States disharmonies on sales tax for digital goods and services There is no federal-level Sales Tax in the United States. 45 (and District of Columbia) of the 50 US states impose a local Sales Tax, and then there is approximately 13,000 further local cities, counties
Turkey introduced Value Added Tax liabilities on non-resident providers of digital services to its consumers from January 2018. There is no VAT registration threshold, but there is a simplified registration process for foreign providers of digital or electronic services with the Turkish Revenue Administration. B2B
E-services by non-residents subject to 13% VAT collections The Central American country of Costa Rica implemented Value Added Tax on non-resident providers and intermediaries of digital or electronic services from 1 October 2020. The includes an option to VAT register to collect VAT, or face
Norway operates a simplified Value Added Tax compliance regime for foreign sellers of electronic / digital services to its consumers. This is known as VAT on Electronic Services (VOES), introduced in 2011. For e-commerce goods, see VAT on E-Commerce VOEC regime which imposes Norwegian VAT
Unlike cryptocurrencies, NFT liable to 15% Goods and Services Tax New Zealand’s Inland Revenue has confirmed that trading of Non-Fungible Tokens are liable to GST. This compares to other crypto assets like digital currencies (e.g. Bitcoin) which are exempted. The difference in the treatment is
Federal government extends Goods and Services Tax net to foreign e-services The federal government of Canada has imposed 5% Goods & Services Tax obligations on foreign providers digital or electronic services to its consumers. This came into effect from 1 July 2021. This will affect
Switzerland imposed Value Added Tax on digital or electronic services in 2010. There is a global income VAT registration threshold of CHF100,000. At VAT Calc, we track global VAT and GST on digital services to follow which countries are implementing their VAT or GST on non-resident
Iceland introduced Value Added Tax collections obligations on foreign providers of digital or electronic services in November 2011. The standard VAT rate is 24%, although e-books and music enjoy the reduced rate of 11%. There is a VAT registration threshold of ISK 2 million for
The east European state of Belarus imposed Value Added Tax on foreign supplies of digital or electronic services to its consumers from 1 January 2018. This requires non-resident providers to register with the tax office immediately as there is not registration threshold. There is no
Andorra introduced Value Added Tax liabilities on the providers of digital or electronic services from 1 January 2013. The current VAT rate in Andorra is 4.5% The Pyrenees state, locked between France and Spain, followed the European Union scheduled model, imposing VAT on the country
