VATLive > Blog

Blogs


Romania 2018 split payment criticism  

Plans in Romania to introduce anti-VAT fraud split payments from 1 January 2017 have drawn criticism. The Romanian Foreign Investor Council has suggested that other reforms, including Standard Audi...Continued

VAT

Brazil to implement VAT

Brazil has confirmed that it plans to consolidate its existing complex indirect taxes into a single, state-wide Value Added Tax regime.  A single excise tax regime will be introduced at the same time....Continued

Avalara VAT Reporting content updates 01-08-2017

Poland: In the ECL report in XML format, we have added the possibility to file for private persons. There are now two XML files for the PL ECL i.e. one for the filing for companies and one fo...Continued

Avalara VAT Reporting content updates 03-07-2017

Spain SII Updates: From July 1st, SII is officially live. In order to submit all the invoices to the Spanish authorities, we have updated the SII to use production URLS in 17.6.1 release. Czech ...Continued

Avalara VAT Reporting content updates 01-06-2017

Spain - VAT Reporting SII – Now available In this release, we have added the functionality to support the Spanish SII system of “Immediate Supply of Information” which comes into effect from the ...Continued

French new VAT software obligations Jan 2018

France has introduced anti-VAT fraud software requirements which are to be implemented from January 2018.  This includes using certified, secure software for recording all customer payments – includin...Continued

VAT

Gulf ready for VAT?

As the six Arab Gulf states prepare for the launch of 5% VAT from 1 January 2018, many questions and concerns remain unaddressed. Legal Delays The principle concern is that no legislation has been p...Continued

OECD International VAT/GST Guidelines

The OECD VAT/GST Guidelines received further endorsement this week at the 4th OECD Global Forum on VAT. The guidelines provide a comprehensive framework of standards and principles for countries ar...Continued

Avalara VAT Reporting content updates 12-04-2017

This release is a patch to our latest maintenance release of the VAT Reporting application for this month; it is required for customers who have Quarterly filing obligation in Italy. Italy Quarterl...Continued

France VAT fiscal representative

France has updated the list of non-EU countries whose businesses are required to appoint a French fiscal representative if they are French VAT registered. Argentina has been added to the list – mea...Continued