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EU July 2021 marketplaces VAT deemed supplier rules

From July 2021, the EU will make online marketplaces responsible for the VAT - the deemed supplier - on some of their sellers transactions. They will be responsible for charging and collecting VAT fro...Continued

US Colorado joins digital services sales tax rush

Colorado is scheduled to introduce its 2.9% sales tax on provisions of downloads and streaming video, TV, music, gaming, app’s and similar media from 30 January 2021. This would require providers to r...Continued

EU 2021 One Stop Shop (OSS) VAT return for ecommerce

At the heart of the 2021 e-commerce EU VAT reboot is the introduction of the One-Stop-Shop (‘OSS’) single EU VAT return and the withdrawal of the Distance Selling thresholds. This is one of three refo...Continued

6 differences between VAT and US sales tax

VAT is imposed in around 170 countries, whilst the US remains the only major economy with a turnover tax - 'sales and use tax'. They are both complex in parts, but in very different ways. Learn about ...Continued

Suriname hikes import sales tax

The South American state of Suriname is to raise import sales tax from 10% to 12%. This is a short-term measure. Most domestically services are still taxed at 8%, except luxuries which are charged at ...Continued

EU states enforce Brexit import customs duties and VAT representative rules

Following the UK leaving the EU Customs Union from 1 January 2021, EU member states have begun to enforce the requirement on UK importers to appoint a resident direct or indirect representative or age...Continued

Brexit – what should I know now it’s ‘done’?

With the final stage of Brexit now completed, and the UK out of the Customs Union and VAT regime, we wanted to highlight for you the must-knows to keep your goods or services moving, customers and tax...Continued

Brexit export goods GB to EU; customs & VAT

This update provides the customs and VAT procedures for the export of goods from GB into the EU from 1 January 2021. After 31 December 2020, the UK is out of the EU VAT regime and customs union as th...Continued

European 2021 VAT registration and Intrastat threshold changes

Below is a summary of the main European 2021 VAT registration threshold and Intrastat reporting thresholds. You can check 2021 global VAT rate changes here....Continued

EU-UK Brexit preferential tariffs and rules of origin

The EU and UK have agreed a regime of nil or preferential customs duties (tariffs) for goods that comply with the rules of origin from 1 January 2021 in their Trade and Cooperation Agreement. This mea...Continued