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VAT on good : Basic rules (Luxembourg)

Understand VAT rules for goods and services, identify reporting obligations, and identify VAT impacts for sales abroad.             

Training Plan:

Entrance quiz for training

Introduction

  • How VAT works, introduction to VAT concepts and territories
  • The five key VAT questions to consider when analyzing a transaction
  • Definition of a taxable transaction and place of taxation: concept of a taxable person, transactions falling within the scope of VAT

Supplies of goods to taxable persons (B2B)

  • Definition of a supply of goods and territoriality rules
  • Domestic supplies
  • Intra-Community supplies
  • Exports
  • Purchases of goods
  • Intra-Community acquisitions
  • Imports

Supplies of goods to non-taxable persons (B2C)

  • Domestic supplies
  • Intra-Community distance sales
  • Distance sales of imported goods
  • B2C exports

Other exemptions and VAT liability

  •   Other exemptions applicable to domestic supplies

Person liable for VAT

  • Domestic supplies
  • Supplies with installation
  • Distance sales of imported goods
  • Triangular transactions

VAT reporting

  • Determination of periodic reporting obligations
  • Recapitulative statements – frequency
  • Periodic VAT return (revenue, taxable purchases of goods, input VAT deduction on purchases, intra-Community supplies of goods, deadlines, etc.) 

Final assessment and issuance of a training completion certificate, along with communication of results



Training objectives and arrangements

Training objectives : 

  • Definition of a taxable transaction (concept of a taxable person, transactions within the scope of VAT)
  • Place of taxation for supplies of goods (B2B/B2C)
  • Main exemptions
  • Person liable for VAT
  • Reporting in the VAT return

Duration: 4 hours   Format: Virtual class (inter-company or in-house)

Audience : 

  • Tax managers
  • Chartered accountants and accounting staff
  • Purchasing or sales managers
  • CEO wishing to understand the challenges of international VAT. 

Pricing: on request

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