2025 Budget unlikely to announce reimplementing GST to replace Sales and Services Taxes Rumours of an announcement at this week’s 2025 Budget of the reintroduction of Goods and Services Tax have been played down by prime minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. He said on 13
Calls for major reforms: Rate rationalisation; dispute resolution; input tax credits India’s Goods and Services Tax is up for reform.GST was implemented in July 2017, and gave the country’s internal market a major boost be simplifying internal trade by removing complex and overlapping multitude of
Oct 2024 VAT rise postponed again; Oct 2025 potential next date The Thai cabinet on 17 September 2024 confirmed that the scheduled rise in VAT from 7% to 10% will not go ahead on 1 October 2024. VAT was cut from 10% to 7% in
Goods and Services Tax evasion balloons despite success of e-invoicing In the fiscal year 2023-24, Goods and Services Tax (GST) evasion in India escalated significantly, reaching a staggering ₹2.01 lakh crore, as per data released by the Directorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI). This marks
India’s Union Budget includes Goods and Services Tax rate changes and simplifications India’s Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, published the 2024 – 25 budget on 25th July. Aside from a range of GST simplifications, it also included wider administrative changes for the Finance Bill 2024. India
Imposition on digital platforms Goods & Services Tax 1 April 2024 on ride and accommodation sharing New Zealand has imposed on gig & sharing economies platforms GST collections obligations from 1 April 2024. This shifts the indirect tax requirements from the accommodation and transportation service providers
Tax Engines are essential as tax authorities move to e-invoicing & live reporting. And they no longer need to be expensive or excruciating to implement A ‘tax engine’ is a specialist software application used to calculate the correct VAT, GST or sales tax on a
Further 3% rise in standard rate following 2022 increase to 15% Sri Lanka’s cabinet has approved a 3% VAT rise from 15% to 18%. This will come into effect from 1 January 2024. This increase is to help ensure government reaches revenue targets and secures
Online sellers and electronic interfaces to charge GST once over registration threshold from 1 July 2023 The Channel Islands territory of Jersey will impose Goods and Services Tax collections and reporting obligations on non-resident e-commerce sellers from 1 July 2023. There will be a compulsory
GST Network delays 7-day e-invoice upload deadline from May to August 2023 The GST Network (GSTN) has postponed by three months a new seven day deadline for e-invoice uploads o the Invoice Registration Portal (IRP). Instead of 1 May, this obligation will now come into
