amavat® welcomes HLB Blömer
Date13 Nov 2017
Categoryamavat Announcement - news
amavat® are delighted to announce a further addition to our outstanding offering across Europe, new partner firm HLB Blömer. HLB Blömer was founded in 1917, and this year celebrates 100 years of accounting, audit and...
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amavat® welcomes Fiduciaire Fernand Faber
Date10 Nov 2017
Categoryamavat Announcement - news
amavat® are delighted to announce another new partner firm this time from Luxembourg – Fiduciaire Fernand Faber (FFF) will add further to our outstanding offering across Europe. FFF was incorporated in 1952 by Mr. Fernand...
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Switzerland confirms new VAT rates
Date09 Nov 2017
The Swiss authorities have confirmed that VAT rates will be reduced as from 1st January, 2018, as a result of the 24th September referendum. As anticipated, the standard VAT rate and the special rate for...
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amavat® welcomes Conceito
Date08 Nov 2017
Categoryamavat Announcement - news
amavat® are delighted to announce another new partner firm this time from Portugal – Conceito will add further to our outstanding offering across Europe. Conceito with offices in Lisbon, Mafra (Malveira), Porto and Funchal give...
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Poland – Foreign Companies ‘Fixed-Establishment’
Date07 Nov 2017
Poland is progressively altering its attitude regarding the conception of ‘fixed establishment’ for VAT purposes. The Polish tax authorities and courts are taking an expanding approach concerning those activities of foreign companies which give rise...
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Czech Republic is preparing changes to VAT ‘Control Report’ content requirements
Date02 Nov 2017
The Czech Republic tax authorities are preparing to change data requirements in the ‘Control Report’ periodic VAT obligation. What exactly are the changes? The Czech parliament approved an adjustment to the VAT law which sets...
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OECD requires feedback on additional ‘BEPS Action 1’ work
Date31 Oct 2017
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) released a request for feedback on further work on ‘Base Erosion and Profit Shifting Action 1’, on addressing the international tax challenges raised by the digitalisation of...
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EU e-Commerce NEWS
Date26 Oct 2017
e-Commerce has evolved rapidly as consumers’ appetite for simple and instant buying continues to grow. This means that regulators have been struggling to keep pace with these advancements. In particular the taxation of e-Commerce has...
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Changes to Italian Intrastat 2018
Date24 Oct 2017
Italy will implement changes to its Intrastat reporting system starting from 1st January, 2018. These simplifications were first scheduled for 2018, when a new quarterly VAT reporting regulation was introduced. Changes will include: The withdrawal...
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amavat® attends German Tax Consultants Conference, Berlin 8-10 October, 2017
Date20 Oct 2017
Categoryamavat Announcement - news
13 October, 2017 amavat® at beginning of this week attended the ‘German Tax Consultants’ conference in Berlin, this gave amavat® the opportunity to showcase our cross-border VAT Compliance services for Online Sellers, along with Taxdoo...
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France’s 2018 Budget – Tax cuts announced
Date19 Oct 2017
In the 2018 Budget the French Government confirmed that taxes and compulsory levies will be reduced by around EUR10 billion (USD11.8 billion) next year. The Budget, released in draft format on 27th September, 2017, contains...
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EU VAT Gap
Date17 Oct 2017
The EU recently announced the latest analysis of missing EU VAT (the ’VAT Gap’) from fraud, bankruptcies and poor administration, has fallen to €151.5 billion in 2015, comparing to €160 billion in 2014. The most...
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The EU is moving forward with digital company tax plans
Date12 Oct 2017
On 16th September, 2017, in Tallinn, Estonia, the EU’s Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) met to discuss ways to confront international tax challenges posed by the digital economy. Tax problems connected with the digital...
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amavat® welcomes mandat Consulting
Date12 Oct 2017
Categoryamavat Announcement - news
amavat® are delighted to publicise the last of our recent new country partner firms from Slovakia – mandat Consulting k.s., this completes our current outstanding offering across Europe. mandat Consulting k.s. as an exclusive Slovakian...
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amavat® welcomes WINT Audit AB
Date11 Oct 2017
Categoryamavat Announcement - news
amavat® is very pleased to announce another new country partner firm, this time from Sweden – WINT Audit AB, allowing us to keep adding to our already outstanding offering across Europe. WINT Audit AB started...
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amavat® welcomes HLB Tietotili Consulting Oy
Date10 Oct 2017
Categoryamavat Announcement - news
amavat® is very pleased to announce a new country partner firm from Finland – HLB Tietotili, who will add to our already outstanding offering across Europe. HLB Tietotili Consulting Oy bring a wealth of experience...
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