Resolution DGT-R-036-2014, published On 25 August 2014, introduced the requirement that financial entities processing  credit or debit card payments must withhold 2% of the amounts paid, credited or made available to beneficiaries in any other form. The 2% withholding was set to apply from 1 October 2014, but was delayed to 1 November 2014, and has been further delayed to 1 December 2014 according to Resolution DGT-R-044-2014 published in the Official Gazette on 30 October 2014.