Regulatory Analysis
On 5 November 2025 the German Ministry of Finance (MoF) published an update to the e-invoicing FAQs in their website. These FAQs focus primarily on tax-related questions arising from Germany’s new mandatory e-invoicing regime, which came into effect in January 2025. The key issues addressed in the FAQs are the following: Established entities in Germany: […]
Tunisia’s Parliament is considering the 2026 Finance Bill (Draft Law No. 2025/114), which expands existing mandatory e-invoicing requirements to include service transactions, effective 1 January 2026. Currently, e-invoicing is mandatory for B2G transactions by large enterprises and B2B transactions in the pharmaceutical and fuel sectors. The amendment extends these requirements to also include service transactions. […]
The Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration has released electronic file specifications for tax year 2025 W-2 and 1099 information returns. Notably, the mandatory electronic filing threshold for W-2s decreased from 125 employees to 75 employees starting with tax year 2025 reporting. The due date for electronically filing 2025 W-2 information shifted from January 31, […]
The IRS released Notice 2025-62 on November 5, 2025, providing penalty relief for tax year 2025 regarding new information reporting requirements under the One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). While OBBBA created income tax deductions for qualified tips and qualified overtime compensation and requires separate reporting of these amounts on Forms W-2, 1099-MISC, 1099-NEC, and […]
The Internal Revenue Service has released the 2025 instructions for Forms 1094-B and 1095-B (health coverage reporting) and Forms 1094-C and 1095-C (applicable large employer reporting). These forms are used by providers of minimum essential coverage and applicable large employers to report coverage information to the IRS and covered individuals. The most significant change makes […]
Maryland will increase its Tire Recycling Fee from $0.80 to $1.00 per tire. The fee increase will take effect on January 1, 2026. More information may be found here.
Maryland will begin imposing a $5 fee on each new tire sold as a part of new or used vehicle, trailers, farm equipment, similar machinery. The fee will be implemented on January 1, 2026. More information may be found here.
Haines Borough voters recently approved an ordinance granting an annual sales tax exemption period for non-prepared food items from October 1 through March 31, initially beginning January 1, 2026. The exemption applies borough wide. More information may be found here.
The Greek Ministry of National Economy & Finance and the Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE) announced yesterday through a joint press release that Phase 2 of the e-transport mandate will be postponed, with mandatory compliance now beginning May 1, 2026 instead of December 1, 2025. Businesses will have a five-month optional period from December […]
The National Assembly of Slovenia enacted the e-Invoicing Law, establishing January 2028 as the roll-out date for the e-invoicing mandate. The legislative process began in 2024 with a draft law introducing mandatory B2B e-invoicing and continuous transaction control (CTC) e-reporting, initially scheduled to take effect in June 2026. An amendment proposed earlier this year postponed implementation […]
The Malta Tax and Customs Administration (MTCA) is preparing to implement e-invoicing and real-time reporting systems as part of its digital transformation strategy outlined in the MTCA Strategic Plan 2023-2025. The recently-published Pre-Budget Consultation Document 2026 highlights the EU’s VAT in the Digital Age (ViDA) initiative, which includes e-invoicing and real-time digital reporting requirements, noting […]
In Juneau, voters recently approved Proposition 2. Effective November 20, 2025, essential foods and essential residential utilities will be exempt in the Alaskan local. Proposition 2 was a citizen’s initiative petition to amend Juneau’s sales tax code to create new sales tax exemptions. Specifically, essential food defined by the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 […]
The IRS is set to implement Form 1099-DA beginning with the 2025 tax year, requiring brokers to report digital asset transactions including cryptocurrency sales and exchanges. This new information return represents a significant expansion of federal reporting for the digital asset industry. Most states have yet to announce their positions on whether they will require […]
Following the release of updated Instructions for Form 1099-R/5498 for tax year 2025, the IRS has issued two additional updates modifying reporting requirements. The updated Instructions for Form 1099-R/5498 for tax year 2025 introduced a requirement for annuity issuers to report year-end actuarial values of annuitized contracts in box 8 when payments occurred during the […]
The Polish Ministry of Finance has released a draft version of the updated JPK_MAG (Standard Audit File for Warehouse Operations) logical structure, designated JPK_MAG(2). The draft is open for public consultation until 12 November 2025. Key Changes The proposed JPK_MAG(2) structure introduces significant updates to align warehouse reporting with Poland’s evolving digital tax infrastructure: KSeF […]
The Philippines Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) published Revenue Regulations No. 26-2025, extending the deadline for mandatory issuance of structured e-invoices until 31 December 2026. According to Revenue Regulations No. 11-2025, published earlier this year, certain taxpayers will be required to issue e-invoices in a structured data format that can be easily extracted and transmitted […]
In October 2025, the Turkish Revenue Administration (Gelir İdaresi Başkanlığı) announced another extension to the implementation deadline for the “Technical Guide for Invoices Related to Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Deliveries”. The last extension was announced in June 2025. Under the revised timeline: The deadline has been extended from 1 October 2025 to 1 December 2025 […]
The Polish Ministry of Finance has published a new draft regulation outlining the integration requirements between JPK_VAT with declaration returns and the National e-Invoicing System (KSeF), which becomes mandatory on 1 February 2026. Under the new requirements, taxpayers must report KSeF invoice numbers in their JPK_VAT from the same date KSeF becomes mandatory, with no […]