Regulatory Analysis

Posted November 23, 2022 by Enis Gencer
Lithuania: E-Invoicing Portal based on EU standard and PEPPOL

The Lithuanian Ministry of Economy and Innovation announced its plans to build a technological solution that will support the transmission of electronic invoices by the European standard for electronic invoices. According to the project plan announced by the Ministry, the platform is expected to be available free of charge to businesses for at least five years and be ready […]

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Posted November 23, 2022 by Stephanie Melhem
Maldives GST Rate Increase effective January 1, 2023

On November  22, 2022, the Deputy Commissioner General of Taxation published Circular 220-TD/CIR/2022/04 increasing the general goods and services tax rate from 6% to 8%. This rate change will be effective from 1 January 2023. The Circular can be found here.

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Posted November 21, 2022 by Dilara İnal
Germany takes a step forward to implement mandatory e-invoicing

German government has previously announced its ambition to introduce a uniform nationwide electronic reporting system that will be used for the issuance and validating of invoices as well as forwarding them to buyers. German ministry of finance announced during the IDSt-Conference Digital Transformation in VAT held on 16th of November 2022 that Germany has applied for […]

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Posted November 17, 2022 by Stephanie Melhem
Luxembourg VAT Rates Decrease effective 1 January 2023

The Official Newspaper of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg publish an amendment on October 26, 2022, regarding changes to the VAT rates. The standard VAT rate will be decreasing to 16%, the reduced-rate will be decreasing to 13%, and the super-reduced-rate will be decreasing to 7% effective January 1, 2023. These are temporary decreases that […]

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Posted November 17, 2022 by Marta Sowińska
Serbia: Draft Law on Amendments to the Law on Electronic Invoicing

On November 9, the Serbian Ministry of Finance published a Draft Law on Amendments to the Law on Electronic Invoicing. The main changes concern: Scope: Natural persons who are not liable for income tax from self-employment in the sense of the law governing personal income tax will be excluded from the provisions of this law. […]

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Posted November 16, 2022 by Bradley Feimer
Colorado Carryout Bag Fee Effective January 1, 2023

Enacted July 6, 2021, HB 1162 establishes a $0.10 “carryout bag fee” in the state of Colorado. The fee applies to paper bags as well as single-use plastic carryout bags provided at the point of sale of certain stores effective January 1, 2023. Locals may establish a higher fee by ordinance or resolution beginning July […]

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Posted November 15, 2022 by Stephanie Melhem
Suriname VAT Implementation and E-Services effective 1 January 2023

Suriname is introducing a new VAT system that will replace the current sales (turnover) tax. A 10% VAT rate will come into effect on 1 January 2023. Businesses with annual taxable turnover exceeding SRD 1 million are required to register and others may voluntarily register. Non-resident suppliers providing digital services to non-taxable persons in Suriname […]

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Posted November 11, 2022 by Bradley Feimer
Colorado: City of Lone Tree Temporary Sales Tax Reduction

The Lone Tree City Council approved a temporary sales and use tax rate reduction of 0.5% for the period of December 1, 2022, through January 1, 2023. During the mentioned period, the rate is reduced from 2.8125% to 2.3125%. The Lone Tree business tax page may be found here.

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Posted November 9, 2022 by Andrés Landerretche
Uruguay: CFE technical documentation updates published

The General Tax Directorate of the Republic of Uruguay has published on its website the following technical documents for the electronic fiscal documents (CFE) in the production environment: CFE: CFE v23.2 format Daily report: CFE Report Format v13 Response Message: Response Message Format v15 Schema: XSDs_FE_V1.42.1 XSD_Formato_Envío de Información Proveedores de SW v1.5.

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Posted November 9, 2022 by Andrés Landerretche
Mexico: SAT updates error matrix for CFDI 4.0

The Mexican Tax Administration (SAT) recently published some adjustments to the Error code matrix that is used for the CFDI 4.0. Precisions were made in some error codes and a new error code was added to clarify when the Foreign Trade complemento should not be included.

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Posted November 9, 2022 by Andrés Landerretche
Ecuador: New version of guide for issuing electronic receipts

The internal revenue service of Ecuador has published on its website a new version of the guide for taxpayers on the request for authorization to issue electronic receipts. The guide establishes the requirements and instructions to access the issuance of electronic receipts in a test environment and later in a production environment, and details the […]

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Posted November 9, 2022 by Andrés Landerretche
Mexico: Modifications to miscellaneous tax resolution 2022 and its annexes 1 and 1A

The SAT published the second anticipated version of the ninth resolution of modifications to the miscellaneous tax resolution for 2022 and its annexes 1 and 1-A. Among its modifications, the fifth transitory article establishes that those who make payments for the concepts referred to in Title IV, Chapter I of the income tax law and […]

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Posted November 8, 2022 by Marta Sowińska
New Zealand: introduces changes to GST invoicing requirements

New Zealand is implementing changes to its GST invoicing and record keeping requirements, which are set to enter into force from April 1, 2023.  These changes include: The use of tax invoices will be replaced by a more general requirement to provide and keep certain records known as taxable supply information. Terminology:              […]

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Posted November 4, 2022 by Andrew Decker
New York Diaper Exemption Scheduled to Take Effect on December 1

Over the summer New York passed the “Diaper Initiative Affordability for Parents and Elderly Remedy (DIAPER) Act” fully exempting sales of diapers from state and local sales taxes. This new exemption is set to take effect on December 1, 2022. The new exemption applies to both children’s and adult diapers as well as to both […]

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Posted November 2, 2022 by Bradley Feimer
Alaska: City of Galena Joins Alaska Remote Seller Sales Tax Commission

The City of Galena has completed the process to fully participate in the Alaska Remote Sellers Sales Tax Commission (ARSSTC). Collection is effective 12/1/2022 and filings will be updated to include Galena on 1/1/2023. More information on the ARSSTC may be found here.

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Posted November 2, 2022 by Andrew Decker
United Kingdom Applies Zero-Rate VAT to Children’s Face Mask

HMRC has issued a new policy paper, Revenue and Customs Brief 11 (2022): VAT and children’s face masks, announcing a shift in their policy regarding children’s face masks. Children’s face masks are now considered children’s clothing and therefore qualifies for the application of a zero-rate of VAT. For the zero-rate to apply the masks must […]

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Posted November 1, 2022 by Enis Gencer
Turkey: TRA publishes a new version of E-Fatura package

The Turkish Revenue Authority updated the e-Fatura package in line with the amendments made to Value Added Tax General Application Communique. According to the changes, the withholding tax rate for the delivery of iron and steel products has been revised to 5/10 from 4/10. Updated package is available here: https://ebelge.gib.gov.tr/dosyalar/kilavuzlar/e-FaturaPaketi.zip

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Posted November 1, 2022 by Andrés Landerretche
Chile: Change in the definition of the concept ¨Service¨

The Chilean Internal Revenue Service published Circular No. 50 with instructions on the forthcoming entry into force of the modifications introduced by Law No. 21,420, which reduces or eliminates tax exemptions. Among its modifications is the change in the definition of the basic taxable event “service” which is defined as “the action or provision that one […]

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