


How VAT Calc eliminated tax codes
Tax codes are used to communicate VAT calculations and reporting between systems. But are they essential if they’re slowing down implementations, and driving-up installation and maintenance costs? There is a lot to love about VAT Calc’s single application for global VAT and GST calculations and

VAT TV: 2022 EU-UK VAT & Customs divergence

VAT TV Feb 2022 global news & views

VAT TV: 2022 top 10 global developments

VAT TV: 2022 EU-UK VAT & Customs divergence

Crowdfunding VAT issues
Whilst still a small slice of the sharing economy, crowdfunding is one of the fastest growing areas of this economy and, as a financial services activity, has its own unique VAT issues. This blog is part of series from an article first published in British Tax review.

OECD marketplace operators obligations to match EU DAC 7
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has issued optional guidance for countries on their requirements for reporting taxable transactions of goods and ride sharing / rental of transport. This adds to the OECD’s 2020 guidance on the reporting gig economy services offered via

Death of the VAT return
Tax authorities migrating from VAT returns to digital reporting requirements, including e-invoices, SAF-T, Control Statements, pre-filled VAT returns and fiscal cash registers Driven by stubborn VAT fraud and other missing indirect tax levels – the EU VAT Gap is €136billion – many countries around the

Can blockchain close the VAT Gap? Probably not.
Hype? Or is an immutable distributed ledger technology the solution to missing EU VAT revenues? The VAT gap of €136 billion per annum and costly complexity of the compliance rules begs for a technological leap. Is blockchain, made (in)famous by cryptocurrencies, the answer? The appeal