Regulatory Analysis
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 Indian Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN) has announced that new Invoice Reporting Portals (IRP) have been onboarded. IRPs act as a bridge between the taxpayer (or their Accredited Service) Providers and the tax authority backend platform called the GST Portal for the purposes of e-invoice issuance. Until the new 4 were IRPs announced, […]
On February 24th, the Senior Minister of State, Mr. Chee Hong Tat, announced that within the next few years, InvoiceNow will become the default e-invoice submission channel for all Government vendors. InvoiceNow is a nationwide E-invoicing method operating on the Peppol network that facilitates the direct delivery of invoices in a structured digital format. Singapore has been implementing […]
China is expanding its fully digitalized e-invoicing (e-fapiao) pilot program, currently as of 1 January 2023 in scope to issue a fully digitalized e-fapiao are Shanghai, Guangdong, Inner Mongolia, Sichuan, Xiamen, Chongqing, Qingdao, Tianjin, Dalian, and Shaanxi provinces. Additionally, taxpayers nationwide are able to accept e-fapiao issued by the selected taxpayers in the above provinces. […]
New Zealand is implementing changes to its GST invoicing and record keeping requirements, which are set to enter into force from April 1, 2023. These changes include: The use of tax invoices will be replaced by a more general requirement to provide and keep certain records known as taxable supply information. Terminology: […]
The Shanghai Taxation Bureau released a notice to inform that from June 25, 2022, the Xuhui District is included in the pilot program for the fully digitized e-invoice. This pilot program keeps expanding its scope of jurisdictions across China. However, for the time being, only selected taxpayers in Shanghai, Inner Mongolia, and Guangdong are able […]
In South Korea, e-invoicing has been mandatory for all corporate businesses since 2011. From 2012, individual businesses (entrepreneurs) have also been required to comply with e-invoicing obligations if they meet the threshold limits which have been updated a couple of times over the years. Currently, an individual business whose aggregate supply value (including transactions that […]