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
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
Another US state to extend sales tax to streaming media, gaming, online services to consumers Georgia’s legislature is proposing extending 4% sales tax from 1 January 2024 on a range of digital or electronic services. This would include: Online gaming E-books Online applications The proposed
Mexico has added 15 new foreign providers of digital services which are liable to register and charge Mexican VAT on their local sales of streaming/download media, gaming, newspapers, website services and similar electronic services. This brings the total to 177 at the start of 2023
2023 implementation of VAT includes on non-resident providers of e-services The northeastern South American state of Suriname VAT implementation on 1 January 2023 includes an obligation for non-resident providers of digital or electronic services to register and collect VAT. There is a VAT registration thresholds
E-services by non-residents subject to 13% VAT collections – house sharing platforms added November 2022 The Ministry of Finance has confirmed an extension of VAT to services provided by major home-sharing electronic platforms, including Airbnb, Homeaway and VRBO. These three e-service providers are now added
State court blocks 6% sales tax on digital services In the latest twist on the implementation of sales tax on digital services in Maryland, a state circuit court has stuck down the charge as violating the Internet Tax Freedom Act, the Commerce Clause, and the
VAT (Amendement) Act 2022 updates regulations on non-resident e-commerce rules Confirms VAT on e-commerce No VAT registration threshold for non-residents VAT on foreign e-services providers since 2014 The West African country of Ghana imposed its Value Added Tax on non-resident providers of digital or electronic
