Central Asian state follows example of Canada and others in offering less well off VAT refunds rather than untargeted reduced rates or exemptions Uzbekistan has introduced VAT credits on essentials supplies for low-income citizens rather than further VAT cuts or exemptions. Uzbekistan has cut VAT
European Court of Justice finds (Cabot Plastics) providing ancillary services to toll manufacturing by group company does not trigger VAT Fixed Establishment status The European Court of Justice has today ruled (Cabot case (C-232/22)) that the VAT Fixed Establishment status and associated VAT obligations are
Planned cut to state sales tax rate from 5% to 4.875% may be extended to 4.625% The US state of New Mexico is scheduled to reduce its state-level sales tax rate from 5% to 4.875% from 1 July 2023. However, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has
ETTN portal extending to all live reporting of electronic invoices The State Tax Service of the Central Asian state of Kyrgyzstan has confirmed that all businesses will have to adopted the Electronic Invoice Note system (ETTN) from May 2023. It has already been in place
Lower VAT rate for recyclates / recycled products The Czech delegation to the EU has proposed permitting extended use of the reduced VAT rates on recycled products. The Czechs believe that the introduction of a reduced VAT rate for products with recycled content would stimulate
Dutch tax office will in future alert businesses undertaking intra-EU movement of goods to their obligations to Intrastat reporting Since the start of 2023, Intrastat reporting threshold no longer applies in the Netherlands. Instead Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (the customs authorities – ‘CBS’)will contact
Travel operator, passenger transport and accommodation platform associations question need for full VAT deemed supplier obligations Several travel and related platform trade associations have raised doubts about proposed deemed supplier obligations in the Platform Economy pillar of the VAT in the Digital Age reforms. The
Remote facilitating marketplaces will have to immediately register for sales tax for their out-of-state sellers 1 August 2023 Louisiana is to withdraw the threshold for e-commerce out-of-state marketplaces facilitating the sales of sellers. Above this threshold, and the facilitating marketplace must register with the state
