EC finds most countries fail to implement all best practices; Finland and Sweden top of the class The European Commission has reviewed the Value Added Tax registration, collection and auditing processes and standards of member states and the UK, and find most tax authorities’ below
1% increase on higher VAT rate from May 2022 on communications services Belarus is to raise the higher Value Added Tax rate applied on electronic communications and mobile services. From 1 May 2022, the rate will rise from 25% to 26%. The standard VAT rate
Registrations begin Sep 2023 for July 2024 launch of B2B e-invoicing – following Mexican decentralised Continuous Transactions Controls model The French tax authorities (Direction Générale des Finances Publiques) have clarified the July 2024 launch plans for B2B e-invoicing and B2C invoice reporting: Jun 2022: The
White Book details over 100 reforms for Spanish VAT and other taxes The Spanish ‘Tax Committee’ of local tax specialists presented their recommendations to the Ministry of Finance. Their recommendations is known as the ‘White Book’. This includes a range of digital VAT reforms, many
VAT registration thresholds and Intrastat dispatches and arrivals The table below provides the latest European VAT registration thresholds for resident and non-resident (foreign) businesses, plus Intrastat reporting threshold. Note, the EU e-commerce distance selling thresholds were withdrawn on 1 July 2021. There were a number
Inflation worries and $100 barrel oil price recovery could mean switch to limited excise tax Kuwait may alter plans to introduce VAT as inflation hit 10-year highs of nearly 5%, with fear that an increase in prices from the introduction of the consumption tax would
Kenya to fall into line with $250 billion OECD global tax reforms – unlocks US free trade deal Kenyan President, William Ruto, has confirmed that Kenya will end its 2021 1.5% Digital Services Tax (DST) as it withdraws its objections to the Pillar 2 OECD reforms
Standardised XML format for exchange of tax information from marketplaces and platforms to the tax authorities – coordinated with EU DAC 7 2023 obligations The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development has issued its model rules for reporting by digital platform operators – and standard
Standard Audit File for Tax – harmonised transactional data schema for easy exchange with tax authorities The countries below have implemented (or propose) the OECD’s Standard Audit File for Tax (SAF-T). This is an harmonised XML schema of company transaction data from accounting records for
