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France opens a period of voluntary regularization for distance sellers who missed paying VAT in France according to the former distance sales rules. This period ends by 30 September 2022.
14 June, 2022
France Transfert allows the exchange of documents with French tax authorities.
25 April, 2022
E-invoicing and e-reporting obligation in France will be implemented progressively starting in July 2024.
4 April, 2022
Intrastat and ESL calendars were published by the French authorities.
1 February, 2022
Companies without a French VAT number are allowed to make imports in France paying import VAT at Customs until 30 June 2022, as per the transition period granted.
18 January, 2022
French Government launches 3 new websites aiming the simplification of online services for taxpayer’s benefit.
30 December, 2021
DEB returns replaced by statistical return Intrastat and ECSL return, in line with most EU countries’ approach.
30 November, 2021
Import VAT will be mandatorily declared in the French VAT returns under the reverse charge mechanism without previous authorization starting 2022.
11 November, 2021
Going forward, all refund claims submitted by non-EU businesses that are not registered in France must be submitted electronically.
31 May, 2021
All companies will be obligated to use e-invoicing in France in 2023. This was set in place to reduce VAT fraud and to make invoice management easier for businesses.
19 April, 2021
Boats that charter in international waters are no longer able to automatically reduce their taxable base by 50%.
30 December, 2020
France published further details about the obligation for online platforms to provide details of all sales made by their users.
15 January, 2020