Kworia News
E-invoicing, compliance, and growth insights.
Belgium's SPF Finances will launch SAF-T file submission via MyMinfin in October 2026, offering businesses an optional digital pathway for transmitting standardized accounting data. This voluntary initiative streamlines reporting for companies with compatible software systems and aligns with broader EU tax-digitization trends.
KRA has launched a targeted compliance support initiative in Eastleigh, Nairobi, to address gaps in eTIMS adoption among cash-based traders. The initiative deploys multilingual officers, establishes physical service desks, and rolls out an on-ground programme to make tax compliance more accessible.
Belgium's IDMS will activate automated F-GAS certificate verification via CSW-CERTEX on 1 October 2026. Businesses must ensure proper certificate declarations to avoid clearance delays. This integration advances Belgium's customs digitization and EU Single Window alignment.
France will abolish its simplified VAT regime (RSI) effective 1 January 2027, with automatic migration to the normal real VAT regime and new e-reporting obligations starting 1 September 2027. Affected businesses will transition to quarterly or monthly filing based on turnover thresholds.
Orden HAC/484/2026 reduces net income indices for Spanish agricultural and livestock sectors affected by 2025 exceptional circumstances, providing tax relief without requiring detailed accounting records. The measure applies to specific geographic zones under Spain's objective estimation method for IRPF.
Spain's Agencia Tributaria has published its official list of significant debtors to the Hacienda Pública under Article 95 bis of the Ley General Tributaria. This mandatory statutory disclosure serves as a transparency and enforcement mechanism, available as an 11.6 MB PDF document. Inclusion can have reputational consequences for businesses.
The EU published its new Union Customs Code on 19 September 2026, creating the European Union Customs Authority (EUCA) and mandating a centralised EU Customs Data Hub. This represents the most significant overhaul of EU customs governance in decades, with direct implications for cross-border trade processing and VAT compliance.
Germany's BZSt has confirmed a partial outage of its online VAT ID confirmation system (USt-IdNr) as of September 21, 2026, causing form submission errors and disrupting cross-border transactions. No resolution timeline has been provided.
Belgian vehicle dealers must submit VAT attestation applications between 1 October 2026 and 26 February 2027 to renew merchant license plates under new SPF Finances regulations. The process involves a 10-business-day processing window with strict deadlines, and procedural changes now require separate applications for trial and professional plates.
Belgium's SPF Finances is implementing two critical NCTS changes on 30 September 2026: Transit Text Bureau (TXT) for exit office operations and strict UTC timezone validation. Traders must ensure advance customs notification before goods leave the EU and audit systems for compliant timestamp formatting.
Spain's Agencia Tributaria has made fiscal data and simulator tools available for the 2025 corporate income tax filing cycle, allowing businesses to test their Form 200 submissions without triggering a formal filing. This follows Orden HAC/529/2026.
Belgium's SPF Finances acknowledged a technical failure in its new VAT payment processing chain, causing incorrect allocation of payments and erroneous reminders to taxpayers for June and Q2 2026 declarations. Affected businesses will not incur penalties, and no timeline for regularization has been disclosed.
