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UK Budget: VAT on private ride-sharing operators 2nd Jan 2026

26 November 2025 in

TOMS

UK budget imposes VAT on Private Hire Vehicles PHVOs 2nd Jan 2026 - closing TOMS option The 26 November UK Budget, from Chancellor Rachel Reeves, has confirmed it is excluding private hire vehicle operators / platforms from TOMS - imposing VAT collections obligations on ride-sharing

UK Budget gambling tax duties reforms

26 November 2025 in

UK Budget to raise £1 billion in overhaul gambling tax revenues Remote gaming duty doubles; Bingo duty scrapped; Casino duty frozen Today’s UK Budget unveiled one of the most significant overhauls of gambling taxation in recent years. The Government is pitching the package as a

Belgium hotel & takeaway meal VAT rises; dodges standard rate hike

24 November 2025 in

Belgium

2026 Budget avoids proposed 1% VAT rise to 22% Hotels, takeaway meals, sport & leisure rise to 12% rate Belgium’s 2026 federal budget debate abandons a proposed 1% standard VAT. Instead there will be increases on a range of reduced rates and excise duties On

EU ViDA 2028 Securing IOSS to combat fraud

21 November 2025 in

EU VAT e-commerce package

Securing IOSS - 1st March 2028 unique consignment numbers for IOSS shipments by non-EU participants Following the March 2025 VAT in the Digital Age reform adoption, one of the parts of pillar 3, Single VAT Registration is updates to Import One Stop-Shop (IOSS) to combat

EU steps up VAT in the Digital Age implementation phase

20 November 2025 in

Digital Reporting Requirements

EU ViDA implementation latest Digital Reporting Requirements, Platform Economy and Single VAT Registration The European Commission is working on the implementation phase of the VAT in the Digital Age (ViDA) package, outlining the preparatory work underway across all 3 legislative pillars. The world's only single

UK budget abandons VAT cut to domestic fuel

20 November 2025 in

UK Chancellor considered reducing domestic fuel VAT from 5% to 0% in 26th Nov Budget The UK' Chancellor Rachel Reeves has reported to abandon October 2025 hints she is looking at ways to cut home fuel bill. This could have included scrapping the 5% VAT

EU’s VAT Committee critical of Italy’s Facebook, X & LinkedIn VAT bill

20 November 2025 in

VAT Committee challenges Italy’s claim data-for-access social-media services VAT-taxable; but concedes that in narrowly defined cases Following a reported €900m Italian VAT assessment on Facebook (Meta), LinkedIn and X on ‘free’ platform access for users, the EU VAT Committee has published a Working Paper in

EU energy tax reform blocked

17 November 2025 in

European Energy Taxation Directive

No compromise on Energy Taxation Directive as member states block tax limits on fuel, energy and electricity The current president of the Council of the EU, Denmark, has officially declared talks on the proposed Energy Taxation Directive revision as blocked. This follows the 13 November

UK Budget: VAT on private ride-sharing platforms Jan 2026

16 November 2025 in

TOMS

UK budget may impose VAT on Private Hire Vehicles 2026 to raise The 26 November UK 2026 Budget, from Chancellor Rachel Reeves, is excluding private hire vehicles from TOMS - imposing VAT collections obligations on ride-sharing platforms such as Bolt and Uber. This would follow

UK Reform Party: double VAT registration threshold

10 November 2025 in

Reform's Nigel Farage calls for VAT registration doubling to £180k as Labour Budget speculation indicates revenue raising reduction instead The Reform Party's Nigel Farage called on 10 November for the UK government to double the VAT registration threshold from £90,000 to up to £180,000. He

Author: Richard Asquith

UK Budget: VAT on private ride-sharing operators 2nd Jan 2026

UK Budget gambling tax duties reforms

Belgium hotel & takeaway meal VAT rises; dodges standard rate hike

EU ViDA 2028 Securing IOSS to combat fraud

EU steps up VAT in the Digital Age implementation phase

UK budget abandons VAT cut to domestic fuel

EU’s VAT Committee critical of Italy’s Facebook, X & LinkedIn VAT bill

EU energy tax reform blocked

UK Budget: VAT on private ride-sharing platforms Jan 2026

UK Reform Party: double VAT registration threshold

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