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VAT Split Payment – A Tricky Matter of Aiming at the Best Design and Combination

Publication date: 31.03.2021

Financial Law Review, 2021, Issue 21 (1)/ 2021, pp. 107-124

https://doi.org/10.4467/22996834FLR.21.008.13637

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Ekaterina Tarhova
Ministry of Finance of Republic of Bulgaria
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VAT Split Payment – A Tricky Matter of Aiming at the Best Design and Combination

Abstract

The article is an attempt to analyze the model of the split payment of VAT by comparing the experience of Republic of Bulgaria acquired prior to its accession to the EU with its modern day application in the EU by the Republics of Italy, Romania and Poland. The purpose is to contribute to the better understanding of this model, to draw the necessary conclusions from its implementation and use, and to understand its potential in the framework of the definitive VAT system – all this to the service of tax experts, policy makers and businesses.

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Legal Acts

Bulgaria’s Value Added Tax Act (State Gazette No. 153/23.12.1998, effective 1.01.1999, amended and supplemented, SG No. 54/4.07.2006, repealed, SG No. 63/4.08.2006, effective as from the date of entry into force of the Treaty of Accession of the Republic of Bulgaria to the European Union - 1.01.2007).

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Council Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/1401 of 14 July 2015 (OJ L 217, 18.8.2015 p.7), prolonged and broadened by Council Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/784 of 25 April 2017 (OJ L 118, 6.45. 2017, p. 17-19).

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Analysis of the impact of the split payment mechanism as an alternative VAT collection method, Final Report, written by Deloitte, December 2017, Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/sites/taxation/files/split_payment_report2017_en.pd accessed: 8th October 2020.

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Internet Resources

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Romania withdraws VAT split payment Feb 2020, Available at: https://www.avalara.com/vatlive/en/vat-news/romania-withdraws-vat-split-payment-feb-2020.html , accessed: 2nd February 2020.

VAT split payment mechanism to become optional, Available at: https://www.bdo.global/en-gb/microsites/tax-newsletters/indirect-tax-news/issue-3-2019/romania-vat-split-payment-mechanism-to-become-optional, accessed: 3rd February 2020.

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Information: Financial Law Review, 2021, Issue 21 (1)/ 2021, pp. 107-124

Article type: Original article

Authors

Ministry of Finance of Republic of Bulgaria

Published at: 31.03.2021

Article status: Open

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Percentage share of authors:

Ekaterina Tarhova (Author) - 100%

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Tax Law (K34)

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