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Deadline Extended for Turkey’s E-Waybill Mandate

A draft circular, published by the Ministry of Treasury and Finance of Turkey on 15 May, has proposed an extension to the deadline for the mandatory issue of e-waybills. Whilst the circular still needs to be formally approved, the new deadline is expected to be 1 January 2020.  The postponement to the transition period gives […]

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SAP Central Finance Migration: Tax Compliance Spells Trouble

SAP S/4HANA is the promised land for SAP customers: an entire suite of ERP functionality in one place with a single data store. The ability to run all ERP capabilities, both from SAP and non-SAP systems, from a single source represents delivery of a model IT professionals and SAP administrators have sought for years. Getting […]

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Marketplace Facilitator Tax Collection Responsibilities in Latin America

Marketplace Facilitators and Payment Processors Find Themselves in the Global Tax Compliance Crosshairs – Part II As we discussed in part I, “Marketplace Facilitators and Payment Processors – The New Taxpayers?” an indirect tax trend the past several years is an effort to expand the number of types of businesses responsible for collecting tax, such […]

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E-factoring for Small and Midsize Companies Finally Arrives in Argentina

With the issuance of Resolution 5/2019 by the Ministry of Labour and Production, Argentina has implemented the electronic credit invoice, a credit instrument intended to speed up payments and finance of small and midsize companies. The electronic credit invoice is an invoice that the supplier issues to the buyer. The supplier will then also fiscally […]

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Form 1099 Reporting Corrections: Best Practices to Maintain Compliance

Tax Year 2018 brought important and likely unwelcome changes for organizations filing Forms 1099. At the same time the IRS eliminated the 30-day extension of time (EOT) for filing Forms W-2 and 1099-MISC reporting non-employee compensation, the agency also increased penalty amounts for late or incorrect filings. Accurate information and corrections on Forms 1099 is […]

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Sovos Named a 2019 Spend Matters Provider to Know for Procurement Innovation

Sovos has been named a ‘2019 Provider to Know’ by Spend Matters for innovation in procurement. Spend Matters released its 6th annual “50 Providers to Know/50 Providers to Watch” lists today in conjunction with the annual ISM conference, naming Sovos as one of its 50 Providers to Know for 2019. The recognition highlights Sovos’ Intelligent […]

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New IRS Program Increases Focus on Backup Withholding

In a recent presentation at the American Payroll Association’s Capital Summit in Washington D.C., IRS Director of Examination Operations and Specialty Tax Daniel Lauer announced upcoming changes to the way the IRS monitors and manages backup withholding in relation to Forms 1099. After reviewing feedback and anecdotal evidence from its income tax agents and tax […]

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Brexit Contingency Plan: IPT implications

Brexit has been the main topic on the news and in our conversations for almost three years, and if we thought we would get some answers by the end of March 2019, then we were definitely wrong!  There are now even more questions to answer and possible outcomes to plan for, but businesses cannot sit […]

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Continuous Transaction Controls for Tax: Why Reporting vs. Clearance Matters

Very little about the emerging global digital tax environment is simple. That includes the countless different models tax authorities use to execute it. The two types of continuous transaction controls, reporting and clearance, may on the surface look similar but are not at all the same, and companies need to know how to operate under […]

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Staying Ahead of Changing Sales Tax Regulations and Economic Nexus

On March 21, Sovos and Deloitte Tax LLP teamed up on a webinar, “The Speed of Sales Tax – How to Stay Ahead of Changing Regulations in 2019,” discussing trends in sales tax compliance that will impact tax professionals’ day-to-day processes and work. Below is a brief recap of the major trends that were discussed […]

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Compliance in the Digital Age Requires a New Breed of Indirect Tax Professional

Today’s tax and compliance managers need to follow the Scouts’ motto:  Be Prepared. Properly managing taxation and reporting burdens takes a team of professionals – from finance, tax and accounting to IT – colleagues willing to work together to establish the policies and controls that make it possible to meet the demands of tax compliance.  […]

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Portugal‘s New E-Invoicing Rules Impact Archiving and Reporting

Beyond the implications outlined in our last blog, Decree-Law 28/2019 (the Decree-Law)  impacts areas beyond invoicing, introducing modifications to both archiving and the reporting of tax data. Mandatory electronic archiving A novelty of the Decree-Law is the explicit introduction of an obligation to archive electronic invoices in electronic format which in turn further promotes the […]

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Developing a Taste for the Four Flavors of E-archiving

As far back as the 1940s, Coca-Cola used the tagline “It’s the Real Thing” to advertise its famous beverage. The company could just as easily been talking about e-archiving or, at least, answering the question electronic archiving systems have to answer about electronic invoices. E-archiving is not just storage. Storage is part of what a […]

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NetSuite SuiteTax and Sovos – Tax Compliance after 19.1

The digital transformation of tax around the globe is putting enormous pressure on NetSuite-driven businesses large and small looking to confidently expand into new markets, launch new products and services and adapt as global regulatory compliance demands become more complex and real-time. This new business complexity puts an additional onus on tax and IT teams, […]

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Croatia Mandates B2G E-invoicing From July 2019

Scope and timeline Croatia is one of the few countries in Europe to have chosen to mandate the use of e-invoicing in public procurement processes as outlined in Directive 2014/55/EU and within the transposition deadline of April 2019. The Croatian mandate covers both the issuance and receipt of e-invoices in B2G transactions.  Other countries – […]

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Marketplace Facilitators and Payment Processors – The New Taxpayers?

Marketplace facilitators and payment processors find themselves in the global tax compliance crosshairs. While approaches may differ across the globe, one of the defining trends in indirect tax over the last few years has been the effort to expand the number of types of businesses responsible for collecting tax. However, one of the challenges associated […]

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How to Respond to the Growing Challenges of 1099-R Reporting

The demographics don’t lie: Reporting for form 1099-R is only going to grow more difficult as baby boomers retire. The form used to report distributions from IRA, pensions, annuities and other similar retirement accounts is poised to explode in volume. As such, financial institutions (FIs) and insurance companies can’t afford to mishandle 1099-R reporting. The […]

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Portugal Issues New E-Invoicing Rules: A Flavour of Clearance but Not Quite There

On 15 February 2019, Portugal published Decree-Law 28/2019 regarding the processing, archiving and dematerialization of invoices and other tax related documents including: The mandatory use of certified invoicing software General requirements for paper and electronic invoices Dematerialization of tax documentation Archiving of tax documentation (including ledgers, etc) Adjacent tax rules and obligations The decree aims […]

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