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No news roundups. Each of these comes out of work we actually do — the boxes people fill in wrong, the penalty arithmetic after the 2026 reform, and the input tax that was never recoverable in the first place. Every figure is sourced to the legislation it comes from.
Compliance30 August 20268 min read
Article 37 has always said cost. Nobody had a method. Directive No. 5 of 2026 now gives one, and it starts at market value and works backwards. That is not the same as charging VAT on the fee you would have billed.
Read the pieceRegistration29 August 20269 min read
Businesses diarise the registration threshold. Almost nobody diarises the other one, which is a shame, because that is the threshold with a monthly penalty attached to it.
Read the pieceZero-rating26 August 202611 min read
Zero-rating is not a decision you make in the invoicing screen. It is an evidence test, and since November 2024 the regulation names the documents that pass it.
Read the piecePenalties25 August 20269 min read
Most reconsideration requests we are asked to rescue are not weak on the merits. They are late, or they argue fairness at an authority that only reads evidence.
Read the pieceCompliance24 August 20269 min read
A policy administration fee printed on its own debit note is not life insurance. Directive No. 4 of 2026 is explicit: leave it inside the premium and it can stay exempt. Bill it separately and it is a 5 percent supply.
Read the pieceFiling23 August 202610 min read
One piece of paperwork disappeared on 1 January. The obligation it was attached to did not, and the businesses treating the change as a licence to stop reporting are the ones with a problem.
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