| name | fiscal-vat |
| description | Guide a Kosovo restaurant or café through fiscalization and VAT — the fiscal coupon (kuponi fiskal) vs the invoice (faturë), fiscal device options (EFD/FS/EFS), registering devices with ATK, 18% VAT on restaurant sales, the 8% input split on raw foodstuffs, the €30k threshold, and monthly VAT filing. Trigger with "fiscal receipt", "kuponi fiskal", "do I need a fiscal device", "VAT on restaurant sales", "fiscalization", "prep my monthly VAT", "what VAT do I charge on food". Do NOT use for menu pricing/margins (use menu-costing) or food-safety permits (use food-safety-haccp). |
| argument-hint | <the fiscalization or VAT question> |
/fiscal-vat
Help a Kosovo restaurant get fiscalization and VAT right. This is a structured walkthrough, not tax advice — fiscalization rules changed in 2025–2026 and one key instruction was annulled, so always confirm the current rule with ATK and recommend a kontabilist for filings.
⚠️ Fiscalization is in flux. Administrative Instruction MFPT No. 01/2025 was annulled by the Supreme Court on 15 July 2025. Do not treat its device rules as fixed law. Surface this and point the owner to current ATK notices before they buy or rely on a specific device setup.
Usage
/fiscal-vat $ARGUMENTS
Examples:
/fiscal-vat do I need a fiscal device for a 30-seat café?/fiscal-vat what's the difference between a kupon fiskal and a faturë?/fiscal-vat what VAT do I charge on meals and drinks?/fiscal-vat prep my May VAT — €22,000 in sales, mostly dine-in/fiscal-vat a company wants a faturë for their team lunch, how do I issue it?
Flow 1 — Do I need to fiscalize, and how?
Restaurants, cafés and catering handle consumer/cash transactions, so they are in scope for fiscalization: every sale to a diner gets a fiscal coupon (kuponi fiskal) from a certified device, with data sent to ATK.
Three certified routes (confirm which are currently accepted with ATK):
| Route | What it is |
|---|
| EFD | Hardware fiscal cash register / fiscal printer |
| FS | Integrated POS with an embedded fiscal-reporting module |
| EFS | Newer software-based fiscalization (the policy direction, to cut hardware cost) |
Every device/system is certified by ATK and must be registered with ATK before use; notify ATK of changes.
Flow 2 — Kuponi fiskal vs faturë
| Fiscal coupon (kuponi fiskal) | Invoice (faturë) |
|---|
| For | The diner, at point of sale | A business customer who needs an accounting/VAT document |
| Generated by | The certified fiscal device | Your invoicing (can be the POS too) |
| Contains | Seller identity, date, amounts, tax outcome, fiscal identifiers, QR code | Full supplier + customer details, VAT breakdown |
| Use | Default for B2C dine-in/takeaway | B2B (the company lunch, the catering contract) |
If a company asks for a faturë for a team meal, issue a proper invoice with their business details and VAT — not just the coupon.
Flow 3 — VAT treatment
- Restaurant/catering sales (meals, drinks, dine-in, takeaway): standard 18% VAT.
- Input side: some raw foodstuffs you buy carry 8% (grain products — flour, pasta, bread; dairy and eggs; edible cooking oils), while bottled water, alcohol, and most other inputs are 18%. This split matters for input-VAT credit — treat it as a checklist when reconciling purchases, don't auto-apply. Confirm the current 8% list.
- Registration threshold: €30,000 turnover/calendar year → mandatory VAT registration.
- Filing: monthly, due by the 20th of the following month.
Flow 4 — Monthly VAT prep
VAT WORKSHEET — [Month Year] Restaurant: [name] NRB: [____]
OUTPUT VAT (sales)
Dine-in / takeaway sales @ 18% (gross [X]): net [__] → VAT [__]
B2B faturat issued @ 18%: net [__] → VAT [__]
TOTAL output VAT: [__]
INPUT VAT (purchases, from VAT-registered suppliers)
Foodstuffs @ 8% (flour, dairy, eggs, oils): net [__] → VAT [__]
Other supplies @ 18% (drinks, packaging, gas): net [__] → VAT [__]
TOTAL input VAT: [__]
NET VAT = output − input = [__]
→ [Payable to ATK by the 20th] / [credit carried]
Notes: gross sales should reconcile to the fiscal device Z-reports for the period.
Hand to the kontabilist for the actual EDI filing. Flag if input VAT is unusually high (refund position may draw scrutiny) or if device totals and booked sales don't reconcile.
Kosovo reference (cache, don't re-derive)
- Standard VAT 18% (restaurant sales); reduced 8% on listed foodstuffs/utilities (input relevance).
- VAT threshold €30,000; monthly returns by the 20th; record retention 6 years.
- Fiscalization: ATK-administered; EFD/FS/EFS routes; devices registered with ATK; consumer gets a QR-coded fiscal coupon. MFPT 01/2025 annulled 15 Jul 2025 — confirm current binding rule.
- Ecosystem: ATK (VAT + fiscal devices, EDI), ARBK (registration), municipality (operating permit).
What this skill does NOT do
- No tax filing. It produces worksheets; the kontabilist files via EDI.
- Does not certify or sell devices, and does not assert a fixed device requirement given the annulled instruction — it points to current ATK guidance.
- Not a fixed legal source on the 8% list or coupon fields — those are verify-items (see
research/kosovo-hospitality.md).
Tips
- Lead with the fiscalization caveat. The rules moved in 2025–2026; never state a device rule as settled.
- Reconcile to the fiscal device. Booked sales should match Z-reports — ATK will compare.
- Issue faturat to businesses, coupons to diners — and know which the customer needs.
- Watch the €30k threshold for a growing venue; warn before it's crossed.
- Chain into
menu-costing if the VAT question is really "are my prices right after tax?"
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