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German conflict on EU ecommerce VAT package

Germany’s Annual Tax Act includes the implementation of the EU’s VAT ecommerce package. However, it leaves in place the German marketplace VAT liability for marketplaces to check their EU sellers have...Continued

France imposes full marketplace liabilities 2021

France has indicated that it may make facilitating marketplaces the VAT deemed supplier on all import transactions. As EU member states roll out the implementing legislation for EU VAT ecommerce packa...Continued

Oman 1 April 2021 VAT implementation

Oman now plans to implement a 5% VAT from 1 April 2021. This is based on a decree approved by Sultan Haitham Bin Tariq Al Said. Oman would be the fourth of six Arab Gulf states to introduce VAT as pa...Continued

Indonesia latest round of digital VAT companies

Indonesia has published a fourth list of foreign providers of digital services selling to consumers that it expects to VAT register. This latest list of eight includes Alibaba Singapore, Microsoft, Gi...Continued

UK updates EU-GB Border Operating Model – VAT implications

The UK government has today updated its Border Operating Model which provides guidance on the rules and processes for customs, VAT and other obligations for the movement of goods between the EU ¬¬¬and...Continued

China e-invoice trials underway

China has launched last month a series of electronic invoice trials to update the existing fapiaos paper-based government controlled system. Also known as the Golden Tax System. Initially, this will b...Continued

Netherlands warns on Brexit import VAT and fiscal representative by 15 Oct 2020

The Dutch tax authorities are warning UK businesses that they will have to reorganise their VAT and customs arrangements to avoid incurring heavy import VAT bills. The Belastingdienst is advising that...Continued

Saudi Arabia e-invoice consultation

The Saudi Arabia General Authority of Zakat & Tax (GAZT) has opened a public consultation on introducing electronic invoice regime....Continued

France delays VAT groups to 2023

France is to postpone the option for related companies to form VAT groups, with a single, unified VAT return. There is already a basic grouping system in place. The introduction of a full VAT groupin...Continued

Hungary delays real time e-invoice 2021 requirements

There is a delay from 1 January 2021 to 1 April 2021 latest requirements for the Hungarian real-time Real Time Invoice Reporting (RTIR). This is the portal for businesses to register B2B invoices sinc...Continued