New Administrative Guidelines for French import VAT deferment Following a public consultation in 2023, the French tax office published new Administrative Guidelines for the use of its Deferred or Postponed VAT Accounting for importers. Since January 2022 (see below) this has offered importers the opportunity
Final provinces join digital e-invoicing (e-fapiao) pilot All Chinese provinces have now launched their digitalise e-fapiao programmes. Last month, Anhui, Beijing, Guizhou, Hunan, Ningxia, Qinghai and Shandong joined the nation-wide trials which has started in 2021. Tibet, the final province, joined 1 December 2023. These
13 new regions join mandatory e-invoice (e-fapiao) pilot in August 2022; full roll out by 2023 28th Oct 2022 update: the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan has joined the e-fapiao pilot. China’s State Taxation Administration (‘STA’) is continuing to expand its introduction of the special e-fapiao e-invoice system,
European countries compete to attract import business with reverse charge import VAT with no cash payments Most European Union member states offer cashflow assistance for importers of goods into their country. France’s 2022 import VAT scheme is the latest new addition. This can be VAT
2022 – three further provinces join electronic invoicing pilot China’s State Taxation Administration (‘STA’) is continuing to expand its voluntary introduction of the special e-fapiao e-invoice system, based on national invoicing platform, since the last wave of 25 regions joining the pilot in January 2021. These are
What customs documents and processes should UK importers observe since 1 January 2022 following the ending of Customs controls and tariffs easements Since 1 January 2022, the UK has ended the customs admin and controls suspension on imports coming into the UK from the EU.
Import VAT payment may now be postponed via VAT return Croatia has introduced deferred import VAT from 1 January 2021. This follows most of the other 27 EU member states. Importers with a Croat VAT number may now avoid making cash payments to clear their
