Banks and other financial institution may opt for B2B VAT on certain activities Poland is to take up the EU VAT Directive option to allow businesses to charge VAT on certain B2B financial service transactions. This will come into effect from 1 January 2022. The
Grand plan may now fall to side as VAT in the Digital Age reforms progress The proposed grand solution to tackle over €50billion in EU VAT fraud, the Definitive VAT System, is in trouble. The plan to switch from an origin to destination-based VAT on
Full Egyptian B2B invoicing by April 2023 The Egyptian Tax Authority (ETA) has been phasing in its mandatory electronic invoicing regime, starting 15 November 2020 with over 100 large (‘senior’) taxpayers. This was extended to medium and smaller enterprises and will be completed before 15
VAT – gig and sharing economies As part of the VAT in the Digital Age review of the impact and best policies for indirect tax reforms, the European Commission is reviewing ‘VAT Treatment of the Platform Economy’. This includes the VAT effects for the gig
Electronic invoices in two phases: Introduction (Dec 2021); and Integration (Jan 2023) Saudi Arabia is implementing the requirement for B2B electronic invoices for VAT transactions by resident businesses from 4 December 2021. Taxpayers will not have to submit full e-invoices (FATOORAH) to the ZATCA tax
Draft Bill to impose VAT on nonresident digital or electronic service providers and marketplace platforms The Philippines’ House has approved a bill (House Bill 7425 (HB 7425)) to implement VAT on “digital or electronic” supplies sold by foreign provider via the an online platform. However,
Extra six days GST filing and remittance delay The New Zealand Inland Revenue has extended the filing dates and remittances due for September month filers and August and September bi-monthly filers of Goods and Services Tax (GST). The new deadline in both cases is 4
Second VAT rate cut in four years The ruling Liberal Democratic Party of Uzbekistan has moved to reduce the standard Value Added Tax rate to 12% from 1 January 2023. The current VAT rate in Uzbekistan is 15%. There is also a plan for a
Live pre-clearance invoicing to help reduce the VAT Gap The Bulgarian National Revenue Agency has opened a public consultation on the implementation of e-invoicing. Any implementation date is unlikely to be before 2023. This follows the successes in Italy, Hungary and plans for Poland and
Electronic invoicing to combat €3.6 billion in missing VAT The Belgian budget in October included a provision for the phased introduction of electronic invoicing for Business-to-Business transactions. Check VAT Calc’s global live VAT invoice transaction and e-invoice reporting tracker to see where else real-time submissions of invoices
