VAT on bundled offers including online press or television: allocation of the reduced rate
Article 8 of the 2018 Finance Act regulates reduced VAT rates in flat-rate bundles (internet access, television, devices) that include online press services (2.1%) or television (10%). The reduced rate now applies only to the price difference with an identical offer without these services or, failing that, to the amounts matching the cost of acquiring them. For television, this rule replaces the application of the standard rate to the whole bundle.
Measure originators
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Measure impact
From 1 March 2018, telecom operators can no longer apply the 2.1% rate to a large share of a subscription that includes a press kiosk; the share taxed at the reduced rate is limited to the value of the press services. Subscribers to multi-service bundles and operators are affected.
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Procedure timeline
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Administrative implementation
Entrée en vigueur de la mesure et mise en œuvre par l'administration
President of the Republic signature
Publication au Journal officiel
Possible referral to Constitutional Council
Décision de conformité / censure partielle
National Assembly has the final say
Si échec CMP
Debate and vote
Debate and vote
Débat et vote en séance publique à l'Assemblée nationale, ou engagement de la responsabilité du Gouvernement (article 49.3)
Council of Ministers
Validation interne