Italy & US agree DST are discriminatory taxes Following meetings between Italian Prime Minister Meloni and US President Trump, their governments have issued a statement against “discriminatory” taxes such as Italy’s Digital Services Taxes. On 21 February 2025, US President Trump signed an order to
1st October 2025 non-resident sellers and marketplaces subject to 18% VAT on B2C digital and electronic services The South Asian island country of Sri Lanka on 11 April certified its Value Added Tax (Amendment) Act No. 04 of 2025. This includes imposing VAT on non-resident
Seller, buyer, certified agents and tax authorities in open e-invoice model As global e-invoicing mandates expand, the long-term popularity of 5-corner e-invoicing decentralised model is emerging as the end game for most. It is the model adopted for July 2030 EU ViDA e-invoicing It’s the
EU standards body, CEN, revising EN 16931 e-invoicing for ViDA for September 2025 Following the approval of the VAT in the Digital Age reforms, including 2030 intra-community e-invoicing, the European standards organisation, CEN, has started work to amend the EU standard on e-invoicing, EN 16931-1.
Jan 2026 SIF VERI*FACTU approved invoicing software large companies; July 2026 other businesses 7 April 2025: updated Frequently Asked Questions published by the Agencia Tributaria coverage proposed new electronic billing obligations to be imposed on taxpayers outside of the the existing SII real-time reporting. At
EU alerts may rekindle DST on threat of US retaliatory tariffs The European Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen, has raised the prospect of restarting discussions between the EU 27 member states on a pan-EU 3% Digital Services Tax. This follows further US reciprocal tariffs
ViDA 3-pillars reforms now in force following Council approval in March 2025 The Council of the European Union on 11 March 2025 adopted 3-pillar ViDA reforms’ legislative measures, and it entered into force 14th April. Read more details of each of the pillars: Jul 2030
Coalition divided as Japan weighs Consumption Tax cut imid inflation and U.S. tariffs nerves Japan’s ruling coalition is increasingly divided over how to address rising living costs and economic uncertainty triggered by U.S. tariffs, with growing calls—especially from junior coalition partner Komeito—for a temporary cut
Ministry of Finance confirms Feb 2026 KSeF 2.0 B2B e-invoicing; new timeline law & technical spec’s; penalty soft landing delay to 1st Jan 2027 The Polish Ministry of Finance has provided an update daft amendments Act on the launch of its mandatory B2B e-invoicing regime,
