For years, companies, associations and interest-group based networks have been demanding, in vain, that a solution be found for companies to deal with the liquidity burden resulting from imports into Germany. In the Second Corona Tax Aid Act of 29 June 2020, the legislator amended the regulations on the due date of import VAT (see KMLZ VAT Newsletter 21 I 2020). According to the Federal Ministry of Finance letter of 6 October 2020, the new regulation will apply as from 1 December 2020.
Source: kmlz.de
