January 2022 launch for turnover tax on foreign digital giants The Central Asian state of the Kyrgyz Republic (Kyrgyzstan) has introduced a 2% Digital Services Tax (DST) on resident providers (Kyrgyz IP address) of digital services. The replaces VAT liability. Foreign digital service providers are still
Changes to ICMS (VAT) states’ split on B2C inter-state sales in confusion The Brazilian federal government has gazetted this month a rule change on Imposto sobre Circulação de Mercadorias e Serviços ICMS (a form of VAT) on interstate sales of goods to consumers. However, Law
The value of the gig economy is expected to more than double from US$204 billion in 2018 to US$452 billion by 2025.7 In the UK, the Trades Union Congress (TUC) estimated in the summer of 2019 that 4.7 million people now work regularly on one or
Legislation and IT being readied for state to join Gulf Cooperation Council VAT union The Gulf state of Qatar is making preparations for the introduction of Value Added Tax, with potential 2022 launch. This includes: A recent update of the tax authorities IT backbone Draft
Fiji proposed implementing its Value Added Tax on remote digital or electronic services sold by non-resident providers or marketplaces in 2020. There is a VAT registration threshold of FJD 300,000. The current VAT rate in Fiji is 9%. VAT Calc’s global VAT and GST on digital services tracker
Withholding VAT and INR collections both due on non-resident digital services Paraguay has launched a new INR (income tax on digital services) registration and reporting regime for non-resident providers of e-services to consumers. This applies from 1 January 2022. This is in addition to Withholding
El Salvador’s General Directorate of Internal Taxes DGII launched an e-invocing pilot in 2019 for around 50 large taxpayers. This is still underway with delays in completion due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The pilot should complete by the end of this year, with 2022 as
The Cambodian General Department of Taxation is to compel non-resident providers of goods and electronic / digital services to its consumers. The implementation date is 31 March 2022; registrations under the simplified regime should be completed by 1 April 2022. This is the second delay
The Dominican Republic’s General Directorate of Internal Taxes (Dirección General de Impuestos Internos (DGII) has not yet mandated for all its e-invoicing regime – Electronic Tax Receipts (e-CF’s). Following the 2019 launch of the process, It completed a pilot with ten large taxpayers in early
The east European state of Moldova has introduced Value Added Tax obligations on non-resident providers and payment intermediaries of digital services through electronic networks to its consumers from 1 April 2020. This requires a simplified electronic services VAT registration. The standard VAT rate in Moldova
