Minister of Finance of Serbia adopted three new rulebooks regulating place of delivery of services in the terms of VAT Law: in connection with real estate, the sale of food and drinks for consumption on-site and rental of vehicles services. Rulebooks are in accordance with amendments on VAT Law, whose goal is harmonization with EU VAT regulations.
According to EU regulations, which are now implemented in the Serbian VAT Law, as a general rule, place of delivery of service is place of registered office, place of business unit or residence of the recipient of services, if the recipient of services is the taxpayer. If the recipient of services is not the taxpayer, as a general rule, place of delivery of service is place of registered office, place of business unit, or residence of the of the service provider. There are some exceptions from these general rules (e.g. For services that are related to real property, place of delivery of services is determined by the location of real property, etc.).
The adopted Rulebooks in greater detail prescribe exceptions to the general rule for the place of delivery of services for the purposes of VAT, namely:
Rulebooks are published in the "Official Gazette of RS", no. 21/17 from 17/03/2017, and are effective from 01 April 2017.