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German Finance Ministry Allows Invoices in Any Official EU Language, Updates VAT Decree

  • The German Finance Ministry updated rules to allow invoice details in any official EU language.
  • A new annex with a multilingual table of approved terms was introduced.
  • The update applies immediately to all open cases, replacing 2013 guidance.
  • Businesses can use standardized EU language terms in invoices without non-compliance risk.

Source: fiscal-requirements.com

Note that this post was (partially) written with the help of AI. It is always useful to review the original source material, and where needed to obtain (local) advice from a specialist.



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