croatia VAT rate not reduced in 2018
timwhitlock opened this issue · comments
Hi.
Further to my comment on your commit, it seems Croatia u-turned on their VAT reduction, so it should remain at 25%
It seems you're right ! 😭
I'll try to find other sources to confirm the reversal.
I can't find a better announcement about the reversal, but the EU's Taxes in Europe Database shows 25% as the current rate.
Permalink (hopefully):
http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/tedb/taxDetails.html?id=3202/1514764800#rate_structureTitle1
Seems like this official doc, updated on jan 1st 2018, says 25% too: https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/sites/taxation/files/resources/documents/taxation/vat/how_vat_works/rates/vat_rates_en.pdf (as well as the chronological table at VIII in the doc)
Google search returns a lot of websites showing 25% as current rate. It seems that the change in VAT will be made in 2019, not 2018!
@jeff1985 Could you provide some sources?
As far as I can see, the change was a proposal, and not validated. The latest news I found, dated of August 15 2018, is that it's not changing to 24% until 2020:
https://www.tax-news.com/news/Croatia_To_Delay_VAT_Rate_Cut_Until_2020____86885.html
https://www.vatlive.com/vat-news/croatia-delays-1-vat-cut-till-2020/
@GregOriol
here are some german and english sources
https://www.accordancevat.com/vat-guide/eu-country-vat-profiles/croatia-hr/
http://www.die-mehrwertsteuer.de/de/umsatzsteuer-kroatien.html
https://www.hk24.de/produktmarken/beratung-service/recht_und_steuern/steuerrecht/umsatzsteuer_mehrwertsteuer/umsatzsteuer_mehrwertsteuer_international/warenhandel/umsatzsteuersaetze-eu-drittstaaten/1167702
this site is stating that the change from 25% to 24% will be effective on 01.01.2019
https://www.vatlive.com/vat-news/croatia-cuts-vat-to-24-2019/
@kdeldycke can you check this issue please?
Guys, as I crawl the official pages of Croatian Ministry of Finance, Tax Administration department, I see no change as of 2018, but some national news agencies are reporting possible changes in 2019.
@jeff1985 The vatlive news you point to dates from "Tue 19th Jun 2018" while the one I was pointing to dates from "Wed 15th Aug 2018"; so mine is likely the newest news on this.
@alesvaupotic As I understand it, this VAT change in Croatia was a promise made by the government to lower from 25% to 24%, and it was promised to be on 1st Jan 2019; but it was later annouced as delayed to 1st Jan 2020.
@kdeldycke Here is one more official source stating 25% VAT for HR:
https://europa.eu/youreurope/business/taxation/vat/vat-rules-rates/index_en.htm
(open "VAT rates applied in EU member countries")
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