Regulatory Analysis
The Saudi Arabian Tax and Customs Authority, ZATCA, has launched a “Cancellation of Fines and Exemption of Penalties initiative” for fines regarding late registration in all tax systems, late payment, late filing of returns fines in all tax systems, and fines to correct VAT returns, as well as fines for violations of VAT field control […]
12/7/2022 Rockland and Westchester Counties New York have suspended their sales tax on residential energy beginning December 1, 2022. The suspension of sales tax in Rockland County is permanent while in Westchester County the suspension will expire after three months. Sales of non-residential energy are not affected. Please note that the sales taxes imposed on […]
Under HB 2106, Kansas will reduce the state sales and compensating use tax rate on food and food ingredients from 6.5 percent to 4.0 percent beginning January 1, 2023. The rate will be further reduced to 2.0 percent on January 1, 2024, and 0.0 percent on January 1, 2025. Kansas defines “food and food ingredients” […]
As a result of Iowa SF 2367, diapers and feminine hygiene products will be exempt from sales and use tax in Iowa starting on January 1, 2023. The exemption for diapers covers cloth and reusable diapers for both children and adults, while the exemption for feminine hygiene products extends to tampons, panty liners, menstrual cups, […]
12/7/2022 Governor Parson signed SB 153 in 2021 which, among other provisions, enacted marketplace rules to come into effect on January 1, 2023. Missouri is the final US state to enact marketplace rules. Beginning January 1, 2023, marketplace facilitators will be liable to collect and remit sales and use tax on sales made through their […]
12/7/2022 Washington’s Statewide 988 behavioral health crisis response & suicide prevention line tax is scheduled to increase from $0.24 to $0.40 beginning January 1. The tax applies on every retail sale of a prepaid wireless service. The tax also applies on every switched access (wireline) line, radio access (wireless) line, and Voice over Internet Protocol […]
Palau is implementing a VAT style tax known as the Palau Goods and Services Tax (PGST). The PGST will be imposed at a rate of 10% and will come into effect on 1 January 2023. Businesses with an average annual taxable supply of more than $300,000 in Palau are required to register for PGST. Mandatory […]
Effective 1 January 2023, Singapore will be extending GST to B2C imported non-digital services and goods imported via air or post that are valued up to (and including) the current GST import relief threshold of S$400. Non-resident providers of non-digital services and imported low-value goods can register under the Overseas Vendor Registration regime which is […]
Pursuant to Decree No. 15/2022/ND-CP, the standard VAT rate in Vietnam is increasing to 10% from the temporary 8% rate effective 1 January 2023. The decree can be found here.
Effective 1 January 2023, non-alcoholic beverages intended for human consumption, excluding water, fruit and vegetable juices, and milk, will apply the standard VAT rate of 19%. Restaurant and catering services, except for alcoholic beverages and non-alcoholic beverages that now apply the standard rate, will apply the reduced VAT rate of 9%. These rate changes, as […]
The Colorado Public Utilities Commission set the Emergency 911 Fee to $1.71 per transaction and the Emergency 988 Fee to $0.27 per transaction for 2023. See here for additional information from the Colorado Department of Revenue.
The Greek Tax Authority – IAPR announced on 30 November that VAT returns will be pre-filled using the data collected through the MyDATA system. The measure aims to simplify the filing process of VAT returns. The announcement states that the pre-filled returns will be available for Greek taxpayers starting from 5 December 2022 and will […]
Twice per year Puerto Rico holds a two day back-to-school sales tax holiday. These holidays occur in January and July. During the sales tax holiday periods, uniforms and school materials listed in section 4030.20(b) of the Puerto Rico Internal Revenue Code are exempt. The next holiday period will be from January 13-14, 2023. More information […]
In 2022, Kentucky enacted House Bill 8 extending the state’s sales and use tax to 35 additional services. Effective January 1, 2023, the list of newly taxable services include lapidary services, personal training, parking services, as well as marketing. The full list of newly taxable services can be found here.
Due to changes in Public Act No. 21-58, Connecticut is updating and expanding the applicability of their Bottle Deposit effective January 1, 2023. For the purposes of the Bottle Deposit, “carbonated beverages” will now include hard seltzers and ciders. Additionally, “noncarbonated beverages” will include plant water, juice, juice drinks, tea, coffee, kombucha, plant infused drinks, […]
The state of Virginia has exempted food for human consumption and essential personal hygiene products from state sales tax. Previously, products fitting these descriptions were subject to a reduced rate of 1.5%. Beginning on January 1, 2023, these products will be exempt from state sales tax, but may still be subject to a 1% local […]
The Greek Tax Authority, IAPR, published a press release on 1 November, announcing the extension of the deadline until 31 December 2022 for the transmission of accounting data of wholesale transactions, data of invoicing expenses, and self-invoicing income in the cases of discrepancies in the aforementioned transmitted data.
As previously announced, the Serbian Minister of Finance published the Draft Law on Amendments to the Law on Electronic Invoicing on the 9th of November, alongside the Draft Laws on Amendments to the Law on Value Added Tax, Law on Fiscalization, and Law on Tax Procedure and Tax Administration. The changes introduced to the Law […]