The Indonesian Directorate General of Taxes has added a further two foreign entities to the VAT on digital services Trading Through the Electronic System scheme. This takes the total to 83 non-resident providers of digital or e-services to Indonesian consumers. So far, the DG has
Iceland introduced Value Added Tax collections obligations on foreign providers of digital or electronic services in November 2011. The standard VAT rate is 24%, although e-books and music enjoy the reduced rate of 11%. There is a VAT registration threshold of ISK 2 million for
The east European state of Belarus imposed Value Added Tax on foreign supplies of digital or electronic services to its consumers from 1 January 2018. This requires non-resident providers to register with the tax office immediately as there is not registration threshold. There is no
Andorra introduced Value Added Tax liabilities on the providers of digital or electronic services from 1 January 2013. The current VAT rate in Andorra is 4.5% The Pyrenees state, locked between France and Spain, followed the European Union scheduled model, imposing VAT on the country
Mix of VAT, withholding tax and royalty tax can apply Tunisia imposes a mix of Value Added Tax, Withholding VAT and software 5% royalty (Digital Services Tax) taxes on non-resident sellers or marketplaces providing digital services to consumers. B2C transactions are generally zero-rated, with the
Tanzania has implemented its Value Added Tax regime on digital and electronic services since July 2015. However, foreign providers or marketplaces supplying consumers are not able to VAT register. For B2B supplies, there should be a self-assessment raised. There are no special rules for the
Updated rules post-Brexit for non-resident providers of electronic services to UK consumers The UK introduced Value Added Tax obligations on foreign providers and marketplaces of electronic or digital services to consumers from 1 January 2015. This was part of the EU’s Mini One-Stop Shop MOSS
Mainland China places the Value Added Tax responsibilities for non-resident sourced digital or electronic onto the Chinese resident customer. This applies to both B2C and B2B. There is no facility for non-residents to register for VAT. Non-resident providers of digital services should consider the likelihood
Latvia enacts EU reduced VAT agreement on e-books and news 1 January 2022 The Baltic state of Latvia’s Parliament has agreed to cut the Value Added Tax rate on income from electronic books, newspapers and journals to 5% from the rate of 21%. This harmonises
The Israeli government has included proposals to levy VAT on non-resident providers of digital or electronic services to its consumers in its 2021/22 budget for 1 January 2022 at the earliest. The new ‘Arrangement Law’ would update the Israeli Income Tax Ordinance to reflect increased
