Blogs

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

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

Albania is to require all taxpayers to submit B2B and B2C invoices in real-time from 1 January 2020. From 2020, all invoices must be live reported to the tax authorities. All filings and supporting re...Continued

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

Saudi Arabia’s General Authority of Zakat and Tax (GAZT) has dropped the requirement for foreign VAT-registered businesses to appoint a local fiscal representative. The measure was implemented on 18 J...Continued

Croatia is to reduce its Value Added Tax rate on the hospitality sector from 25% to 13%. This will cover café, restaurant and hotel services, excluding alcohol. Hotel accommodation is already at the 1...Continued

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

Uzbekistan is to become the latest country to require foreign providers of electronic services to charge Uzbek VAT at 20%. The new measures will apply from 1 January 2020....Continued

The Romanian Senate is considering cutting the country’s standard Value Added Tax rate from 19% to 16% on 1 January 2020. The reduced VAT rate would also be reduced from 9% to 5%....Continued

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