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VAT Increases across Europe

A number of European countries increased their VAT rates at the beginning of 2011. Included are:


UK 17.5% to 20%

Latvia 21% to 22%

Poland 22% to 23%  

Portugal 21% to 23%   

Slovakia 19% to 20%

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• Harmonization of traffic sanctions in the EU (16/05/12) The European Commission has decided to introduce new legislation seeking to harmonize rules for road transport violations and penalties. This legislation will impact on both the level of sanctions as ...
• Servitir expands its commercial presence in the Balkan Peninsula. (08/05/12) Due to the increasing interest shown by Bulgarian transport companies in our VAT Recovery Service, we are extending our presence in the country through an advertising campaign in the major transport ...
• HGV toll extension on federal roads (30/04/12) The German Parliament has approved new legislation introducing toll charges on 1,000 kilometres of federal roads for vehicles with a gross weight above 12 tonnes from 1 August 2012. The new toll ...
• Price increase in the French motorway network Vinci (20/04/12) Last February the main motorway network in France announced an average increase in toll charges of 2.5%, with the largest increase of  2.53% across the  Cofiroute network and the lowest increase in ...
• New toll device for Portugal available now (15/04/12) Pay tolls and parking fees in Portugal quicker and safer and get up to 25% discount by using the new toll box ViaVerde. *Valid for vehicles from all classes (from 1 to 5) and accepted in 92 ...
• Euro 2 restricted in 19 cities in Germany (01/01/12) From January 2012 vehicles with Euro norm 2 will no longer be allowed into the main cities of Southern Germany, with only Euro 4 and 5 vehicles allowed in Stuttgart, Frankfurt am Main and ...
• New Polish toll box available now. (01/07/11) From 1 July 2011, every vehicle travelling on selected sections of Polish tollroad network, and with a maximum permissible weight of over 3,5 tonnes will be required to use the electronic toll ...
• Servitir set to launch new insurance product range (18/01/11) 2011 is proving to be a very busy year for Servitir. We are delighted to announce the imminent launch of two new exciting products: a range of printed stationery and a new collaboration with one of ...
• New Servitir advert in Commercial Motor (14/01/11) Servitir is delighted to annouce that a new advert for our services will appear in Commerical Motor in the issue week commencing 17/01/2011. This is the third of four adverts advertising our ...
• New Montblanc & Frejus Tunnel Regulations (13/01/11) Click on the following link to access the latest regulations for the Montblanc & Frejus Tunnel www.servitir.co.uk/toll-cards. The document is in Pdf format located under the Toll Info sheet. If ...