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Indonesia levies VAT on foreign e-commerce 1 August 2020

Indonesia is planning to bring non-resident e-commerce sellers into the VAT net on 1 August 2020. Legislation is agreed for foreign providers of goods and services online to Indonesian consumer to be ...Continued

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Nigeria delays 2020 VAT rise to 7.5%

The Nigerian government has postponed rising Value Added Tax standard rate from 5% to 7.5% of 1 January 2020.. The rise will need the agreement of the National Assembly. The increase will likely be pu...Continued

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Angola implements 14% VAT

Angola has today introduced a 14% VAT regime. This replaces the existing 10% Consumption Tax. The indirect tax was originally intended to be implemented on 1 January 2019....Continued

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UK VAT return after Brexit

How to account in a UK VAT return for UK import VAT under the Postponed Accounting regime on goods coming from the EU after Brexit....Continued

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France mandatory B2B VAT e-invoices 2023

France is to impose mandatory electronic invoices on B2B from January 2023. This will include a pre-approval clearance of the invoices via the government’s Chorus Pro portal. This is already in operat...Continued

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Germany cuts rail VAT

Germany has announced a reduction in the VAT rate applied on train journeys from the standard rate 19% to the 7% reduced VAT rate. The measure is part of a range of proposals to reduce the environment...Continued

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UK maintains e-books at higher VAT rates

The UK continues to not implement 2018 EU rules which permit a cut on VAT to e-books, audio books and online newspapers from 20% to zero. Many other EU countries have already implemented the harmonisa...Continued

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Zambia delays Sales Tax replacement of VAT till 2020

Zambia has postponed for the third time this year the replacement of the existing Value Added Tax system with a Sales Tax. The new turnover tax will now be implemented on 1 January 2020 instead of 1 S...Continued

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Oman denies delay of VAT till 2021

The Arab Gulf state of Oman's Ministry of Finance has denied a delay for the implementation of a 5% VAT regime until 1 January 2021. The potential postponement is due to slow economic performance and ...Continued

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Mexico foreign e-commerce VAT proposal 2020

The Mexican Senate is to be presented with a proposal to levy 16% VAT on digital services purchased on non-resident platforms. This would affect online platforms including Uber, Netflix and AirBnB. ...Continued