Pakistan has imposed a 2% withholding sales tax on marketplaces’ third-party sales. This came into effect on 1 September 2021 according to the Pakistani Federal Board of Revenue Ordinance No. XXII of 2021. Pakistan requires providers of B2B digital services to charge sales tax as well
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
Guatemala to adopt Brazilian and Chilean platform for non-resident digital service providers The Guatemalan Superintendency of Tax Administration (SAT) has proposed a voluntary regime for non-resident providers and marketplaces for digital services to register and report Value Added Tax. The current standard VAT rate is
Additional non-residents required to register for VAT on electronic services The Indonesian Directorate General of Tax has co-opted a further ten new non-resident providers of digital services to tax on the role of VAT collector. In a communique, it confirmed the following for the latest
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
Electronic services by non-residents come into VAT net Kazakhstan has made foreign providers and marketplaces for digital or electronic services liable to Value Added Tax collection obligations from 1 January 2022. There is no VAT registration threshold, but there is a simplified registration process. Online
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
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
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,
