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2019 EU VAT rates and compliance information

The table attached as a pdf below summarises the standard rates of VAT currently in force in each member state as well as other useful information such as their VAT registration distance selling and Intrastat thresholds.
 
For the second year running standard rates remain unchanged in all member states. Most other data remains static too apart from routine annual changes to Intrastat thresholds however the recent trend of increasing national VAT registration thresholds for resident businesses has continued in the last year with Malta and Poland both revising their thresholds upwards.
 
The European Commission recently agreed to set 15% as a minimum standard rate for member states finally confirming in law a policy that has been in place for some years. It has also proposed a maximum standard rate of 25% although this will not be confirmed until agreement is reached on the EU’s package...
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