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Mexico cuts border VAT rate

Mexico has reintroduced a reduced VAT rate on its US border. The current standard rate of 16% has been reduced from 1 January 2019 to 8% for businesses providing services in the Border Region. ...Continued

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Angola VAT implementation

Angola has confirmed plans to introduce VAT from July 2019, with only the largest tax payers obliged to charge the new consumption tax...Continued

EU implements VAT generalised reverse charge

The EU VAT Directive has been updated from 1 January 2019 to introduce a voluntary generalised reverse charge measure on domestic transactions in member states...Continued

UK MTD deferral requires HMRC approval

From 1 April 2019, over 1 million UK businesses will be required to file their VAT returns via HMRC’s new Making Tax Digital (MTD) API-portal. This will require accounting software or specially enable...Continued

US Texas Sales Tax economic nexus

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

EU e-book VAT rate cuts

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 cuts VAT rate

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

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Uganda levies VAT on non-resident e-services

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

Qatar VAT delay until after 2019

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

EU e-services VAT thresholds

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