Regulatory Analysis

Posted May 26, 2022 by Filippa Jörnstedt
Portugal Postpones a Stricter Authenticity and Integrity Requirement to 1 Jan 2023

Portuguese authorities have announced another delay to its expected new e-invoicing requirements, by issuing a Ministerial Order that prolongs the validity of PDF invoices for all tax purposes. This is not the first time the entry into force has been delayed, but this time the entry into force has been postponed from 1 July 2022 […]

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Posted May 25, 2022 by Victor Duarte
MEXICO: Catalogs for the Complemento Carta Porte 2.0 updated

The SAT has released an update of the catalogs and the schema of the catalogs for the Complemento  Carta Porte 2.0. The scheme of the catalogs is available at the following link: http://www.sat.gob.mx/sitio_internet/cfd/catalogos/CartaPorte/catCartaPorte.xsd The catalogs for the Complemento Carta Porte 2.0 are available at the following link: http://omawww.sat.gob.mx/tramitesyservicios/Paginas/documentos/CatalogosCartaPorte20.xls

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Posted May 25, 2022 by Kelly Muniz
Brazil: GTIN Consultation Becomes Available on the NF-e and NFC-e SVRS Portal

From 12 September 2022, the GTIN (Global Trade Item Number, formerly called EAN code) will be validated by the NF-e and NFC-e authorization systems. The NF-e and NFC-e that cover products with a GTIN must have the information corresponding to this code validated with the GTIN Centralized Registry (Cadastro centralizado de GTIN – CCG), in […]

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Posted May 20, 2022 by Victor Duarte
MEXICO: SAT Releases New Versions of the CFDI Catalogs for Versions 3.3 and 4.0

A new version of the catalogs for the CFDI Version 3.3 and version 4.0 of the CFDI has been released by the SAT. The updated version of these catalogs is available at the following links: Catalog for CFDI 3.3: http://omawww.sat.gob.mx/tramitesyservicios/Paginas/documentos/catCFDI_V_33_17052022.xls Catalog for CFDI 4.0: http://omawww.sat.gob.mx/tramitesyservicios/Paginas/documentos/catCFDI_V_4_17052022.xls

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Posted May 20, 2022 by Enis Gencer
Romania: Mandatory B2G e-invoicing as of July 2022

The Draft Law on the approval of the Government Emergency Ordinance no. 120/2021 on the administration, operation, and implementation of the national e-invoicing system was enacted and published in the official gazette on 17 May 2022. According to the law; B2G e-invoicing will become mandatory as of 1 July 2022. Since November 2021, the RO E-Factura system […]

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Posted May 19, 2022 by Kelly Muniz
Brazil: Deadline for the transmission of the ECD and ECF postponed

Normative Instruction (Instrução Normativa) n. 2082 of 18 May 2022, extends the deadlines for transmission of Digital Accounting Bookkeeping (Escrituração Contábil Digital) and Fiscal Accounting Bookkeeping (Escrituração Contábil Fiscal) for the 2021 calendar year. Transmission of the ECD is postponed until the last business day of June 2022. Transmission of the ECF is postponed until […]

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Posted May 19, 2022 by Kelly Muniz
Brazil: Scheduled Stop of the SVRS Authorization Environment for Fiscal Electronic Documents (DF-e)

On 22/05/22, a scheduled stop for the maintenance of the SVRS authorization environment of Fiscal Electronic Documents will be carried out, starting at 5 am, with a duration of up to 3 hours. During this time, the Virtual Sefaz Contingency of the National Environment (Sefaz Virtual de Contingência do Ambiente Nacional) will be activated, for […]

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Posted May 17, 2022 by Marta Sowińska
Belgium: on its way to implement B2B e-invoicing

On 11 May 2022 Belgium Chamber of Representatives published a draft law amending the law of 2 August 2002 on combating late payment in commercial transactions, as last amended by the law of 28 May 2019, in order to implement electronic invoicing between companies (B2B). Based on the law proposal, companies (with the exception of […]

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Posted May 13, 2022 by Victor Duarte
MEXICO: Online validator of Federal Taxpayer Registration (Registro Federal de Contribuyentes – RFC)

The Tax Administration Service (SAT) makes available an online validator in order to verify whether the RFC is valid and able to receive CFDI. The online validator allows users to verify up to 5,000 RFC simultaneously. This online validator is available at the following link on the SAT website and the user guide is available at the following link.

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Posted May 13, 2022 by Alexander Dunn
Florida Approves Numerous New Exemption Periods

5/12/2022 Florida Governor Ron DeSantis recently signed Florida HB 7071. As part of this legislation, Florida has enacted five new tax exemption periods starting in 2022. Children’s Books – May 14, 2022 to August 14, 2022. Children’s Diapers and Baby/Toddlers Clothing – July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023. Energy Star Appliances – July 1, 2022 […]

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Posted May 13, 2022 by Alexander Dunn
Florida Enacts Back to School and Trade Worker Tools Sales Tax Holidays

5/12/2022 Florida Governor Ron  DeSantis recently signed Florida HB 7071. As part of this legislation, Florida has approved tax holidays for back-to-school and tools used by trade workers. The Back-to-School Sales Tax Holiday will be held between July 25, 2022 and August 7, 2022, giving shoppers the opportunity to purchase clothing, wallets, bags, school supplies, […]

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Posted May 13, 2022 by Bradley Feimer
Aurora, Colorado Exempts Diaper Products Effective July 1, 2022

On April 11, 2022 the City Council of Aurora, Colorado passed an ordinance exempting the storage, use, and consumption of diapers beginning July 1, 2022. This exemption will apply to children diapers and adult related products as diapers is defined as, “an absorbent garment worn by humans who are incapable of, or have difficulty, controlling […]

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Posted May 13, 2022 by Kelly Muniz
BRAZIL: Complementing Information on the Scheduled Stop of the NF-e National Environment

The Brazilian tax authority informed that the maintenance previously disclosed regarding the stop of the National Environment of the NF-e, from 13 May, 2022 (at 10 pm) to 16 May, 2022 (00:00), will NOT impact the authorization of fiscal documents (NF-e, NFC-e, CT-e, MDF-e and BP-e), whether for internal or interstate operations. Thus, it will […]

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Posted May 13, 2022 by Bradley Feimer
Indiana Electronic Cigarette Tax Effective July 1, 2022

5/12/2022 Indiana recently enacted HB 1001 (2021) and SB 382 (2022). This legislation will impose an electronic cigarette tax effective July 1, 2022. The electronic cigarette tax is levied at a rate of 15% on the retail sale of vapor products and open system consumable material. For closed system vapor cartridges, the excise tax is […]

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Posted May 13, 2022 by Bradley Feimer
Puerto Rico Establishes Hurricane Season Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday

5/12/2022 Puerto Rico recently approved H.R. Bill 478 (2021) establishing a new sales tax holiday for hurricane preparedness. This new holiday will occur every year during the last Friday, Saturday and Sunday of May. Items such as batteries, water, nonperishable food, storm preparedness supplies, and certain emergency supplies will be exempt during the holiday period. […]

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Posted May 13, 2022 by Alexander Dunn
Florida Enacts Disaster Preparedness and Freedom Week Sales Tax Holidays

5/12/2022 Florida Governor Ron  DeSantis recently signed Florida HB 7071. As part of this legislation, Florida has approved tax holidays for disaster preparedness and tax freedom week. The Disaster Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday will be held between May 28, 2022 and June 10, 2022, giving shoppers the opportunity to purchase certain disaster and emergency supplies […]

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Posted May 11, 2022 by Ramón Frias
PERU: Two Days Deadline for Remittance of the CPE Postponed

Emergency Decree No. 113-2021, issued by the Peruvian government, postpones until June 30, 2022 the deadline of four days (counted from the day of issuance of the voucher) for the remittance of the electronic invoice and the fee vouchers issued by professionals. According to the previous regulations, starting January 1, 2022, the taxpayers had a […]

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Posted May 11, 2022 by Marta Sowińska
Slovakia CTC implementation phase postponed

On the 5th of May 2022, the Slovakian Ministry of Finance presented a technical solution for the new IS EFA system, an e-invoicing platform for sending invoice data to the financial administration. Moreover, the Ministry of Finance has also communicated a new timeline for the implementation of e-invoicing framework: June 2022- the voluntary public testing […]

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