What is the EU VAT Reform? Aimed at making life easier for businesses, the EU E-Commerce VAT Package simplifies the VAT reporting requirements when trading across European Union Member States. This package is part of wider EU VAT reform. Our live blog collates vital information on the package, with updates
Update: 28 March 2023 by Maria del Carmen Grace Period to Transition to Mexico’s CFDI 4.0 Ends On Friday 31 March 2023 the grace period granted by Mexico’s Tax Administration Service (SAT) in the Miscellaneous Tax Resolution 2023 (RMF) ends. Taxpayers must transition to version 4.0 of CFDI, Comprobante Fiscal
The EU VAT E-Commerce package has been in place since 1 July 2021. This applies to intra-EU B2C supplies of goods and imports of low value goods. Three schemes make up the package. These are based on the value of goods and the location of the sale of goods. All
Nearly every major economy has a form of VAT. That’s 165 countries, each with its own compliance and reporting rules. The main exception is the United States. VAT is by far the most significant indirect tax for nearly all the world’s countries. Globally VAT contributes more than 30% of all
Insurance Premium Tax: Your IPT Guide Who should read this Guide? This guide to Insurance Premium Tax (IPT) is for insurers, brokers and anyone needing to understand IPT compliance. From tax managers to financial controllers and compliance managers, this guide provides information and advice for all those working in tax
Tax regulations in Eastern European countries are complex but that shouldn’t be a reason not to do business there. If you’re responsible for VAT compliance, this ebook provides key details of the varying VAT digitization mandates and business requirements across the region.
This blog was last updated on 25 March, 2025 by Talent Gwaindepi Little by little, we are witnessing how countries in Africa are starting to follow e-invoicing and continuous transaction control trends implemented by many other countries around the globe. Each country in the continent is developing their own variation
Part IV of V – Ryan Ostilly, vice president of product and GTM strategy EMEA & APAC, Sovos Click here to read part III of the series. Government-mandated e-invoicing laws are making their way across nearly every region of the globe, bringing more stringent mandates and expectations on businesses. Inserted
It might not quite be THAT red phone that’s ringing, but rest assured, management is currently dealing with a serious problem, and they are looking at IT to solve it for them. There are two things that make Boards and C-Suites nervous beyond all else. Risks that have the potential
It’s time to return to Insurance Premium Tax (IPT) prepayments – a continuation of our blog series on this important IPT topic. You can find the first entry in our blog series here. Throughout Europe’s different countries and jurisdictions, IPT is declared and settled in different ways. Monthly, quarterly, biannually
In Italy, the discipline of transfer pricing states that in intra-group transactions between entities from different countries, where one is resident in Italy, transactions must take place on an arm’s length basis. In other words, transactions are based on freely competitive prices and under comparable circumstances. Companies carefully treat the
There are some countries across Europe where declaring and settling insurance premium tax (IPT) and parafiscal charges on time is not enough to prevent late payment penalties. You may ask why. Or you may say it’s unfair. The answer is simple. Some European countries collect insurance premium tax and parafiscal
An increasing insurance premium tax (IPT) trend is using transactional level information in various returns and reports. Preparation and education are key to ensuring details are being captured on an ongoing basis rather than at the last moment. Furthermore, in some cases where legacy systems are being utilised and don’t
Identifying the location of risk for Insurance Premium Tax (IPT) purposes is the first step to ensuring IPT compliance in a given territory. This area perhaps isn’t as straightforward as it first seems for marine insurance. As with the location of risk rules for all classes of insurance in Europe,
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Update: 7 May 2023 by Andrés Landerretche Ecuador updates how taxpayers cancel electronic receipts. Ecuador’s Internal Revenue Service (SRI) has published an updated version of its Guide for Taxpayers on Cancellation of Electronic Receipts. The guide details how to cancel electronic receipts already authorised by the tax entity. The improved
E-invoicing was introduced in Peru in 2010, following the continuous transaction controls (CTC) trend in Latin American countries for a more efficient collection of consumption taxes. Since then, the government has rolled out measures to encompass a significant number of taxpayers under the country’s mandatory e-invoicing regime and advance new
Update: 26 March 2024 by Carolina Silva The implementation of the qualified electronic signature requirement to establish the presumption of integrity and authenticity for e-invoices has been postponed, as announced in the 2024 State Budget. It had already been postponed several times in recent years. This requirement was initially expected