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2018 EU VAT rates and compliance information

Sarah Halsted (BDO) provides an updated guide to the VAT standard rates and compliance thresholds across the EU.

The table here summarises the standard rates of VAT currently in force in each member state as well as other useful information such as their VAT registration distance selling and thresholds. 
 
Overall there has been very little change from the position a year ago. Standard rates remain unchanged in all member states while only six countries have amended their Intrastat thresholds. 
 
The only emerging trend currently is for member states to increase their VAT registration thresholds. This data normally remains static across the EU but this year four countries Romania Croatia Malta and Estonia have made notable upward revisions (while Latvia has bucked this trend by reducing its VAT registration threshold from €50 000 to €40 000). These thresholds are currently of no...

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