Regulatory Analysis
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 […]
The Inland Revenue Board of Malaysia published a press release on 22 May 2023 and announced the implementation timeline of the upcoming e-invoicing mandate. As per the announcement, the mandate will be rolled-out in a phased manner according to the following timeline: Pilot project launch: In January 2024, a pilot project will be initiated for selected businesses. Additionally, […]
The Saudi Arabian Tax and Customs Authority, ZATCA, announced the fourth wave of Phase 2 of e-invoicing. The fourth wave covers taxpayers with at least SAR 150 million (USD 40 million) revenue subject to VAT for 2021 or 2022. Taxpayers within this group are expected to integrate as of November 2023. Phase 2 of e-invoicing […]
As part of the 2023 state budget presented in 2022, the Malaysian government decided to introduce and gradually implement an electronic invoicing system in the country. The state budget law doesn’t contain any details about the e-invoicing system, however, in a recent engagement session held by the Inland Revenue Board (IRB) of Malaysia and the […]
Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority (ZATCA) shared Amendments on the Controls, Requirements, Technical Specifications, and the Procedural Rules for Implementing the Provisions of the E-Invoicing Regulation (Implementation Resolution) for public consultation. ZATCA accepts feedback until 18 April 2023. Amendments to the Implementation Resolution introduce new functionalities for charges specification and advanced payment specification. For more […]
China has further expanded the scope of the taxpayers issuing fully digitalized e-invoices (e-fapiao): From 1 March 2023 newly registered taxpayers in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region shall be included in the pilot scope of digital e-invoicing. From 22 March 2023, selected taxpayers in Henan and Jilin provinces can issue fully digitalized e-invoices From 30 […]
The Thai Revenue Department announced an extension of tax incentives to promote the current e-tax systems. These incentives will be extended until the 31st of December of 2025. These measures highlight the Thai Revenue Department´s intentions, and priority given, to continuously promote the use of e-tax invoices, which are currently of voluntary adoption. Among the […]
The Malaysian Sales and Service Tax Royal Malaysian Customs Department announced the postponement of the imposition of sales tax on Low Value Goods to a date to be determined later. As discussed in our previous post on this topic, the tax on low value goods was scheduled to take effect on April 1. The announcement, […]