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Europe's new withholding tax refund deadline is 60 days, applies from 2030, and is more than twice what was proposed

ObligationZahlProvision
Quick refund processed, with late payment interest for each day after60 calendar days after the end of the request periodArticle 14(2) and Article 16
Window to make the requestwithin the second month following the month of the payment dateArticle 14(1)
Relief at sourceno deadline in days exists in the textArticle 13
Digital tax residence certificate issued14 calendar daysArticle 4(2)
Certified financial intermediary registration approvedthree monthsArticle 8(1)
Offence look-back on registration10 JahreArticles 8(4), 9(2) and 9(3)
National register, public and updatedat least monthlyArticle 5(6)
Records kept10 JahreArticle 10(7)

Council Directive (EU) 2025/50, adopted 10 December 2024 and published in the Official Journal of 10 January 2025. No de minimis threshold appears anywhere in the text.

Council Directive (EU) 2025/50 gives tax authorities 60 calendar days to process a quick refund of over-withheld tax, with interest after that. The Commission had proposed 25 days. The rules apply from 1 January 2030.

60 TageQuick refund deadline, as adopted
25 daysAs originally proposed
14 daysDigital residence certificate deadline
1 Jan 2030Rules apply from

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