The “German Annual Tax Act 2018” was passed by the Bundesrat on 23.11.2018. The law changes will come into force 01. January 2019!
The following changes apply to VAT:
Recording obligations and liability for electronic marketplaces are introduced
Going forward the owner of an electronic marketplace has to make the following (additional) recordings:Read More »
Following to the approval of the Financial Law 2018, starting from 1 January 2019, a mandatory electronic invoicing obligation will be in place for the supplies of goods or services carried out between subjects that are resident, established or VAT registered in Italy.
The e-invoicing obligation is aimed, on one hand, to spread the digital culture among the companies and, on the other hand, to prevent the tax evasion and VAT fraud.Read More »
Due to the change in legislation, non-established sellers of “low-value” goods into Switzerland will be obliged to register for VAT if they generate more than CHF 100,000 (approx. USD 100,000) of sales of low-value goods per year.
Low-value goods are defined as imports where the VAT charge does not exceed CHF 5. At the currently applicable Swiss VAT rates these are shipments of CHF 65 at the standard VAT rate of 7.7%, or CHF 200 at the reduced VAT rate of 2.5%. Import VAT and customs duties are not levied upon the importation of goods if the amount of import VAT does not exceed CHF 5.Read More »
Lavrin didn’t care much about rules. Where he thought he wouldn’t be caught, he simply ignored them.
He never paid social security contributions for his cleaner and when he became self-employed, he deducted all her wages as business related costs, although she chiefly cleaned his home and cooked for him. He always drove his car too fast, but never fast enough for him to lose his driving licence. He fixed the cruise control so that on the autobahn he never exceeded 139 km/h and in town he never drove above 65 km/h.
When he bought clothes in Milan, with scrupulous precision he cut off all the clothing labels. He claimed refund of the Italian VAT, but he never declared the import for customs and VAT in Switzerland (although his purchases had a value of well over the 300 francs). Read More »
The tax authorities and the tax consultants met in Stockholm for an exchange of views. That is always useful and each time I am astonished at how quickly the thoughts and the implementation of digitisation is advancing among the authorities.
I was very impressed by Ruanda, which had built up a new VAT system, in which the VAT due is never paid to the seller but goes directly into the account of the tax authority. According to the authority, the refund is completed within a day. And the vouchers, which the individuals receive on purchase, are really vouchers with which one can claim the money. An ingenious system for preventing fraud. Read More »
The German Federal Ministry of Finance (MoF) has published a decree (dated October 4, 2018) with respect to the VAT treatments of mandatory rebates.
Within this decree, the MoF states that mandatory rebates according to the drug discount law (“Arzneimittelrabattgesetz”) do entitle the taxpayer to reduce the relevant tax base for VAT purposes. Read More »
Die Liechtensteinischen Steuerkonferenz findet wieder statt.
Wann: 27. November 2018
Wo: Rathaussaal, Stätdle 6, 9490 Vaduz
Um mehr über die Agenda, die Biographien der Speaker sowie Informationen zur Anmeldung zu erfahren, klicken Sie gerne hier.Read More »
If you do business in Poland you might be obliged to register in freshly established Waste Database due to recent legislative changes in Poland.
Registration obligation
According to the Polish Waste Act, every entity is obliged to enter the waste register, if they have the below listed transactions in the Polish territory:
Whilst the 5 first positions are rather self-explanatory, the latter 2 items may require further explanation.Read More »
FTA – Tax liability for radio and television business levies
Bern, 30.08.2018 – Only companies with their registered office, domicile or permanent establishment in Switzerland subject to VAT are subject to the business tax for radio and television. Companies without a registered office, domicile or permanent establishment in Switzerland that are subject to Swiss VAT, however, do not have to pay a business tax for radio and television. This is stated in the explanatory report on the Radio and Television Ordinance. The Regulation will enter into force on 1.1.2019.Read More »
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