2026-30 National Revenue Agency launches Standard Audit File for Tax monthly transaction reporting On 18 February 2025, Bulgaria reconfirmed the launch of SAF-T reporting from 2026. It republished the implementing legislation without significant changes from the version first published in December. The launch timetable is
US presidential election means OECD Pillar 1 tax agreement unlikely Digital Service Taxes back on agenda with risk to tariff retaliation See our DST country implementations tracker. The OECD’s negotiations with around 120 counties on rewriting the rules on taxing cross-border digital services (‘Pillar 1′)
New SAF-T UA 2.0 published for transactional level reporting, initially on-demand; becomes annual mandatory between 2025 and 2027 The Ukrainian Ministry of Finance has adopted an optional Standard Audit File for Tax (SAF-T) regime from 1 January 2023. It will become mandatory for annual reporting
Annual comparative review of countries’ tax of goods and services Included within the OECD’s annual Tax Policy Reforms: OECD and Selected Partner Economies are an analysis of VAT and GST strategies of 90 countries which are part of the OECD and G20’s BEPS reform programme.
Quarterly user transaction reporting to help detect VAT fraud Vietnam has joined many countries around the world in requiring digital marketplaces / platforms to provide the tax authorities with detailed reporting on their sellers or users transactions. Marketplace operators must now provide the following levels
State Tax Service updates SAF-T UA template for large taxpayers Since October 2021, large taxpayers have been able to voluntarily use the tax office’s downloadable template for reporting transaction-level data. This month, the template functionality has been updated with return messaging to confirm acceptance of
Evaluation of electronic invoicing implementations with recommendations for global tax administrations; harmonisation not possible The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development has issued an initial findings report “Tax Administration 3.0 and Electronic Invoicing’ on electronic invoicing for tax authorities looking to introduce the VAT/GST control reform,
Delays in agreement on OECD Pillar 1 global tax reallocation rights prompts Nigeria to act unilaterally Nigeria has become one of the few countries to comply with the OECD 137-country agreement to renegotiate global taxing rights, and has acted unilaterally at the start of 2022
US doubts on ratifying OECD Pillar 1 agreement for 2023 means unilateral DST’s to make a comeback? The ambitious October 2021 OECD inclusive framework on base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) agreement by 137 countries on global tax reforms is proving hard work to implement.
Standardised XML format for exchange of tax information from marketplaces and platforms to the tax authorities – coordinated with EU DAC 7 2023 obligations The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development has issued its model rules for reporting by digital platform operators – and standard
