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VAT compliance and reporting can place a major burden on IT teams. With customizations required for every jurisdiction, constantly changing regulations, necessary integrations with government portals and a variety of data submissions and reports required, compliance can quickly erode IT’s time for other projects and innovation. Constant fire drills are only the tip of the […]
Even though the year is just underway, 2018 is already bringing a flurry of activity around indirect taxation in the United Kingdom. While much of the detail still needs to be sorted, one thing is clear – significant compliance changes are on the horizon and companies operating in the UK will need to adapt. Specifically, […]
Having access to technologies that could render clunky, ineffectual relationships more seamlessly and organically does not mean that they will. As compliance automation professionals, we must play our part to make sure things evolve in the right direction. Can nature provide guidance? Definition: Biomimicry: the imitation of the models, systems and elements of nature for […]
As tax authorities in Latin America, and now Europe, adopt new eInvoicing and eAccounting initiatives, companies are realizing that SAP is not equipped to support the unique needs from country to country. When faced with this challenge, some companies either opt to manage compliance internally or move compliance outside of SAP, both of which are […]
The Colombian tax administration (DIAN) enacted Resolution 000072 of December 29, 2017, by which it establishes the first wave of taxpayers that will be mandated to issue and report electronic invoices in Colombia. This resolution is fundamentally different from the original draft resolution published by the DIAN in November 2017 for public consultation. In that […]
In a move that seemed inevitable since the first dot-com sale was completed, on January 12, the United States Supreme Court agreed to hear a case through which they will re-consider the primacy of “physical presence” in determining a sellers’ obligation to collect and remit sales tax across the country. Businesses need to immediately begin […]
The newly implemented Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, better known as the new tax law, dropped the backup withholding rate for payments reported on form 1099 from 28 percent to 24 percent effective Jan. 1, although many organizations might not have noticed. The IRS announced the withholding adjustment in Notice 1036 in early January. The […]
Tax authorities in countries around the world are changing VAT compliance and reporting rules in an effort to minimize tax gaps, improve efficiency and accuracy, simplify auditing and ultimately achieve real-time visibility into companies’ operations. While every country is at a different stage in rolling out these initiatives and they all take slight different approaches, […]
La Dirección de Impuestos y Aduanas Nacionales (DIAN) emitió la Resolución 000072 del 29 de diciembre de 2017, en la cual se establece la primera ronda de contribuyentes que deberán emitir y reportar facturas electrónicas en Colombia. Esta resolución es esencialmente diferente del proyecto de resolución original que la DIAN había publicado en noviembre de 2017 […]
One box on IRS form 1098 has the potential to cause confusion for organizations this tax filing season, demonstrating how frustrating staying compliant with 10-series reporting requirements can be. The Mortgage Insurance Premium (MIP) deduction allows taxpayers to deduct mortgage insurance they paid in a given year. However, Congress has not yet passed a provision […]
International News EU Council Approves Overhaul of VAT System The Council of the European Union has adopted a legislative package that will substantially modify Europe’s VAT law from 2019. This package – consisting of a Directive and two Regulations – represents the first step towards enacting the European Commission’s 2016 Action Plan on VAT, which […]
The end of 2017 brought a flurry of activity around the ACA, some of which generated confusion. Despite statements to the contrary, the ACA is still the law of the land, and employers are still required to report ACA information to the IRS or face financial penalties. Here is an update on the state of […]
Chile’s move to this monthly VAT declaration proposal removes taxpayers’ obligation to submit the ledger of sales and purchases (libros). Instead, the SII is now preparing the Registry of Sales and Purchases, called an RCV, which records information related to all sales and purchases based on electronic invoices and documentation. With this information, the SII […]
UUIDs – or unique identifying codes – are what allow tax authorities to track every single taxpayer document and verify VAT payments and credits based on the original source documents. The specific code structure varies by country. In Mexico, for example, the UUID is a 32-character code formed from the numbers 0-9 and lowercase letters […]
As expected, the combined tax bill that recently passed both the House and Senate does not eliminate the employer mandate to provide health insurance, nor does it change Affordable Care Act reporting requirements for eligible organizations. President Trump is likely to sign this version of the bill into law. It does eliminate the individual mandate […]
The future of business transaction compliance with tax and other legal requirements calls for government approaches that cater for the unlimited diversity of business processes; real-time controls are one promising avenue to do that, but on the condition that business data to be sent to government platforms maps organically onto existing business definitions of trading […]
After announcing the largest change to its eInvoicing schema in years in late 2016, Mexico also announced a major update to its eAccounting mandate in January 2017. Though the SAT, Mexico’s authority, did not announce a specific implementation timeline for eContibilidad 1.3, it caught businesses off-guard when it began enforcing the measures in October. The […]
International News OECD Issues New Advice on VAT Administration On Oct 24, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) released guidance on how countries can implement effective VAT collection systems for cross-border trade, particularly concerning digital/electronic supplies. The guidance, which is entitled, Mechanisms for the Effective Collection of VAT/GST, relates mostly to design options […]