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Ireland reduces the VAT rate of newspapers and certain health products to zero VAT rate, effective from January 2023. Also, the VAT rate applicable to the tourism and hospitality sector will be back at 13.5% from March 2023.
The previously reduced VAT rate in Ireland will be back to normal starting 1 March 2021.
Ireland is the latest country to introduce a temporary reduction of VAT rates due to economic impact of Covid-19.
Going forward, VAT registrations in Ireland will need an extended application if the VAT number will be used for intra-Community trade.
Last 25 September 2017, the tax authorities published updated Guidelines for VAT registration in Ireland.
VAT registrations in Ireland just got easier.
If you are VAT registered in Ireland and filing nil VAT returns, you may get a notification from the tax authorities about the cancellation of your VAT registration number.
The latest Irish VAT changes introduced by the 2015 Finance Act are summarized in the VAT Guidance notes published by the tax authorities:
New rules regarding corrective returns
The Irish tax authorities have recently published a manual on how to complete and file ECSL and Intrastat returns.