Date: May 17th 2021

Amendment of Schedule Seven of the CY VAT Law which exempts from VAT educational services for vehicle technicians

On 26 April 2021, the Amending Law Ν.72(Ι)/2021 was published in the Official Gazette of the Republic. A new subparagraph was added under paragraph 9 of Table A of Schedule Seven, which defines which educational services are exempt from VAT.

The new subparagraph exempts from VAT educational organizations which, according to the provisions of the Law on ‘Vehicle Technicians’, are authorized to provide a training program, to organize relevant examinations, as well as to issue a certificate of basic training of vehicle technicians.

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