Global marketplaces and car sharing brought into VAT / GST review The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development has extended the sector coverage for its model framework for tax authorities’ requests for data from gig and sharing economies. The new sectors added cover digital platforms
The internet, and major online marketplaces, have enabled businesses and people to buy and sell goods and services on a hugely expanding scale in the past five years. The EU Commission estimates online e-commerce is worth €550 billion per annum. This blog is part of series from
Tax authorities have long eyed marketplaces with frustration arising from these marketplaces having helped to create the huge gig and sharing sectors. However, this frustration is mixed with the tax authorities’ relish for the opportunity to co-opt the marketplaces as unpaid tax collectors. This blog is
The gig and sharing economies, powered by online marketplaces, have freed millions of individuals to offer their labour and underutilised assets to businesses and consumers across the world. Mastercard has estimated that the two economies will double in value from US$204 billion in 2018 to
There is an array of more practical VAT measures that are in place, or could be explored, to resolve the VAT issues around the gig and sharing economies. The shared aim of these measures would be to reduce the VAT leakage in the least administratively
Home renters to provide more platform sales VAT info In last week’s Norwegian 2022 budget, the government is proposing obliging homeowners renting out their properties on digital platforms to share transaction details. This includes sundry services alongside any rental income details. This is to help
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
5% GST on gig and sharing economy platform aggregators 1 January 2022 The Indian Goods and Services Tax Council (GST council) has extended the GST net to providers and online platforms offering the following services on their own account or via third-party merchants on their
The UK’s HMRC has published draft proposal on gig and sharing economies marketplace reporting obligations for platform operators. These follow the OECD reporting model, aimed at harmonising transactional data requests on users, sellers and sharers operating in this new market. There will be a consultation
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development has issued model gig and sharing economy tax reporting guidelines. This framework aims to provide clarity and consistence between global tax authorities on the data they require to help monitor the activities of sellers or users of the
