There are more than 800,000 online stores in Europe
Date23 Jan 2018
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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 […]
Update to Italian ‘Spesometro’ for 2018
Date18 Jan 2018
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 […]
MEP’s back new anti-dumping rules
Date09 Jan 2018
MEP’s back anti-dumping rules The Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have backed in support of new rules on dumping and subsidised goods from outside the European Union (EU). Dumping […]
Amendment to retail export in Portugal
Date02 Jan 2018
The Portuguese 2018 Budget was presented to the Assembly in October, 2017. Part of this budget included an amendment to the retail export scheme, also known as ‘Tax Free Shopping’. […]
Belgium government praised for reforms to tax system
Date29 Dec 2017
Moody’s the international ratings has praised efforts by the Belgian Government to reform their tax system, and said that strong corporate tax revenues combined with prudent fiscal policy have strengthened […]
Netherlands Tax News
Date28 Dec 2017
Dutch increase reduced VAT rate Recently the Dutch coalition published their agreement, which has set out that there will be an increase to the reduced VAT rate from 6% to […]
Best fiscal results in 5 years from Luxembourg, despite VAT revenue plunge from electronic services
Date27 Dec 2017
The recent Budget from Luxembourg’s government has shown they came close to balance in the first three-quarters of 2017, as revenue growth outperformed spending, even with a continuing sharp fall […]
Finland defers import VAT from January 2018
Date22 Dec 2017
From 1st January, 2018 importers of goods from outside of the EU into Finland will benefit from an import VAT deferment. Going forward importers with a Finnish VAT number will […]
The Swedish authorities clarify VAT exemption for certain types of investment fund management services
Date21 Dec 2017
Swedish tax authorities have restructured their VAT guidance on services connected to investment funds, basically stating that providing management services to investment funds that deal with unit linked insurance plans, […]
Norwegian government proposes super reduced VAT rate
Date19 Dec 2017
In October, 2017, the Norwegian government presented its plans for the 2018 budget declaring an increase of the super reduced rate from 10% to 12%. This super reduced VAT rate […]
EC provides insight on important reforms of EU VAT
Date14 Dec 2017
EC provides insight on important reforms of European Union VAT The European Commission (EC) has circulated information on a new set of reforms to the current EU VAT framework, with […]
Portugal – Flash Tax Information
Date14 Dec 2017
Conceito our Portuguese amavat® Partner Firm has supplied a ‘Country-by-Country Report (identification of the reporting entity): Ministerial Order No. 367/2017, of 11th December – Approves the Model 54 and its […]
The BCC calls for tax cuts
Date12 Dec 2017
The British Chambers of Commerce calls for tax cuts Ahead of the British Chancellor’s Autumn Budget in November, the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) has urged the UK Government to […]
Portugal’s December Tax Dates
Date08 Dec 2017
Conceito our Portuguese amavat® Partner Firm has put together an English document with generic* information regarding Portugal’s ‘Tax Calendar’ for December 2017. (also available in Portuguese below) Click here for […]
Danish SMEs receive support to spot tax errors
Date05 Dec 2017
From the beginning of 2018, the Danish tax agency will introduce a pilot scheme to support small to medium sized enterprises on value-added tax and direct tax compliance matters. This […]
UK government guidance for new tax avoidance penalty law
Date30 Nov 2017
Last month the UK government released guidance involving the new legislation that will introduce penalties for enablers of defeated tax avoidance arrangements. The Finance Bill (No. 2) 2017 legislation – […]
VAT in Italy will rise to 24.2% in 2019
Date28 Nov 2017
VAT in Italy will rise to 24.2% in ’19 On 31st October, 2018 Italy’s 2018 Budget (Manovra), sanctioned the postponement of 2018 VAT increase from 22% to 24.2%. The planned […]
OECD’s Secretary-General calls for collective action on digital taxation
Date24 Nov 2017
OECD Secretary-General calls for collective action on digital taxation Angel Gurria, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Secretary-General has requested a collective effort on the design of temporary, […]