On 22 October 2020, an opinion of the Advocate General (AG) has been published in the case SK Telecom Co. Ltd. Vs Finanzamt Graz-Stadt (Case C‑593/19). This case concerns the use and/or enjoyment rules for VAT in case of roaming services in a EU Member State.
The Prime Minister (PM) launched a platform for “Transparent Taxation – Honouring the Honest.” The tax system aims at being Seamless, Painless and Faceless with three pillars under consideration: (a) Faceless Assessment, (b) Faceless Appeals, and (c) Taxpayers’ charter, with faceless assessment and taxpayers’ charter coming into force from 13 August 2020, and faceless appeals to be available from 25 September 2020.
Significant progress has been made on the Goods and Services Tax (GST) front in the last two meetings of the GST Council (held on 22 and 23 December 2016, and 03 and 04 January 2017).
The draft Central GST, State GST and Integrated GST laws have been mostly finalised (except a few open areas) and have been sent to the Ministry of Law for review. Read More »