The Polish Ministry of Finance yesterday announced a timeline for its plans to introduce a Continuous Transaction Controls (CTC) scheme, with a roll-out to start at the end of 2021. By the end of 2021, e-invoicing via a centralized platform will be made available, but still remains optional for companies; from 2023 it will be mandatory for […]
The Irish Government have released their proposed Brexit Omnibus Bill 2020 which sets out several tax measures to assist in dealing with the effects of Brexit. One of the proposed measures is introducing postponed accounting for import VAT. The proposed measure means that importers would be able to record the import VAT in the VAT […]
The EU Council have now adopted the rules in relation to the introduction of a special VAT identification number that is to be provided to businesses in Northern Ireland at the end of the transitional period on 31 December 2020. The new VAT number will be the same numerical digits as their exiting UK VAT […]
The Greek tax authority published new schema changes (version 1.02) and updated technical documentation for myDATA eBooks. The new schema includes, inter alia: a) new fields, e.g., to allow for reporting of taxes other than VAT, b) new business errors, c) as well as updates regarding, e.g., the API method for cancelling document types. Find […]
South Carolina has released an updated version of Form SCDOR-111. The form is used to register for various types of tax withheld for the state. While not a complete redesign, the document underwent significant changes for the 2020 Tax Year, the most notable of which are detailed below: Section A has been renamed Entity Registration […]
Income Tax Withholding Certificate for Nonresident Individuals, used for nonresidents performing personal services substantially in Nebraska. Form 941N is the Nebraska Income Tax Withholding Return, used for employers to report withholding to Nebraska. The Nebraska Circular EN is the state’s guide on income tax withholding for wages, pensions and annuities, and gambling winnings. Most of […]
The Utah State Tax Commission recently published an updated version of Publication 58, Utah Interest and Penalties. This publication contains information and instruction relating to how interest rates and penalties are applied to certain tax types including withholding tax and information return filing. The publication remains largely unchanged except for the addition of the interest […]
The State of Rhode Island’s Division of Taxation recently published updated interest rates for calendar year 2021. These rates apply to delinquent taxes due to the state and overpayments made to the state. For calendar year 2021, the interest rate for delinquent taxes remains the same at 18% per annum, while the interest rate on […]
The Missouri Department of Revenue recently published updated interest rates for refunds and delinquencies for 2021. These rates apply to tax payments due to the Department, or refunds that are due to the taxpayer during the taxable year. They are based on the prime rates charged by financial institutions and are effective for the applicable […]
The Mississippi Department of Revenue recently published an updated version of Publication 89-145, Procedures and Specifications for Filing Wage and Tax Information Electronically. This publication provides instructions and electronic filing specifications for reporting 1099 and W-2 information to the state of Mississippi. While the specifications and instructions remain largely the same from the prior version […]
Pennsylvania recently released its EFW2/EFW2C Reporting Instructions and Specifications Handbook. This booklet contains the EFW2 specifications and special instructions for reporting information returns to Pennsylvania. The most notable change this year is that Pennsylvania will now require filing of Forms 1099-NEC with the commonwealth and that the e-TIDES system will accept those files as well. […]
Rhode Island recently released an FAQ for its Health Insurance Mandate reporting requirements. The most notable part of the FAQ is an announcement that the Division of Taxation will extend the state reporting deadline to individuals from January 31, 2021 to March 2, 2021, and the deadline for reporting to the Division from January 31, 2021 […]
Nebraska recently released an updated version of its Form 501N, the Nebraska Monthly Income Tax Withholding Deposit form. This form is used for reporting the monthly deposit numbers to the state Department of Revenue. The only notable change to the form is that ACH Debit and ACH Credit electronic payments are not named specifically but […]
Oregon recently released specifications for plain paper filing for tax year 2020. Some significant changes were made to the specifications this year including the removal of the OA domestic specifications (though that form may remain valid for some domestic employers) and the inclusion of Schedule B and OQ specifications. One change was noted for Form […]
The Irish government has recently set out its Finance Bill for 2020 which includes an amendment to the Irish VAT Act giving tax authorities the power to issue a notice to a non-Irish trader requiring them to appoint a fiscal representative. Many EU Member States already make it a mandatory requirement for non-EU businesses to […]
The German Tax Authority (Bundestag) approved the “Law on the Modernisation of Insurance Tax Law and Amendment of Employment Law Regulations” at the end of last month. The law limits the IPT exemption currently available on personal insurance such as Health and Disability insurance. Going forward the tax exemption should only apply to insurance policies […]
HMRC has issued an insurance premium tax (IPT) consultation on Administration and Unfair Outcomes which follows the previous IPT call for evidence in 2019. This consultation focuses on improving IPT administration and preventing IPT avoidance and evasion such as value shifting and unregistered insurers. The deadline for responses is 5 February 2021. More information can […]
The European Commission (“EC”) recently opened a feedback period on an initiative to reform the VAT exemptions applied to financial and insurance services. This period is open for four weeks, ending November 19th, 2020. The initiative aims to address the lack of VAT neutrality and the regulatory complexity and uncertainty in delineating the scope of […]