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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
VAT fraud software 2018
Date06 Oct 2017
From 1st January, 2018 France is recommending to enforce the requirement for French registered companies to use certified VAT software on B2C transactions. These proposals will include a requirement to […]
e-Commerce platforms could be liable for VAT fraud proposes the EU
Date03 Oct 2017
The EU is continuing with suggestions to enforce obligations to online marketplaces for VAT fraud committed by non-EU merchants on their e-Commerce platforms. This move will endeavour to tackle over […]
Switzerland Tax News
Date29 Sep 2017
Switzerland reforms VAT for overseas firms The Swiss parliament has formally agreed reforms to the country’s value-added tax (VAT) regime, these will make overseas firms obligated to impose VAT on […]
EU digital turnover tax – VAT in disguise?
Date26 Sep 2017
The European Union (EU) finance minister recently reviewed a proposal to tax U.S. digital groups’ revenue based on the location of their consumers. Nonetheless, such a turnover tax may transgress […]
Portugal has a new VAT return form
Date21 Sep 2017
There will be a new Portuguese VAT Return form, this will reflect the changes on import VAT reporting. Going forward, you can delay the payment of import VAT until your […]
Retail Sales Tax postponed by Poland
Date19 Sep 2017
Poland has postponed the implementation date of the new ‘Retail Sales Tax’ following the challenges of the European Commission (EC). This initiative comprised of a turnover tax levied on established […]
Poland – VAT split payments delayed until April 2018
Date14 Sep 2017
The introduction of anti-VAT Split Payments has been delayed until 1st April, 2018 Poland has announced. The original date had been 1st January, 2018. To explain ‘Split Payments’, this is […]
‘Clean Slate’ amnesty offered by U.S. for missed sales tax
Date22 Aug 2017
If European businesses wish to take advantage of America’s Multi-State Tax (MTC) sales tax amnesty, they have until 21st October to decide. America’s MTC sales tax amnesty started on 17th […]
e-Commerce Sales Tax reviewed by the US
Date18 Aug 2017
The administration for Sales Tax on goods sold by out-of-state e-Commerce sellers will shortly be revisited said the US Treasury. Currently, sellers with no physical location in another State are […]
UK postpones tax technology plans
Date16 Aug 2017
George Osborne, the previous Chancellor of the Exchequer announced last year “the death of the tax return”. A new plan named “Making Tax Digital’ and was aimed at automating all […]
Germany has new Annual VAT return deadlines
Date08 Aug 2017
The German authorities have confirmed an extended deadline for annual VAT returns, when these filings are done directly by the taxpayer, they will now be due by 31st July of […]
Poland VAT – Split Payments 2018
Date03 Aug 2017
From the 1st January 2018, Poland will introduce a voluntary anti-VAT Fraud split payment mechanism. This system will ONLY apply on domestic transactions and will not affect invoice requirements. B2C […]
Poland – Automatic De-registrations
Date13 Jun 2017
Over 35,000 businesses in Poland have been de-registered by the tax authorities in the last few months. This is expected to continue in the coming months as part of an […]
Decision from ECJ regarding penalties on reverse charge VAT
Date06 Jun 2017
The ECJ gave its decision in the Farkas case (C-564/15), following the opinion published last November by the advocate general. The powers of Member States after this judgement have been […]