23% standard and 8% reduced rates held to support defence following Russian invasion of Ukraine The Polish Deputy Finance Minister has confirmed that there will be no reduction in the 23% standard VAT rate or 8% reduced rate whilst defence spending remains at at least
B2B reverse charge option withdrawn for foreign providers of digital services The VAT Digital Marketplace Supply Regulations, which governs the rules for non-resident providers and marketplaces to charge Kenyan VAT, have been updated with a number of changes, including: Withdrawal of the reverse charge for
President confirms second VAT rate cut in four years The President of the Central Asian state of Uzbekistan has reconfirmed a reduction of Value Added Tax from 15% to 12% next year. The ruling Liberal Democratic Party of Uzbekistan announced the reduction last year that
DGI delays for roll out of mandatory e-invoicing to October 2022 Since 2021, a pilot roll out is underway of mandatory e-invoicing for all new taxpayers on the Electronic Invoicing System SFEP (sistema de facturación electrónica de Panamá). Part of the aim of the pilot is to
New technical guidance (version 2.1) for July 2024 1st wave of mandatory electronic invoicing (B2B) and electronic reporting (B2C) France’s General Directorate of Public Finance has published further technical guidance for the July 2024 launch of its mandatory B2B e-invoicing regime for resident business. The latest
Draft Bill to impose 12% VAT on nonresident digital or electronic service providers and marketplace platforms approved by House committee The Philippines House of Representatives Ways and Means board approved today, 17 August, a bill that would impose VAT on foreign providers of digital and
171 countries have implemented VAT or GST at 1 July 2022 as Anguilla adopts GST Since the first introduction of a Value Added Tax in France in 1954, it has now been adopted by 171 countries around the world. This follows Anguilla’s adoption of a
European Commission turns down request to exempt new Gas Levy from VAT – but will work of other solutions The European Commission has today, 16 August 2022, turned down a request from the German Finance Ministry to exempt from VAT a one-off Gas Levy on
Plans for simple single VAT rate lose out Bangladesh is to back track on original plans for a single VAT rate simplification, and instead reduce from six rates to four. The new rates will be: 15% standard; 10%, 7.5% and 5% reduced rates. Only the
DGI prepares for January 2023 final rollout phase of electronic invoicing. Since 2021, a pilot roll out is underway of mandatory e-invoicing for all new taxpayers on the Electronic Invoicing System SFEP (sistema de facturación electrónica de Panamá). Part of the aim of the pilot is to
