Regulatory Analysis
The Pilot Program for issuing fully digitized electronic invoices (e-fapiao) has been expanded to the new provinces and cities: Anhui, Beijing, Guizhou, Hunan, Ningxia, Qinghai and Shandong. According to the announcements published by the tax authorities in October 2023, selected taxpayers in these provinces and cities, will be able to issue fully digitized e-fapiao. In […]
In the Forum of Tax Administration held in October 2023 in Singapore, the government confirmed they will adopt InvoiceNow, the national e-invoicing framework based on the Peppol network as the mandatory framework for B2G transactions in the country. Recently, testing of a 5-corner instead of the existing 4-corner model as the InvoiceNow Peppol exchange model […]
Israel is implementing a Continuous Transaction Controls (CTC) regime which was initially scheduled to roll out on January 1, 2024. On October 23, 2023, the Israeli Tax Authority (ITA) announced that the timeline has been extended to offer businesses more time to complete their technological development. According to the announcement, the ITA will allow deduction […]
The Malaysian 2024 Budget, which is currently pending parliamentary approval, introduces changes to the implementation timeline of mandatory e-invoicing in the country. According to the new budget law, implementation will be delayed, and will follow the below schedule: For taxpayers with an annual turnover of revenue of more than RM100 million (appx. 20 million euros) […]
Sultanate of Oman Tax Authority has announced the launch of a VAT e-invoicing system within 2024. The e-invoicing system will be rolled out voluntarily in April 2024 and is scheduled to become mandatory for large entities operating within the country starting in October 2024. While official communication detailing the features of the e-invoicing system is […]
The Malaysia Inland Revenue Board has published updated e-invoicing guidelines, which are now on version 2.0. The update includes details on new topics, namely transactions with buyers, disbursement and reimbursement, API overview, cybersecurity, currency exchange rate, cross-border transactions, self-billing, and others. Additional documentation was also published, namely an e-invoicing Data Catalogue, which provides for the […]
September 13, 2023 The Thailand Department of Revenue recently published P.C.S 32.2023. The memo provides the Thailand Cabinet passed a resolution on September 13, 2023, approving an extension of the reduced 7% VAT rate until September 30, 2024. Further information may be found here.
As of October 1, 2023, Laos will impose VAT registration requirements on foreign providers of digital goods, digital services, and digital platform services. According to the most recent guidelines from the Ministry of Finance, both business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer (B2C) transactions are within the scope of these requirements. “Digital platform services” refer to e-commerce transactions […]
The Saudi Arabian Tax and Customs Authority, ZATCA, announced the eighth wave of Phase 2 of e-invoicing. The eighth wave covers taxpayers with at least SAR 40 million (app. USD 10 million) revenue subject to VAT for 2021 or 2022. Taxpayers within this group are expected to integrate as of March 1, 2024. Phase 2 […]
As announced in Fiji’s National Budget for 2023-2024 by the Fiji Revenue and Customs Service, the standard VAT rate increased from 9% to 15% for all non-zero-rated items beginning on August 1, 2023. The budget announcement can be found here.
The Saudi Arabian Tax and Customs Authority, ZATCA, announced the seventh wave of Phase 2 of e-invoicing. The seventh wave covers taxpayers with at least SAR 50 million (app. USD 13 million) revenue subject to VAT for 2021 or 2022. Taxpayers within this group are expected to integrate as of February 1, 2024. Phase 2 […]
On July 11, 2023, the Ministry of Finance of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced five major strategic transformational projects which aim to advance the country in the field of digital government. One of the announced projects is the “E-Billing System”, a system that will automate and thus facilitate the procedures for filing tax returns […]
Saudi Arabian Tax and Customs Authority, ZATCA, extended the “Cancellation of Fines and Exemption of Penalties Initiative” until December 31, 2023. This initiative covers 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 […]
The Inland Revenue Board of Malaysia (IRBM) has issued a guideline today regarding the implementation details of the upcoming e-invoicing mandate. According to the guideline, Malaysia will adopt a CTC clearance model, set to begin in June 2024, involving around 4000 companies that meet the specified threshold. Under the new e-invoicing model, known as MyInvois, […]
On June 30, 2023, the Vietnamese government issued Decree 44/2023/ND-CP on the 2% VAT rate reduction from 10% to 8% lasting from July 1, 2023, until December 31, 2023. The 2% VAT reduction does not apply to various goods and services from the following sectors: telecommunications, financial activities, banking, insurance, real estate trading, metals and […]
The Saudi Arabian Tax and Customs Authority, ZATCA, announced the fifth wave of Phase 2 of e-invoicing. The fifth wave covers taxpayers with at least SAR 100 million (app. USD 26 million) revenue subject to VAT for 2021 or 2022. Taxpayers within this group are expected to integrate as of December 2023. Phase 2 of […]
As we reported earlier, Israel’s government approved the 2023-2024 budget on 24 February 2023, setting the stage for the adoption of the CTC model. Since then, the proposal has gone through the standard legislative process and it has recently received approval from the Finance Committee, with some modifications. According to the latest announcement, the modified […]
The Saudi Arabian Tax and Customs Authority (ZATCA) decided to suspend the implementation of e-invoicing for the supplies of eligible used cars until a future date to be announced. ZATCA announced the activation of Article 48 of the VAT Regulation and the implementation of the profit margin scheme for eligible used cars starting from 1 […]