Home renters to provide more platform sales VAT info In last week’s Norwegian 2022 budget, the government is proposing obliging homeowners renting out their properties on digital platforms to share transaction details. This includes sundry services alongside any rental income details. This is to help
VAT – gig and sharing economies As part of the VAT in the Digital Age review of the impact and best policies for indirect tax reforms, the European Commission is reviewing ‘VAT Treatment of the Platform Economy’. This includes the VAT effects for the gig
UPDATE: this measure since replaced by 2% Withholding VAT on marketplaces from 1 September 2021. Pakistan’s budget includes provisions to bring online marketplaces into the federal sales tax net. They will become responsible for levying and collecting the 17% sales tax. The new measure will come
May 2023 update: The EC has proposed ending the €150 VAT threshold on consignment stocks from March 2028. On 1 July 2021, the EU e-commerce package introduced the obligation to charge sales VAT at the point-of-sale on sales of goods consignments with an intrinsic value
VAT compliance simplifications; new tax collections role for marketplaces On 1 July 2021, the European Union introduced three key reforms to simplify their B2C e-commerce VAT regime, and help eliminate an estimated €1.5 billion in fraud affecting the EU B2C goods sector. The reforms will
Amazon is notifying its sellers on preparations for the launch of the 1 July 2021 EU VAT ecommerce package. This withdraws distance selling thresholds, the €22 import VAT exemption and makes marketplaces like Amazon liable for their sellers’ transactions in certain cases. From 1 July
Since 1 July 2021 and the introduction of the EU deemed supplier marketplace rules for electronic interfaces, certain records must be maintained by marketplaces. This covers when the marketplace is using the OSS or IOSS Special Schemes. This is part of the wider EU e-commerce
Peru has yet to impost its Value Added Tax on digital or electronic services provided by non-resident sellers or marketplaces. B2B domestic supplies of e-services are already liable to VAT. B2B supplies from abroad to resident businesses may be zero-rated under the reverse charge mechanism.
‘Online information database access and retrieval’ OIDAR services liable to GST when provided by non-resident provider Non-resident providers of digital or electronic services to Indian consumers become liable to its Integrated Goods and Services Tax (‘IGST’ or ‘GST) from 1 July 2017. There is a
Japan has imposed its 10% Consumption Tax on digital or electronic services since October 2015. This includes non-resident providers. However, so far, marketplaces and similar electronic interfaces are not held liable to tax obligations of their third-party sellers. Japanese Consumption Tax is made up of
