Foreign sellers and marketplaces now face Value Added Tax obligations Albania imposed VAT collections obligations on non-resident providers of digital or electronic services to its consumers in January 2015. There is no VAT registration threshold. The Albanian digital VAT regime is similar to the EU
South Korea implemented its 10% Value Added Tax on foreign providers and marketplaces of digital or electronic services to its consumers from 1 July 2015. There is no VAT registration threshold. There is a simplified electronic services registration. Follow VAT Calc’s global VAT and GST on
Saskatchewan is introducing its regional sales tax, Provincial Sales Tax (PST) on digital or electronic services provided by non-resident providers from 1 January 2019. Saskatchewan will also make facilitating marketplaces liable to collecting PST for their third-party sellers of digital services. This will come into effect
The European Union is to introduce a €10,000 pan-EU e-services registration threshold. This means that initially small EU businesses will be able to use the VAT return and rate of their country of registration rather than that of their customers. The new threshold will apply
Argentina brought non-resident providers of digital (or electronic) services into its Value Added Tax net in June 2018. Rather than imposing the obligation to VAT register and collect taxes, it has applied a withholding VAT requirement on payment providers processing consumer payments to overseas providers.
E-services VAT obligations for foreign providers and marketplaces On 1 January 2018, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) implemented a 5% Value Added Tax regime. This included requiring non-resident providers of digital or electronic services via the internet or similar electronic network to charge and remit
E-services VAT obligations for offshore providers and marketplaces On 1 January 2018, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) implemented a 5% Value Added Tax regime. This included requiring non-resident providers of digital or electronic services via the internet or similar electronic network to charge and remit
The Gulf state of Saudi Arabia implemented VAT on electronic or digital services provided by resident or non-resident providers on 1 January 2018. This was the date it introduced its 5% VAT regime as part of the six-state Gulf Cooperation Council agreement to create a
