Taxation of goods

Here we give an overview of the place of supply of goods and the taxation of domestic transactions and acts, export and import of goods, and intra-Community supply and acquisition. Under the VAT Act, there are also a number of differences in the taxation of supply of goods, e.g. the supply of goods to be installed or assembled, new means of transport, etc. are taxed differently from the supply of other goods.

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Value Added Tax Act

Handbook “Taxation of goods”

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    Payment of VAT upon import of goods

    Upon import of goods, VAT must be paid in accordance with the procedure laid down in customs legislation. Upon import of goods from a special territory which is part of the customs territory of the Union and in which case the import of goods does not take place within the meaning of customs legislation, a person must submit information concerning the import of the goods on a customs declaration form and pay VAT pursuant to the procedure provided for in the customs legislation (subsection 2 of § 38 of the VAT Act).

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