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Turkey COVID-19 VAT relief measures

Turkey is offering VAT filings and payment delays for specific sectors. There has also been a limited VAT rate cut to certain sectors....Continued

Saudi Arabia delays VAT payments by 3 months on COVID-19 crisis

Saudi Arabia has offered Value Added Tax payment deferments for businesses for three months. There also reliefs from a range of government charges and customs. The measures were announced on 20 March ...Continued

Macedonia delays VAT returns on COVID-19

Macedonia has become the latest state to ease the Value Added Tax compliance obligations in recognition of the business disruption caused by the Coronavirus epidemic....Continued

UK Northern Ireland B2C distance selling after Brexit

Northern Ireland (NI) VAT and customs has taken up a new dual UK-EU position as part of the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement. What are the rules on selling goods to consumers from the EU to NI and vice ver...Continued

Uganda eases VAT filings and interest for COVID-19

The Ugandan Revenue Authority has announced a delay in Value Added Tax filings and payments to assist businesses during the coronavirus virus epidemic. ...Continued

EU ecommerce VAT package – Special Arrangement import VAT

The EU 27-member state will reform and simplify B2C cross-border VAT with its ecommerce package on 1 July 2021. This will include a Special Arrangements scheme which enables sellers or deemed supplier...Continued

VAT – the world’s COVID tax

Value Added Tax (VAT), Goods and Services Tax (GST) and U.S. sales tax have emerged since the 2008 financial crisis as the world’s favourite taxes. There are good reasons why they have been implemente...Continued

EU July 2021 ending €22 import VAT exemption; new Import OSS return

From 1 July 2021 and all EU imports will be subject to VAT. Sellers and facilitating marketplaces can collect import VAT on import consignments valued upto €150. Or they may use the new Special Arrang...Continued

Brexit UK-EU B2B switch to Delivered Duty Paid DDP Incoterms

Since 1 January 2021, the end of the Brexit transition period, B2B businesses are switching their commercial terms (‘Incoterms’) on cross-border trade to avoid losing business. Failing to do so will c...Continued

UK exited EU VAT regime 31 December 2020 - Brexit

The UK exited the EU VAT regime, Customs Union and Single Market from 1 January 2021. This means the loss of a range of compliance simplifications and the imposition of customs declarations, goods reg...Continued