Ends withholding tax requirement The Russian Federal Law has been amended from 1 October 2021 to introduce the Value Added Tax reverse charge on supplies made by non-residents to Russian businesses within the Russian Federation. The changes were included in Federal Law No. 305-FZ from
Pre-filled VAT returns for quarter 3, 2021 Building on the success of its Sistema di Interscambio (SdI) e-invoice program, Italy has launched for over two million quarterly-filing resident taxpayers an optional pre-filled VAT returns service. This enables taxpayers to review, modify and approve their VAT
New Zealand has proposed ending the obligation to create, issue and hold Goods and Services Tax (GST) invoices to reflect the digitisation of accounting and the future use of e-invoicing. New Zealand is currently in electronic invoicing trial with Australia. Whilst many details remain to
Simpler, fairer VAT fines The UK’s HMRC is introducing a new Value Added Tax penalty and interest regime for late returns and payments. This was included in the recent government budget. The aim of the reforms is to reduce penalties on taxpayers with a good
GST credits; import GST postponements; foreign low-value goods and digital providers. The Australian Taxation Office has announced a range of refliefs for businesses as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect businesses and consumers. The Goods and Services Tax measures include: Move to monthly GST returns
Can the definitive VAT system or other reforms close fraud gap? The European Parliament has reviewed a range of measures to close EU VAT Gap – the difference between forecast VAT revenues versus actuals. This was as a formal European added value (EAV) assessment, to
Romania eFactură electronic invoices pilot Nov 2021; phased launch 2022-23 Romania’s Ministry of Public Finance has announced that it intends to introduce an RO national e-invoicing regime as early as 6 November 2021 for a pilot on B2G and B2B. In ordnance 8/2021 issued in the
How to hack national VAT lotteries Taiwan is having to rethink its VAT receipt prize draw after it become clear tax fraudsters were gaming the system. The fortnightly lottery gives prizes of up to TWD 10million based on the invoice numbers of retail receipts that
Government to lift thousands out of VAT net; cuts to supplies on reduced rates The Swedish government has proposed increasing the Value Added Tax registration threshold from SEK 30,000 to SEK 80,000 (approx. €7,900) per annum. In addition, it is proposing to switch a range
The Swiss Federal Council has issued several proposals to the Parliament to broaden the VAT rules on foreign e-commerce platforms via the deemed supplier, and introduce a voluntary annual VAT return with instalment payments. Lastly, there is also a proposal to effectively withdraw the Fiscal
