Blogs

Texas has become the latest US state to implement Sales Tax obligations on out-of-state (non-resident) merchants. ...Continued

Following agreement by EU member states to permit cutting the VAT rate on e-books and online journals to match the reduced/zero rating permitted on their paper-based equivalents, the following countri...Continued

Iceland has confirmed that it will reduce its VAT rate from 24% to 22.5% from 1 January 2019. This will include a cut in the rate applied to e-books and online journals, which will be recatgorised fro...Continued

Uganda has announced plans to levy its 18% VAT on non-resident providers of digital and electronic services to consumers. This includes: ...Continued

The Qatar Ministry of Finance has confirmed that it will not introduce a Value Added Tax regime in 2019. The ministry stated it is still evaluating the potential impacts....Continued

From 1 January 2019, EU member states introduce two VAT and invoicing simplifications to the B2C digital services Mini One Stop Shop (MOSS) regime. This covers the 2015 reforms to destination-based V...Continued

Poland has announced it is delaying the withdrawal of the requirement to submit a monthly VAT return from 1 January until 1 July 2019. The plan is to replace the return with an extended version of the...Continued

From January 2020, Norway is to remove the VAT and duties exemption for imported packages below NOK 350 to its consumers. As a result, the importer will have to pay 25% Norwegian VAT and any duties fo...Continued

The Bahraini tax office has opened its VAT registration portal for businesses required to be VAT registered. The Gulf state is launching a 5% VAT regime from 1 January 2019....Continued

Italian Senators last week rejected two applications to delay the January 2019 introduction of SdI electronic invoice reporting for B2B and B2C transactions....Continued