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The EU Council issues its VAT priorities for 2018

Date07 Feb 2018

CategoryEU VAT and other news for e-commerce

The Presidency of the Council of the EU, which is held in Bulgaria for the first half of 2018, has issued its priorities for indirect tax. These comprise of: Implementing the Norwegian agreement on administrative...

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There will be tax cuts, not tax hikes for Germany’s new coalition government

Date02 Feb 2018

CategoryGermany VAT and other news for e-commerce

Germany’s three political parties set to form the next governing coalition have agreed to decrease the solidarity tax burden, according to the text of the recently released agreement. This solidarity tax is a 5.5% surtax...

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Belgium adopts the ECJ’s position on unfinished invoices

Date01 Feb 2018

CategoryBelgium VAT and other news for e-commerce

Belgium has implemented the recent ECJ jurisprudence regarding the right to subtract VAT on invoices with missing details. On the 12th October, 2017 the authorities published a circular letter 2017/c/64 summarising their clarification of recent...

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Luxembourg collects unpaid taxes from recent tax amnesty

Date31 Jan 2018

CategoryLuxembourg VAT and other news for e-commerce

Luxembourg has collected over EUR30mln (approx. $36.7mln) in unpaid taxes in 2016 as a result of a tax amnesty scheme, Finance Minister Mr Pierre Gramegna has told parliament. Reacting to a parliamentary question, Mr Gramegna...

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Spain announced 4% transfer tax on P2P internet sales

Date30 Jan 2018

CategorySpain VAT and other news for e-commerce

Spain has prolonged its ‘Impuesto de Transmisiones Partrimoniales’ (ITP) transfer tax to the sale by consumers of second-hand goods on the internet. If consumers are not VAT registered, then the 4% withholding tax relates. amavat®...

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Hungarian ‘live VAT invoice reporting’ will commence July 2018

Date30 Jan 2018

CategoryHungary VAT and other news for e-commerce

Hungary advised recently that ‘live VAT invoice reporting’ will proceed from the 1st July, 2018. The requirements relate to VAT invoices above HUF100,000.00. The timing of reporting has been tightened up since the last update,...

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Norwegian SAF-T delayed to 2020

Date29 Jan 2018

CategoryNorway VAT and other news for e-commerce

Norway will introduce an on-demand compulsory Standard Audit File for Tax (SAF-T) requirement for taxpayers from the 1st January, 2020. The introduction of the electronic tax transaction data reporting had been planned for 2018. SAF-T...

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Romania has implemented limited VAT ‘Split Payments’ from March 2018

Date26 Jan 2018

CategoryRomania VAT and other news for e-commerce

Romania has applied a limited VAT ‘Split Payments’ regime from the 1st March, 2018 in an attempt to reduce VAT losses and fraud. From the 1st January, 2018, Romanian taxpayers who are in financial difficulties...

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HMRC urged to temper new VAT penalties for online retailers

Date26 Jan 2018

CategoryUnited Kingdom VAT and other news for e-commerce

HMRC urged to temper new VAT penalties for online retailers ‘ The Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) is calling for amendments to a new government scheme to tackle VAT evasion to safeguard those that make...

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EU Member States to work collectively to stamp out VAT fraud

Date25 Jan 2018

CategoryEU VAT and other news for e-commerce

European Union Member States to work collectively to stamp out VAT fraud Towards the end of 2017 the European Commission released new tools intended to make the European Union’s value-added tax system more resilient to...

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VAT ‘Split Payment’ benefit questioned by the EU

Date24 Jan 2018

CategoryEU VAT and other news for e-commerce

VAT Split Payment benefit questioned by the EU A European Commission study into the benefits of ‘Split Payments’ as a VAT collection tool, aimed at battling VAT fraud, has cast doubt on the cost /...

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There are more than 800,000 online stores in Europe

Date23 Jan 2018

Categoryamavat Announcement - news

e-Commerce News along with data company, Dataprovider, have conducted research to find out how many online stores are currently in Europe. According to the research, there is a 98% accuracy in the measurements. In total,...

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VAT rate changes 2018

Date22 Jan 2018

CategoryEU VAT and other news for e-commerce

VAT rate changes ’18 Below you will see a summary of the principle VAT rate changes in the European Union on 1st January, 2018. Country VAT Change Cyprus Imposition of 19% standard VAT rate on...

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EU update on VAT rules for eCommerce businesses

Date19 Jan 2018

CategoryEU VAT and other news for e-commerce

The EU has recently declared new rules to help eCommerce businesses simplify how they account for VAT. These new rules apply to businesses selling both goods and services on a B2C basis and are intended...

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Update to Italian ‘Spesometro’ for 2018

Date18 Jan 2018

CategoryItaly VAT and other news for e-commerce

Update to Italian Spesometro for 2018 The reporting frequency for 2018 invoice listing (or ‘VAT Books’) submission (formerly ‘Spesometro’) has been changed by Italy, from quarterly to bi-annually. There will also be numerous simplifications of...

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The UK Brexit Customs and VAT Bill

Date17 Jan 2018

CategoryUnited Kingdom VAT and other news for e-commerce

Last week, the UK Parliament had its second reading of the ‘Taxation (Cross Border Trade) Bill’, which lays the ground for the post-Brexit Customs, VAT and Excise regimes. The Bill was published on 20th November,...

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The EU Council issues its VAT priorities for 2018

There will be tax cuts, not tax hikes for Germany’s new coalition government

Belgium adopts the ECJ’s position on unfinished invoices

Luxembourg collects unpaid taxes from recent tax amnesty

Spain announced 4% transfer tax on P2P internet sales

Hungarian ‘live VAT invoice reporting’ will commence July 2018

Norwegian SAF-T delayed to 2020

Romania has implemented limited VAT ‘Split Payments’ from March 2018

HMRC urged to temper new VAT penalties for online retailers

EU Member States to work collectively to stamp out VAT fraud

VAT ‘Split Payment’ benefit questioned by the EU

There are more than 800,000 online stores in Europe

VAT rate changes 2018

EU update on VAT rules for eCommerce businesses

Update to Italian ‘Spesometro’ for 2018

The UK Brexit Customs and VAT Bill

Knowledge Base: E-commerce Accounting and VAT Compliance

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Tax settlements for e-commerce businesses

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