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,...
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Decree announced for call-off stock
Date21 Nov 2017
On the 10th October, 2017 the German Federal Ministry of Finance announced a decree to permit a VAT registration exemption for foreign companies holding call-off stock in Germany. Goods which...
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The UK sets out post-Brexit cross-border tax plans
Date14 Nov 2017
On the 9th October, 2017, the UK Government released a number of ‘white papers’, setting out how it will accomplish its trade and customs policies, containing its customs, value-added tax,...
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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...
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‘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...
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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...
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More than 35,000 micro-businesses drawn into Brexit EU VAT net
Date17 May 2017
It is estimated that 35,755 UK micro-business selling over the internet into Europe face being drawn into the EU VAT net for the first time following Brexit. Cost could reach...
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UK – VAT split payment system
Date24 Apr 2017
Recently the UK government launched a consultation on the use of split VAT payments for the e-Commerce industry. This split payment mechanism consists of the customer paying the VAT share...
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UK – VAT measures announced in the Budget
Date19 Apr 2017
The Chancellor announced in the UK Spring Budget new measures for tackling VAT avoidance and evasion, together with an increase in the registration and de-registration thresholds. VAT Avoidance The elimination...
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France – Amazon letters on VAT obligations
Date14 Apr 2017
Online businesses selling their products to French customers will have received a letter last week with a summary of all their sales in France during the last year. This letter...
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UK – changes to VAT
Date22 Mar 2017
United Kingdom raises VAT Registration Threshold On 8th March, 2017 the UK Chancellor announced in his Spring Budget that the annual VAT ‘Registration Threshold’ will rise from £83,000.00 to £85,000.00,...
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France – changes in VAT
Date09 Mar 2017
French reverse charge for import VAT From 01 January, 2017, within a French VAT return import VAT will be allowed to be reverse charged, only if a license is obtained...
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amavat Europe attends the ‘Internet World – e-Commerce Fair 2017’, Munich
Date07 Mar 2017
Categoryamavat Announcement - news
VAT experts and tax consultants of amavat Europe are currently attending the annual ‘Internet World – e-Commerce Fair 2017 at Munich’s Trade Fair Centre. With getsix® and HLB Stueckmann present,...
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