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Tax reform is a primary focus in Washington right now, so it is important that U.S. manufacturers understand how changes could impact their business — particularly with regard to imports and exports. To prepare for these new tax rules, let’s examine how proposals such as raising import tariffs, the Border Adjustment Tax and indirect tax […]
The United Kingdom Parliament has passed a set of amendments to the previously enacted International Tax Compliance Regulations of 2015. This legislation governs the responsibilities of British Financial Institutions to comply with both the FATCA and CRS reporting regimes. These new regulations, which are scheduled to come into force on May 17, 2017, modify the […]
Regulatory and legislative updates to 1099 form requirements that took place in recent weeks. Individual states and the IRS introduce new 1099 form requirements and changes to existing legislation on a frequent basis. Sovos documents each of these updates in its Taxport Compass portal to arm clients with the most current and accurate information and […]
With the 2016 tax reporting season mostly in the rear view mirror, it’s time to take a look back at the significant changes to the reporting landscape that occurred over the last 12 months. It’s also important to think about what those changes mean for the future. One thing is certain: 2016 was a year […]
The Tax Administration of Liechtenstein has released a statement to inform FIs and filers that the deadline for the transmission of FATCA reports has been extended to July 31, 2017. Originally, the due date for tax year 2016 reports was June 30th.
The Luxembourg Direct Tax Administration published a newsletter stating that it has opened its pre-validation (testing) and production environments for the filing of CRS returns. Filers are advised to carry out end-to-end tests on the pre-validation platform before submitting any reports. As was the case last year, the platform may be accessed using one of […]
France has updated its FATCA Guidance for this July’s reporting. Specific changes are highlighted in blue through out the publication, and a summary is provided on the second page. Filers should be mindful of any changes made to ensure that they will be able to send proper FATCA returns. In particular, there is guidance on […]
[UPDATE – June 2017] The likely decision to postpone the implementation of changes in VAT reporting has now finally been announced. Hungary has now postponed the entry into force of this requirement by one year until July 2018 for two reasons: To actually get the technical specification published well in advance To give taxpayers and […]
In this conclusion to our three-part series on how tax authorities in VAT jurisdictions are using e-invoicing to control the VAT return process, we’ll look at some of the transitional systems E.U. governments are leveraging prior to or in lieu of mandating ex-post remittance/validation or ex-ante/real-time invoice validation. Governments are reporting increased VAT revenues as […]
The Pennsylvania Department of Revenue has revised its instructions for completing Form PA-501, Employer Deposit Statement of Employer Withholding Tax. There are clarifications and modifications to this instructions of which filers should take note: • “Gross Compensation” was clarified to mean “Total Compensation Subject to PA Tax.” • “Credits” was clarified to instruct filers to […]
For multinational organizations operating in Latin America, local supplier stability is crucial because production depends on the availability of resources. When there is a long window to receive payment for materials provided, the resulting impact on suppliers’ liquidity may impact their ability to provide resources in the future. Despite the compliance challenges that abound in […]
The Ohio Department of Taxation (ODT) recently published new instructions which modify the way businesses request a refund when there is over-withholding. ODT still uses the Withholding Tax Application for Refund (Form WT-AR), but now limits the circumstances in which filers may use the form to request a refund. Generally, if over-withholding occurs, it will […]
Automatic Exchange of Information (AEOI) legislation is constantly evolving worldwide as the standard is rolled out around the world. The Sovos research team continually monitors new regulations and updates across the globe and publishes them in our Taxport Compass tool. Here are some important changes that occurred in recent weeks: Germany Releases FATCA Schema Files […]
Sovos is predicting the majority of transmittals submitted by qualifying financial institutions to early adopter tax jurisdictions in the next two months may be rejected and returned for correction and resubmission. As a result, institutions may require several rounds of resubmissions before their data is accepted. The majority of transmittals submitted by qualifying financial institutions […]
Jersey’s tax authority has published Practical AEOI Guidance ahead of this year’s filing season in order to clarify certain issues and provide updates regarding account reporting and transmittals. The Practical Guidance addresses the following specific topics: • The release and change over to the US FATCA v2.0 schema • New elements in the US FATCA […]
The Mexican Tax Administration Service has published an updated version of its electronic nil reporting guidance. The revised version makes clarifications on some matters addressed in the original publication. Additionally, the Service has updated its presentation on security protocols for creating XML files.
The Maltese Inland Revenue Division has published an updated version of its CRS implementation guidelines for Financial Institutions. There is only one significant change of which filers should take note – regarding trustee-documented trusts: During 2017, consolidated reporting by trustees will only be supported through the upload of CRS XML data files using an IRD […]