Article 263 Directive 2006/112/EC
Recapitulative statements
Title XI · Obligations of taxable persons and certain non-taxable persons › Chapter 6 · Recapitulative statements
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Text of Article 263
1.The recapitulative statement shall be drawn up for each calendar month within a period not exceeding one month and in accordance with procedures to be determined by the Member States.
1a.However, Member States, in accordance with the conditions and limits which they may lay down, may allow taxable persons to submit the recapitulative statement for each calendar quarter within a time limit not exceeding one month from the end of the quarter, where the total quarterly amount, excluding VAT, of the supplies of goods as referred to in Articles 264(1)(d) and 265(1)(c) does not exceed either in respect of the quarter concerned or in respect of any of the previous four quarters the sum of EUR 50 000 or its equivalent in national currency.
The option provided for in the first subparagraph shall cease to be applicable after the end of the month during which the total value, excluding VAT, of the supplies of goods as referred to in Article 264(1)(d) and 265(1)(c) exceeds, in respect of the current quarter, the sum of EUR 50 000 or its equivalent in national currency. In this case, a recapitulative statement shall be drawn up for the month(s) which has (have) elapsed since the beginning of the quarter, within a time limit not exceeding one month.
1b.Until 31 December 2011, Member States are allowed to set the sum mentioned in paragraph 1a at EUR 100 000 or its equivalent in national currency.
1c.In the case of supplies of services as referred to in Article 264(1)(d), Member States, in accordance with the conditions and limits which they may lay down, may allow taxable persons to submit the recapitulative statement for each calendar quarter within a time limit not exceeding one month from the end of the quarter.
Member States may, in particular, require the taxable persons who carry out supplies of both goods and services as referred to in Article 264(1)(d) to submit the recapitulative statement in accordance with the deadline resulting from paragraphs 1 to 1b.
2.Member States shall allow, and may require, the recapitulative statement referred to in paragraph 1 to be submitted by electronic file transfer, in accordance with conditions which they lay down.
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Case law on Article 263: 1 case
Judgments, orders and Advocate General opinions of the Court of Justice and the General Court that cite Article 263 of Directive 2006/112/EC, most recent first.
- C-580/16 Firma Hans Bühler Judgment · 19 April 2018 · Austria
VAT Committee guidelines on Article 263: 2
Not binding. Positions agreed in the VAT Committee set up under Article 398 of Directive 2006/112/EC and published by the Commission.
- Meeting 113 · 3 June 2019 · document 3.1. Article 263 – exemption of an intra-Community supply of goods – application of Article 138(1a)
- Meeting 094 · 19 October 2011 · document 6.5 Article 263 – recapitulative statements in connection with payments on account – whether obligation to submit recapitulative statement when receiving total or partial payment on account