Thursday, January 5, 2023

BACK TO VAT ON COVID RELATED PRODUCTS AND SERVICES

 Filenews 5 January 2023



From 1/1/2023, products and services related to Covid-19 disease that were at zero rate enter VAT rates.

Specifically, the Tax Department announced that as of January 1, 2023, deliveries of in vitro diagnostic medical devices, covid-19 vaccines and services closely related to the above products, do not fall under the zero VAT rate, as in force until December 31, 2022 (KDP 629/2020 / KDP 263/2021).

Therefore, from 1/1/2023 the following VAT rates apply.

VAT 19% for deliveries of in vitro diagnostic medical devices and services related to these products, unless they concern exempted transactions based on the Seventh Annex to the VAT Legislation.

VAT 5% for deliveries of covid-19-related vaccines.