Spain to switch from SII invoice listing reporting to live e-invoices? The Spanish Council of Ministers has backed a report calling for the adoption of electronic invoices by all Spanish B2B VAT payers. Spain’s SII live invoice reporting regime was introduced in July 2017. The
2021/22 budget includes VAT on foreign digital services The Israeli Ministry of Finance has announced that it will revisit again taxing e-commerce goods and digital services being provided to its consumers by non-resident sellers or providers. Israel is on of the very few developed economies
Spain to add live B2B e-invoices to existing SII real-time reporting; rollout between 2023 and 2025 The Spanish government’s Council of Ministers has approved on 30 November 2021 a law (‘Crea y Crece‘ Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan) mandating electronic invoice issuing and receiving by
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
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
Fifth of the six Gulf states to implement VAT The Arab Gulf state of Kuwait is considering a plan to implement Value Added Tax (excise duties 2022) on 1 January 2023 – but Parliamentary opposition remains high This will be part of the plan agreed
Banks and other financial institution may opt for B2B VAT on certain activities Poland is to take up the EU VAT Directive option to allow businesses to charge VAT on certain B2B financial service transactions. This will come into effect from 1 January 2022. The
Draft Bill to impose VAT on nonresident digital or electronic service providers and marketplace platforms The Philippines’ House has approved a bill (House Bill 7425 (HB 7425)) to implement VAT on “digital or electronic” supplies sold by foreign provider via the an online platform. However,
Italy fails to fully implement VAT EU reforms In its monthly listing of EU law infringements, the European Commission has called out Italy for failing to fully implement the 2020 VAT Four Quick Fixes. The four reforms were intended to harmonise and simplify the B2B
COVID-19 disruption results in tax relief The Central American state of Ecuador has extended the deadline for July VAT transaction submission from 20 August to 20 September 2021. This is in recognition of the ongoing COVID-19 health and economic crisis. This includes the payment of
