{"id":6988,"date":"2024-07-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-17T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quickshipper.com\/the-eus-new-vat-system\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T15:54:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T12:54:15","slug":"the-eus-new-vat-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quickshipper.com\/en\/the-eus-new-vat-system\/","title":{"rendered":"The EU\u2019s New VAT System"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The EU\u2019s New VAT System<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As of September 1, 2021, the EU (European Union) updated VAT rates for imported products.<br \/>\nThe aim of the new rules that entered into force is to move to a much fairer model by standardizing the EU\u2019s taxation system.<br \/>\nThe previous system was much more complex compared to the renewed system, and as a result, it allowed unfair competition to arise between European businesses and businesses outside the EU.<br \/>\nThrough the newly implemented rules, an equal and fair commercial order has been established for all businesses within the EU and outside the EU.<br \/>\nAccording to the EU\u2019s new e-commerce rules, products imported into Europe with a value of 22 Euros or less are no longer exempt from VAT.<\/p>\n<p>If we list the three main rules that have come into force across Europe,<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>VAT payment has been made mandatory for all businesses and sellers.<\/li>\n<li>The obligation for non-EU e-commerce businesses to pay VAT has been abolished.<\/li>\n<li>An equal commercial environment has been provided for offline and online sales transactions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To give an example of the previous system; if a business sold a product worth less than 22 Euros from France to Germany via online or offline sales, it had to pay VAT.<br \/>\nOn the contrary, if a business that was not a member of the European Union sold a product worth less than 22 Euros to Germany, it did not have to pay VAT.<\/p>\n<p>Naturally, this situation was also leading to unfair competition.<br \/>\nFor this reason, the EU\u2019s decision-makers and commercial authorities put new rules into force to create equal commercial environments in online and offline trade, with the aim of eliminating inequality between countries and businesses alongside the increase in e-commerce sales.<\/p>\n<p><b>The EU\u2019s New VAT Rules Dated July 2021<br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The new and updated rules valid in EU countries have begun to provide a transparent and equal environment for everyone at a single point where imported products are accepted.<br \/>\nWith the new regulation that entered into force as of July 1, 2021, significant new changes have been implemented in VAT practices.<br \/>\nWithin the scope of these changes, as of July 1, 2021, there is no VAT exemption for any goods imported into EU countries.<\/p>\n<p>As of the specified date, regardless of the product value, the VAT rate valid in the country where the delivery address is located has started to be applied.<\/p>\n<p>In the old system, products with a value below 22 Euros were not subject to VAT and customs duties, while products between 22 and 150 Euros were subject to VAT and customs duties.<br \/>\nWith the regulations that entered into force on July 1, 2021, businesses and sellers carrying out exports started to pay VAT and customs duties for products with a value below 150 Euros.<br \/>\nIn addition to this, for products with a value above 150 Euros, in addition to VAT and customs duties, the application of customs tax has been made mandatory.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you are curious about what the European Union\u2019s Trade Law regulations have introduced, you can take a look at our article.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The EU\u2019s New VAT System: As of September 1, 2021, the EU (European Union) updated VAT rates for imported products.<\/p>\n<p> Y\u00fcr\u00fcrl\u00fc\u011fe giren yeni kurallar\u0131n hedefi, AB\u2019nin vergilendirme modelini belirli bir standarta ba\u011flayarak \u00e7ok daha adil bir modele ge\u00e7ilmesini sa\u011flamakt\u0131.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6989,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_theme","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[317,316],"tags":[369],"class_list":["post-6988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guides","category-international-shipping","tag-the-eus-new-vat-system"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quickshipper.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quickshipper.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quickshipper.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quickshipper.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quickshipper.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6988"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/quickshipper.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6988\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6990,"href":"https:\/\/quickshipper.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6988\/revisions\/6990"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quickshipper.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quickshipper.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quickshipper.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quickshipper.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}