VAT touches every invoice you issue in Albania, and at that scale a small error repeated is a large exposure. We set the treatment right before supplies are made — registration, place of supply, cross-border flows, fiscalization — and recover the input VAT you are owed.
The right time to get VAT right is before the supply is made, not when the assessment arrives. We design the treatment correctly at the outset and keep the compliance clean, so errors never get the chance to compound.
What we advise on.
Registration
We handle VAT registration, deregistration, and fiscal-representative arrangements, at the right threshold and time. Registering correctly and promptly avoids penalties and lost input tax.
Place of supply
We analyse supply chains and the place-of-supply rules that decide where and by whom VAT is due. In cross-border trade this is where most costly mistakes originate.
Cross-border & reverse charge
We advise on the treatment of imports, exports, and reverse-charge supplies, so VAT is accounted for correctly on international flows. The rules are technical and unforgiving, and we keep you the right side of them.
Input VAT recovery
We maximize legitimate input-tax recovery and manage refund claims through to payment. Recoverable VAT left unclaimed is simply money lost.
Invoicing & fiscalization
We ensure invoicing and record-keeping meet the electronic-invoicing and fiscalization rules. Compliance here is now largely automated, and the systems must be set up correctly.
Customs & excise
We coordinate VAT with customs and excise across the supply chain. Indirect taxes are managed together, as they arise together.
How we work with you.
We map the VAT position across your whole supply chain and design the treatment before transactions are booked, not after. Where VAT touches a deal our corporate or tax teams are running, we advise as one.
A dedicated team owns your indirect-tax position and keeps it current as the rules and your business change. You get treatment that is correct and compliance that is quietly reliable.
You are structuring a supply chain or expanding cross-border.
You are recovering input VAT or pursuing a refund.
You need to align with fiscalization and e-invoicing requirements.
VAT is governed by Law No. 92/2014 "On Value Added Tax in the Republic of Albania", as amended, administered by the General Directorate of Taxation, with a standard rate of 20% and reduced rates for certain supplies. Electronic invoicing and real-time reporting are required under the fiscalization regime (Law No. 87/2019), and we advise on both the substantive treatment and the system compliance.
Discuss a tax matter.
Describe the situation in a few lines; a senior advisor will come back to you within one business day.
Discuss your matter