May 2023 – government considering extension of essential foods VAT cut into 2024 Polish Prime Minister, Mateusz Morawiecki, has said that his government is considering a new extension to the zero-VAT rating of essential foods into 2024. He pointed to the inflation rates of the
New models of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) are being evaluated by global tax authorities to tackle fraud As the world wrestles with the newest phase of AI – natural language tools based on reinforcement learning, such as Chat GPT – tax authorities
2023 budget to levy taxes on transfers of cryptocurrency and NFT’s plus online content creation The new 2023/24 Kenyan budget proposes two new digital taxes: 3% on the transfer of cryptocurrencies and Non-Fungible Tokens; and 15% on digital content monetization levying – content creators paid
July 2023 Paper invoices now invalid as mandatory e-invoicing rolled out B2B and B2C Egyptian tax payers will no longer be able to rely on paper VAT invoices for the purposed of VAT deductions from 1 July 2023. This follows the phased introduction of mandated
7% sales tax due on providers of digital services to consumers Mississippi is the latest US state to impose its state sales tax on a range of digital services. This will be introduced from 1 July 2023. This is being done be updating the definition
July 2023 – third delay to SLIM VAT 3 compliance reforms Following the March approval of the Polish SLIM VAT 3 compliance reforms, the implementation date has been again delayed – this time until at least 1 July 2023. However, the legislative timetable is not
Avoid paying import UK VAT on goods arriving from the EU or rest of world The UK introduced its new deferred import VAT regime, Postponed VAT Accounting (PVA) following its departure from the EU VAT regime from 1 January 2021. The relief will enable importers
April 2024 – VAT (Electronic, Internet, and Digital Marketplace Supply) Regulations, 2023, for new simplified VAT registration; registration threshold removed The Revenue Authority updated the 2020 law on compliance VAT rules for providers and marketplaces of digital services. The regulations cover: Digital or electronic services new
