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VAT 101: Managing your VAT Requirements in Europe

The Complexities of VAT Simply put, the Value Added Tax (VAT) system is complicated. US organizations doing business in Europe are often exposed to significant risk if they don’t know how to handle VAT in each EU country. VAT might appear familiar given some of the superficial similarities to Sales and Use Tax, but it’s […]

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Managing Form Changes Through the Eyes of Form 1042-S

The March 15th deadline for form 1042-S has come and gone, but the memories of 1042-S challenges feel like they will last forever. However, the reality is they don’t last forever. As process owners begin preparing for their tax season review to internal stakeholders, most are left trying to recollect their notes and determine how to present […]

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Top Ten Sales Tax Changes of 2015

Each year there are hundreds of tax rules and rates changes and 2015 was no different. All over the US, changes are made every year about everything from rate changes to what is taxable and of course, sales tax holidays. Was your company able to keep up? The problem of having an incorrect rate active in […]

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Latin America Goes Global with Country-by-Country Requirements

E-invoicing requirements in Latin America began as a way for individual countries to track tax obligations within their own borders, but now efforts are underway to prevent tax evasion on a more comprehensive, global basis. Not only are similar e-invoicing mandates popping up worldwide, in places like Indonesia and Vietnam, but countries are also examining […]

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Free E-Audit VAT Webinar

Complimentary Webinar: VAT Automation and the Rise of e-audits by Tax Authorities with Guest Speaker Daniel Kroesen, Partner Indirect Tax at EY One of the major new trends in indirect tax is the focus on transparency by tax authorities. Is your organisation prepared? On the 29th of March at 10am GMT+1, Sovos Compliance will provide […]

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ACA and 10-Series Form Penalties Increase Again

The IRS has raised penalty amounts once again. As stated in IRS announcement 16-11, you may now be penalized up to $260 per record if you are late or inaccurate in all tax information, 10-series, and ACA form reporting requirements. Background Around This Increase You may be thinking, “Again? Didn’t these penalties just increase last year?” Not […]

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Weekly FATCA Roundup: March 5 – March 11, 2016

Over the past week, there have been changes to FATCA not only in the United States, but all around the globe. Check out our summary of the major updates to FATCA, CDOT, and CRS, straight from our very own tax and compliance research team in this week’s FATCA roundup below: Croatia Releases Update to Web […]

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Breaking News: Puerto Rico Treasury Moves to Suspend VAT Implementation

VAT Now Scheduled to Take Effect on June 1, 2016 Puerto Rico’s Treasury Department issued Administrative Determination DA16-04 on March 8, 2016, officially postponing the effective date of the VAT (IVA in Spanish) from April 1, 2016, until June 1st, 2016 and may suspend VAT implementation altogether. According to the Treasury Department, the delay was effectuated, […]

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ShipCompliant Featured in the Washington Post

Recently, the Sovos company, ShipCompliant had their annual report highlighted in the Washington Post. As the article points out, “The very existence of a firm such as ShipCompliant highlights the difficulties of direct shipping. Forty-three states allow it in some form or other, up from 17 in 1998, but state laws and regulations differ, creating […]

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Two New U.S. Mandates Evoke Themes of Latin American Compliance

Latin America has long been at the forefront of business-to-government compliance requirements, and nations across the globe have taken note of how countries in this region have successfully cracked down on tax fraud. Now, the U.S. has introduced two new requirements – public sector e-invoicing and country-by-country reporting – with themes parallel to Latin America […]

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Mexico Announces Electronic Audits in 2016

The culmination of Mexico’s e-invoicing and e-accounting mandates begins as of September 2016 in the form of electronic audits. Now that the government has standardized invoicing and reporting formats, electronic audits are a natural transition designed to further increase Mexico’s tax revenues.  Simply by closing the leaks in its tax collection processes with greater visibility […]

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Breaking Down the Economics of Affordable Care Act Reporting

Have you ever thought about just how much it will cost your organization to comply with mandatory ACA reporting? What will Affordable Care Act reporting cost you in terms of time and impact? Let’s take a minute and break down the economics. The IRS estimates that it will take 12 minutes to fill out each […]

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North Carolina Set to Tax Retail Repair, Maintenance, and Installation

On September 18, 2015 and September 30, 2015, House Bill 97 and House Bill 117, respectively, were signed into law by North Carolina Governor, Pat McCrory. Together, these bills expand the sales tax base in North Carolina. This new expansion of the sales tax base will impact retailers who provide repair, maintenance, and installation services. […]

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News on the New VAT in Puerto Rico

The following is intended as a brief update on some late breaking news on the implementation of a Value Added Tax in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico effective April 1, 2016 New VAT Regs The highly anticipated “proposed VAT regulations” were published on the Hacienda website recently.  Sovos is deep into the process of reading […]

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SAP Implementation Challenges in Latin America

Global companies with operations in Latin America are often faced with a paradox. They’ve invested heavily in a global instance of SAP, and yet that investment doesn’t cover the unique financial compliance initiatives required by governments throughout Latin America. To combat this issue, some companies expend even more by managing compliance internally – requiring up […]

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Get Prepared! Feb 26-28: Alabama Severe Weather Sales Tax Holiday

Alabama will be holding its fifth annual Severe Weather Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday at the end of this month, offering tax exemptions on qualifying items purchased between 12:01am (CST) on Friday, February 26, 2016 and midnight on Sunday February 28, 2016. During this time, purchases of items such as batteries, radios, flashlights, ropes, duct tape, […]

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Colombia’s E-Invoicing Mandate: 8 Key Dates

Colombia is the eighth country in Latin America to mandate electronic invoicing. This latest requirement from Colombia comes as no surprise as Colombia has been planning to standardize electronic invoicing for the past decade, starting with decree 1929 in 2007. The old model had a few flaws and in 2013 the DIAN (tax authority) proposed […]

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Free Webinar: Retail Sales and Use Tax Compliance

Are sales and use taxes making life difficult for your retail business? Do you know the full scope of your company’s sales and use tax obligations? There are a number of unique tax laws that retailers must know, stay up-to-date on, and abide by. Join Erik Wallin, Senior Tax Counsel at Sovos Compliance, to learn […]

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