Title XII: Special schemes

Chapter 1: Special scheme for small enterprises

Section 2: Exemptions or graduated relief [1]

Article 288a [with effect from 1. 1. 2025] [2]

1. A taxable person, whether or not established in the Member State granting the exemption provided for in Article 284(1), shall not be able to benefit from that exemption during a period of one calendar year where the threshold laid down in accordance with that paragraph was exceeded in the preceding calendar year. The Member State granting the exemption may extend this period to two calendar years.

Where, during a calendar year, the threshold referred to in Article 284(1) is exceeded by:

1. not more than 10 %, a taxable person shall be able to continue to benefit from the exemption provided for in Article 284(1) during that calendar year;

2. more than 10 %, the exemption provided for in Article 284(1) shall cease to apply as of that time.

Notwithstanding points (a) and (b) of the second subparagraph, Member States may set a ceiling of 25 % or allow the taxable person to continue to benefit from the exemption provided for in Article 284(1) without any ceiling during the calendar year when the threshold is exceeded. However, the application of this ceiling or option may not result in exempting a taxable person whose turnover within the Member State granting the exemption exceeds EUR 100 000.

By derogation from the second and third subparagraphs, Member States may determine that the exemption provided for in Article 284(1) shall cease to apply as of the time when the threshold laid down in accordance with that paragraph is exceeded.

2. A taxable person not established in the Member State granting the exemption provided for in Article 284(1) shall not be able to benefit from that exemption, where the Union annual turnover threshold referred to in point (a) of Article 284(2) was exceeded in the preceding calendar year.

Where, during a calendar year, the Union annual turnover threshold referred to in point (a) of Article 284(2) is exceeded, the exemption provided for in Article 284(1) granted to a taxable person not established in the Member State granting that exemption shall cease to apply as of that time.

3. The corresponding value in national currency of the amount referred to in paragraph 1 shall be calculated by applying the exchange rate published by the European Central Bank on 18 January 2018.