Tax Identity Management 101

The Comprehensive Guide to Understanding and Complying with IRS TIN Matching Requirements

Overcome Hidden Nuances of the IRS TIN Matching Requirements

Enforcing tax identity information reporting is a priority for governments to increase revenue and reduce the current $9B tax gap. Businesses must report employees’ tax identification numbers (TINs) and names to government agencies to ensure that individuals and businesses are being reported in their database correctly and reconcile what’s being reported on 1099 and annual income tax returns.  

If reported incorrectly, the IRS can take action by issuing Notice CP2100 (“B” Notice), assessing Notice 972CG (“P” Notice) and enforcing backup withholding by issuing penalties to a business.

Knowing what the IRS requires in 2020 will minimize the liability of incorrect reporting to the IRS. This can help your business save significant time and money. 

To better understand what is being required of you, download the free Tax Identity Management 101 white paper to learn:

  • What tax identity management is and why governments care about it
  • How to minimize your risk of improper reporting
  • What backup withholdings are and how they are enforced
  • How to proactively and compliantly manage your tax identity information
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Continuous Transaction Controls: Five AP Categories to consider

Multinational companies around the world are faced with the reality that tax authorities in the countries where they operate are introducing, or making major changes to digital tax mandates at an ever increasing pace.

Continuous transaction controls, often referred to as CTCs, where the tax administration pre-approves invoices in real-time via an automated data exchange with business source systems, are the leading and growing trend.

This eBook will help you to understand how your business can prepare for the growing wave of CTCs and learn why sales and purchase transactions will face increasing, and continuous, tax scrutiny.

Download your complimentary copy of Get Ready for Continuous Tax Controls to learn:

  • Traditional reasons for AP invoice scrutiny
  • New CTC obligations and risks for buyers
  • Five AP areas at risk
  • A modern approach to AP must integrate tax

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Software Procurement Guidelines for Tax Managers

The role of tax managers in software procurement is rapidly evolving. Businesses today are involving VAT and other tax professionals early in the buying process to provide expertise and ensure that every business process that needs to be integrated with real-time tax platforms is doing so in a timely and cost-effective way.

VAT compliance can only work smoothly if specific processes are made a standard function of day-to-day business operations. When leaders in finance, supply chain management, IT, client operations and others acknowledge the importance and interdependencies of each other, software procurement becomes a shared goal.

Download your complimentary copy of Software Procurement Guidelines for Tax Managers to learn more about:

  • The changing responsibilities for VAT
  • How to ensure your business is ready for continuous transaction controls
  • Guidelines for procuring transactional business applications
  • The role of tax managers in digital transformation

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Location of Risk Rules

Navigating Location of Risk can be quite daunting. This ebook is your compass, helping you sail smoothly to IPT compliance. With use cases and examples to follow, this ebook will help you successfully navigate one of the more complex elements of insurance premium tax.

  • Understand how to determine Location of Risk

  • Minimise compliance risk

  • Written by IPT experts

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Legal cases to learn from

What this ebook about Location of Risk covers

This ebook will help you navigate Location of Risk and the rules that apply in the 27 member countries of the European Union (EU), the European Economic Area (EEA) and the UK.

It guides you through the countries where the rules apply, the legal framework that prompted the rules, examples of the criteria used to determine Location of Risk, local implementations that differ from the norm and how premium allocation works in practice.

  • Geopolitical background

  • Legal framework

  • Solvency II Directive 2009/138/EC, Article 13(13) including examples of the four criteria to determine Location of Risk

  • Solvency II Directive 2009/138/EC, Article 157(1)

  • Local implementation of Location of Risk rules – Switzerland, Liechtenstein, United Kingdom and Germany

  • Key takeaways

  • Premium allocation

  • How Sovos can help

How to determine Location of Risk

Following the Solvency II Directive 2009/138/EC, Article 13(13) enables insurers to identify the correct Location of Risk. This directive, amongst other things, defines the four criteria to determine which territory the risk is deemed to be located in and where it should be taxed.

After identifying Location of Risk, Solvency II Directive 2009/138/EC, Article 157(1) outlines that the Member State can tax that premium.

Consider these three points when determining Location of Risk:

1

IPT is not harmonised
Consider local IPT law when determining Location of Risk

2

Risk determines the criterion
Assess the risk to know what criterion to use: e.g. property, vehicle, holiday or travel, other

3

Non-EU / EEA region
Local rules typically differ from EU/EEA Location of Risk rules

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IPT is complex and getting it wrong can have serious implications.

At Sovos, we take care of the detail, giving you the peace of mind you need. We’re global tax compliance specialists and we solve tax for good. Our team of regulatory specialists monitor and interpret regulations around the world, so you don’t have to.

Whether it’s meeting the demands of specific country insurance premium tax declarations or providing dedicated fiscal representation and payment solutions: easing your IPT compliance burden is our business.

Sovos is a market leader for IPT compliance in Europe filing up to 30,000 tax returns annually valued at €600m+ for our insurance clients. We do this in over 100 countries and 19,000+ jurisdictions around the world.

Ease your IPT compliance burden

Whether it’s meeting the demands of specific country IPT declarations or providing dedicated fiscal representation and payment solutions, our combined approach of people, skills and software can help you stay ahead of the constantly changing filing requirements.