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Spain – new compliance system as from 1 of January 2017

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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 »

Japan: new legislation to tax cross-border electronic services provided by non-established companies to come soon

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Currently the B2C supply of services by a non-established company to Japanese customers is not subject to Japanese consumption tax (JCT). This provides competitive advantage to non-established service providers of electronic services compared to Japanese businesses. Since the JCT rate increased from 5% to 8%, with another increase to 10% estimated from 1 October 2015 this advantage is increasing further.Read More »