Americas News

Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies is reviewing blocking the new ICMS  (Imposto Sobre Operações Relativas à Circulação de Mercadorias e Serviços de Transporte Interestadual de Intermunicipal e de Comunicaçõ...Continued

Software Taxation in Brazil - New Tax War among States and Municipalities promises to raise a lot of issues to taxpayers in 2018 The understanding that had been pacified by the Supreme Court's juri...Continued

Paraguay is to launch a centrally-controlled electronic invoice system. The system, known as SIFEN, will include approved software provided by the government to tax payers.  This will track all invoic...Continued

Canada has made a number of proposals to change its Goods and Services Tax (inc Harmonised Sales Tax), including: Extend the GST liability to limited partnership investments Update GST rules o...Continued

The Canadian province of Saskatchewan is to raise its Provincial Sales Tax from 5% to 6%. PST is added to the federal Goods and Services Tax of 5% to levy a total of 11% combined indirect tax on mo...Continued

Yesterday's Canadian budget proposed extending GST to all private car-sharing services. The measure will require drivers working through Uber or similar services to register and charge 5% GST on an...Continued

Canada is to change the GST exemption rules for non-resident drop shippers. Presently, non-resident drop shippers acquiring goods in Canada for sale to local customer will be charged GST by their v...Continued