Blogs

The UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond, confirmed in his Spring Statement that Making Tax Digital (MTD) for VAT will still go ahead on 1 April 2019 in the event of a no-deal Brexit on 29...Continued

South Africa is to increase the VAT registration threshold on foreign providers of electronic services to consumer from the ZAR50,000 to ZAR1million. This is calculated on a rolling 12-month calendar....Continued

EU member states have agreed to make online market places responsible for charging and collecting VAT for their non-EU sellers in a bid to recover €5bn in VAT fraud....Continued

Portugal has updated the annual data reporting rules for the resident mandatory Standard Audit File for Tax (SAF-T). ...Continued

2019 promises to be a defining year for Africa as it is on the brink of becoming a single market. ...Continued

The UK’s HMRC has provided updates on the treatment of import VAT on EU goods movements in the case of a no-deal Brexit on 29 March 2019....Continued

France is edging towards following Spain, Hungary and Italy with live VAT invoice submissions to the tax authorities. France has been phasing in electronic invoice issuance and clearing via the tax au...Continued

HMRC estimates that 245,000 businesses buy and sell goods with other EU27 states. When the UK leaves the Customs Union, 29 March, all movements of goods must be declared for customs, tariffs and VAT. ...Continued

The Spanish tax authorities are warning UK companies of the obligation to appoint a local fiscal representative for compliance and reclaims in the event of a no-transition deal Brexit on 29 March 2019...Continued

HMRC is writing to thousands of UK, US and other international sellers of digital services to warn them to now VAT register in another EU state in readiness for a no-deal Brexit. This covers their sal...Continued