Blogs

France is to impose mandatory electronic invoices on B2B from January 2023. This will include a pre-approval clearance of the invoices via the government’s Chorus Pro portal. This is already in operat...Continued

Hungary is to update the requirements on its live VAT invoice reporting regime from April 2020. The changes affect invoice details and submission requirements....Continued

The Uzbek President has proposed a VAT reduction from 20% to 15%. The tax subsidy is intended to help small enterprises. The new rate will come into effect on 1 October 2019. The VAT cut will cost aro...Continued

Slovenia is the latest European Union member state to agree to reclassify the VAT liability on income from the supplies of electronic books from its standard VAT rate to its reduced rate. From 2020, e...Continued

Foreign businesses incurring United Arab Emirates VAT, and who do not have a local VAT registration, may be able to reclaim this VAT on certain activities. This largely covers recipients of exhibition...Continued

Germany has announced a reduction in the VAT rate applied on train journeys from the standard rate 19% to the 7% reduced VAT rate. The measure is part of a range of proposals to reduce the environment...Continued

The Chilean Congress is to consider a bill to levy VAT on foreign electronic and digital services sold to consumers. The current standard VAT rate in Chile is 19%. ...Continued

Poland has again delayed the replacement of periodic VAT returns for SAF-T files. The new date will be 1 April 2020....Continued

EU online retailers selling to German consumers must provide any marketplaces they are active on with a VAT Certificate (Bescheinigungen nach § 22f UStG) from the German tax office, Finanzamt. This ve...Continued

The UK has postponed plans to introduce the domestic reverse charge on VAT in the construction services industry. The move, which effectively takes the cash payment out of B2B transactions is aimed at...Continued