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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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e-Book VAT reduction backed by EU committee
Date22 May 2017
An important EU Parliamentary committee has voted to back the European Commission (EC) suggestions to decrease VAT on electronic books to the same rates as their paper equivalent. The full...
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VAT rises ruled out ahead of UK elections
Date19 May 2017
The current Conservative government and the main opposition Labour party recently ruled out future rises in VAT ahead of June’s election. Since the 10%+ debit from the financial crisis, the...
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OECD – International VAT/GST Guidelines
Date09 May 2017
Recently the OECD VAT/GST Guidelines established further validation at the 4th OECD Global Forum on VAT. These guidelines make available a wide-ranging structure of standards and principles for countries around...
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