VAT Gap cut from €6 billion to €3 billion with myDATA reporting, POS reporting and e-payments Greece is turning into the new poster child of anit-VAT fraud policies. Its Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, has been claiming significant progress Greece has made in reducing VAT fraud through
Bill to cut key supplies to 5% rate whilst 2025 standard rate rise to 24% still being considered A new Estonian bill in its parliament is proposing the following reclassifications of taxable reduced rates with the following supplies moving to the reduced 5% rate. restaurant
HMRC publishes good practice in relation to VAT accounting and compliance processes The UK’s HMRC has published on 18 September 2024 a wide ranging Guidelines for Compliance (GfC) set of best practises for VAT controls. GfC’s are a series of summaries of HMRC’s views on
Oct 2024 VAT rise postponed again; Oct 2025 potential next date The Thai cabinet on 17 September 2024 confirmed that the scheduled rise in VAT from 7% to 10% will not go ahead on 1 October 2024. VAT was cut from 10% to 7% in
Legislature mandatory e-invoicing completes El Salvador’s rollout of mandatory e-invoicing completed on 1 July 2024 following a phased launch from 2022. Salvadoran electronic invoicing (Electronic Tax Documents (DTE)) covers: invoices; delivery notes; debit and credit notes; delivery notes; settlement receipts; withholding receipts; and tax credit
Foreign providers liable to register and collect VAT on electronic services The Pacific Ocean island country of Republic of Kiribati imposes 12.5% Value Added Tax collection obligations on non-resident providers of digital or electronic services to local consumers. See the Value Added Tax Act, 2013
Kenya’s Treasury Secretary mulls 2% VAT cut to stimulate growth The Kenyan Treasury Cabinet Secretary has floated a 2% VAT rate cut from 16% to 14%. This would come with a Corporate Income Tax reduction from 30% to 25%. The tax cuts, the Secretary believes,
VAT Rulebook changes to compliance rules The Ministry of Finance has updated the VAT Rulebook, with a range of updates to VAT calculations, invoicing, records and filings. The updates came into effect on 1 September 2024. The Rulebook is a consolidation of previous VAT guidelines,
DIAN extends e-invoicing to range of new supplies Sept to Nov 2024 Colombia’s National Directorate of Taxes and Customs, DIAN, has extending its pre-clearance e-invoicing mandate to a new range of services over the Autumn. The timetable for roll out of mandatory electronic invoicing is:
1st October 2024 4% reduced rate decreases from 5% to 4% The Portuguese autonomous Atlantic islands region of Madeira will cut its 5% reduced rate down to 4% from October 2024. The super reduced rate applies to: essential food products; periodic publications; books; pharmaceutical products;
