VAT liabilities on mining, exchange and consideration role for cryptocurrencies and similar crypto-assets Ireland’s tax authorities, the Revenue, has confirmed the VAT and other tax obligations on virtual digital currencies, including Bitcoin and tokens. An EU review on VAT on crypto-assets is underway. Key points
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2019 cut to 8% may have to be reversed as country faces worst economic crisis The drop in revenues during the COVID-19 crisis may force the government to reverse the reduction in VAT in 2019 from 15% to 8% the finance minister has said. This
Board of Taxation reveals AUD 760m revenues – more than four times budget following withdrawal of Low Value Imported Goods regime In July 2018, Australia scraped the LVIG Goods and Services Tax exemption on imported B2C goods not exceeding AUD 1,000. Since then, any import
EU’s VAT Committee reviews VAT treatment on cryptocurrency payment tokens The European Commission’s VAT Committee is reviewing the Value Added Tax issues arising from cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin, Spice and utility tokens. The discussion covers the VAT position, including whether taxable supply, and then, if a
The Court of Justice of the European Union rules Belgian regional legislator may demand home rental transaction data from Airbnb The ECJ has ruled Airbnb Ireland (C-674/2) must provide transaction-level data to regional tax authorities following hearing brought by Belgium. The regional legislator had required
Taxpayer invoicing mandatory survey signals plans for e-invoicing The Kindgdom of Bahrain’s National Bureau for Revenue has launched survey to estimate the volumes and natures of VAT invoicing in the Arab Gulf island. Thins includes taking a mandatory questionnaire on invoicing pattern volumes and the
Post-based paper invoice claims replaced by online VAT recovery for non-EU taxpayers Belgium is the latest EU member state to introduce an online application process for 13th Directive VAT reclaims by taxpayers. France introduced its electronic VAT recovery process in July 2021. Currently, supplier invoices
The Central Asia state of Kyrgyzstan is planning a roll out of fiscal cash registers this year. These machines for use by retail taxpayers automatically report all transactions to the tax authorities to help manage VAT revenues and prevent fraud. The Kyrgyzstani state tax service
