New draft law indicates foreign providers will face digital services VAT responsibilities In January, Chinese draft VAT law was issued. Aside from consolidating many existing laws, it includes a shift towards imposing VAT compliance obligations on non-resident providers of digital services. It talks of VAT
EP’s member services lays out procedures for ViDA progress ahead of 17 Oct 2023 ECOFIN vote The European Parliamentary Research Service has set out some of the issues in the EU VAT in the Digital Age reforms published by the European Commission on 8 December
ECJ confirms 2011 implementing regulation of the European Council specifying that the operator of a platform, such as OnlyFans, is presumed to be the supplier of the services provided – £11 million liability The Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) has confirmed on
Northern Ireland Protocol replacement removes most customs controls; gives back many reduced VAT and excise rates powers to UK; and introduces ‘Stormont Brake’ to Northern Ireland Assembly to block EU rules changes in the province The UK and EU have agreed today the Windsor Framework to replace
UK may gain more powers over goods VAT rate setting under Northern Ireland Brexit renegotiation The UK government and EU are in advanced discussions to renegotiate the Northern Ireland Protocol. This is the Brexit settlement alongside the UK-EU Withdrawal Agreement that gave the province a
EC paves way for increase from €65,000 to €85,000 from 1 January 2023 taking over 63,000 taxpayers out of the VAT regime The European Commission and European Council (20 Feb 2023) have backed Italy to increase its VAT registration threshold from €65,000 to €85,000 per annum.
Spain publishes draft e-invoicing regime: decentralised CTC with public portal or certified third-party agent submissions Spain’s State Tax Administration Agency (Agency Estatal de Administracion Tributaria) has updated the draft draft Royal Decree for its proposed e-invoicing regime applicable on B2B transactions – companies and self-employed
Debt talks with International Monetary Fund prompt 1% sales tax rise 14 February 2023 The Pakistan Parliament has passed a supplementary Finance Bill with a 1% rise in its sales tax from 17% to 18%. This would secure badly needed funding to cover import costs
The Canadian province of Québec was the first region to impose its sales tax, Québec Sales Tax (QST) on non-resident providers of e-services to its consumers. The current Québec QST rate is 9.976% Canada’s federal government imposed dits 5% Goods and Services Tax from 1 July
Updated implementation rules for Value Added Tax liabilities for non-residents of digital services to Cambodian consumers The Cambodian General Department of Taxation has updated its guidance for non-resident sellers, marketplaces and providers of e-commerce goods and digital services. These traders have been brought into the
