Chapter XI: Special schemes
Section 2: Special schemes for taxable persons supplying services to non-taxable persons or making distance sales of goods or certain domestic supplies of goods (Articles 358 to 369x of Directive 2006/112/EC) [1] [2]
Subsection 4: Identification [3]
Article 57g [4] [5]
1. A taxable person using the non-Union or the Union scheme may cease using those special schemes regardless of whether he continues to supply goods or services which can be eligible for those special schemes. The taxable person shall inform the Member State of identification at least 15 days before the end of the calendar quarter prior to that in which he intends to cease using the scheme. Cessation shall be effective as of the first day of the next calendar quarter.
VAT obligations relating to supplies of goods or services arising after the date on which the cessation became effective shall be discharged directly with the tax authorities of the Member State of consumption concerned.
2. A taxable person using the import scheme may cease using that scheme regardless of whether he continues to carry out distance sales of goods imported from third territories or third countries. The taxable person or the intermediary acting on his behalf shall inform the Member State of identification at least 15 days before the end of the month prior to that in which he intends to cease using the scheme. Cessation shall be effective from the first day of the next month and the taxable person shall no longer be allowed to use the scheme for supplies carried out from that day.
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1↓M5, A1
2According to
Art. 1 No 12 Council Directive (EU) 2025/518 of 11 March 2025 (OJ L, 2025/518,
) the heading of Section 2 in Chapter XI will
be replaced with effect from
by the following:
‚Section 2: Special schemes for taxable persons
supplying services to non-taxable persons or making distance sales of goods,
certain domestic supplies of goods or transfers of own goods (Articles 358 to
369xk of Directive
2006/112/EC)‘.
3↓M5, A1
4↓M5, A1
5According
to Art. 1 No 17 Council Directive (EU) 2025/518 of 11 March 2025 (OJ L,
2025/518, 25.3.2025) in Art. 57g, the following paragraph will be added with
effect from 1.7.2028:
‚3. A taxable person using the
transfer-of-own-goods scheme may cease to use that special scheme regardless of
whether that taxable person continues to transfer goods which can be eligible
for that special scheme. The taxable person shall inform the Member State of
identification at least 15 days before the end of the calendar month prior to
that in which that taxable person intends to cease the use of the special
scheme. Cessation shall be effective as of the first day of the next calendar
month. VAT obligations relating to transfers of own goods arising after the
date on which the cessation became effective shall be discharged directly with
the tax authorities of the Member States from and to which goods have been
dispatched or transported.’