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Malaysia ratifies service tax on foreign digital services 2020

Malaysia has ratified the imposition of 6% sales tax on supplies of e-services by non-resident providers to local consumers. Unusually, B2B transactions are included, but with relief on the use of rev...Continued

Italy marketplace reporting requirements go live

Italy has implemented its new anti-VAT fraud reporting requirements on marketplaces. This includes obliging online platforms to detail transactions they facilitate on behalf of third-party sellers. Th...Continued

Greece primes for VAT e-invoice 2020

The Greek Finance Ministry is to launch a pilot of its proposed e-invoice regime in the second quarter of 2019. The plan is to require real-time invoice clearing by VAT registered businesses for B2B a...Continued

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Zambia delays Sales Tax replacement of VAT till 2020

Zambia has postponed for the third time this year the replacement of the existing Value Added Tax system with a Sales Tax. The new turnover tax will now be implemented on 1 January 2020 instead of 1 S...Continued

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Oman denies delay of VAT till 2021

The Arab Gulf state of Oman's Ministry of Finance has denied a delay for the implementation of a 5% VAT regime until 1 January 2021. The potential postponement is due to slow economic performance and ...Continued

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Mexico foreign e-commerce VAT proposal 2020

The Mexican Senate is to be presented with a proposal to levy 16% VAT on digital services purchased on non-resident platforms. This would affect online platforms including Uber, Netflix and AirBnB. ...Continued

Poland delays VAT split payments till Nov 2019

Poland has again postponed the implementation of the VAT split payments regime, this time until 1 November 2019. The measure had already been delayed from July to September earlier this year....Continued

US Ohio imposes sales tax on remote sellers

Ohio today has become the latest US state to impose sales tax obligations on out-of-state retailers. This includes sellers from outside of the US. Ohio will also require facilitating marketplaces to c...Continued

Brazil second VAT implementation bill

A second bill to consolidate a plethora of Brazilian indirect taxes has been presented to the Senate on 9 July 2019. The Chamber of Deputies is already reviewing an alternative Brazil VAT bill....Continued

Italy VAT update

Italy has enforced a range of VAT compliance measures from 28 June affecting SdI live invoice submissions and other issues...Continued