Data and big data have been a hot topic for a while. The increased spread of the Internet in the past decades generated a wealth of data, which can be of tremendous value and it is essentially a new asset class for businesses, if utilized properly.
Data-savvy businesses are using data analytics to increase the speed and quality of their decision making process.Read More »
The OECD’s Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) project started in 2013 amid growing concern of tax planning used by multinational enterprises (MNEs) to artificially reduce taxable income / shift profits to low tax countries by benefitting from discrepancies between country specific tax rules.Read More »
As part of the current efforts to support the smooth implementation of the 2015 Place of Supply rules (Council Directive 2008/8/EC) and the functioning of the MOSS portal, the Commission just launched survey to get your inputs and suggestions how to improve the quality of the information presented on the MOSS web portal. The survey is opened till Friday 30 of October.
Treasury has released a second exposure draft legislation on the Government’s integrity measures to extend the GST to imported digital products and other services. The exposure draft also seeks comments on provisions to give effect to the announced measure relating to GST cross-border business to business transactions and the ‘connected with Australia’ rules.
Treasury has noted that as a result of feedback from consultation (including feedback from a number of international suppliers that have had experience in dealing with similar provisions in other jurisdictions), changes have been made to the content of the earlier exposure draft. This is especially in relation to the Australian Consumer test and also the operation of the intermediary provisions. Read More »
On 30 September 2015 the French government presented the draft of the Finance Act for 2016. The most interesting piece seems to be reduction of the VAT threshold for distance sales made in France by a supplier established in another EU Member State from EUR 100’000 to EUR 35’000 (article 3 of the Bill).
This needs to be confirmed as the draft will be discussed in the coming months.
For further details please contact my colleague from PwC Geneva: Patricia More / patricia.more@ch.pwc.com / +41 58 792 9507
The European Commission has launched a public consultation to help identify ways to simplify the Value-Added Tax (VAT) payments on cross-border e-commerce transactions in the EU.
This consultation is also part of the ongoing assessment of the new rules for VAT payments on cross-border telecommunications, broadcasting and electronic services which came into force last January. Read More »
Hungary is the country with the highest VAT rate (27% standard rate) within EU. In case of a business model where the importation of the goods cause negative cash flow effect due to high recovery position of import VAT one should be proactively thinking to get a license for importation self-assessment. It’s a license that can be obtained from the National Tax and Customs Authority by companies if they meet the following requirements: Read More »
Read HERE to find out more or feel free to contact my colleague of PwC Japan: Takashi Murakami (takashi.a.murakami@jp.pwc.com) / Kataku Kimu (kotaku.kimu@jp.pwc.com).
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According to the wording of the draft bill version the new VAT compliance system will be compulsory as from January 1st 2017.
The main features of this new VAT compliance system, according to the wording of the existing draft legislation, are as follows:
It is a new VAT compliance system that consists of bookkeeping of the VAT ledgers through the electronic site of the Spanish Tax Authorities –STA- (“Agencia Estatal de Administración Tributaria”).Read More »
Romania decided to decrease the standard VAT rate from 24% to 20% with effect from 1 January 2016 and to 19% with effect from 1 January 2017. Also, the 9% reduced VAT rate previously applied will decrease to 5% VAT for the supply of school manuals, books, newspapers and some magazines, as well as for the supply of services consisting in the allowance of access to castles, museums, cinemas. The reduced rate of 5% VAT will also be applied for access to sportive events.
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