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Pilot scheme to support Danish SMEs
From the beginning of 2018, the Danish tax agency will introduce a pilot scheme to support small to medium sized enterprises on value-added tax and direct tax compliance matters. This new ‘VAT and tax check’ (moms -og skattetjek) means that SMEs can, at their own preference, have an accountant review...
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UK government guidance for new tax avoidance penalty law
Last month the UK government released guidance involving the new legislation that will introduce penalties for enablers of defeated tax avoidance arrangements. The Finance Bill (No. 2) 2017 legislation – presents a penalty for any person/s who enable the use of abusive tax arrangements that are later defeated. The UK...
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Italy Tax News – VAT in Italy will rise to 24.2%
VAT in Italy will rise to 24.2% in 2019 On 31st October, 2018 Italy’s 2018 Budget (Manovra), sanctioned the postponement of 2018 VAT increase from 22% to 24.2%. The planned rises in rates, to support € currency fiscal targets, are now set as follows: Standard Rate Reduced Rate Today 22%...
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EU Tax News | 23.11.2017
OECD’s Secretary-General calls for collective action on digital taxation Angel Gurria, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Secretary-General has requested a collective effort on the design of temporary, short-term measures to tackle the international tax challenges of the digital economy. When speaking at the Group of Twenty (G-20)...
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Important Data Protection Act 2018
Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, We kindly request you to familiarise yourself with a very important change in the data protection legislation in Poland. On 28th May, 2018 expires the deadline for implementation of the data protection environment in a given corporate organisation to the provisions of the Directive of the...
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Tax news and information from Germany
Decree announced for call-off stock On the 10th October, 2017 the German Federal Ministry of Finance announced a decree to permit a VAT registration exemption for foreign companies holding call-off stock in Germany. Goods which are held in a foreign country by a non-resident seller, but under the full control...
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UK – Tax News | 14.11.2017
The UK sets out post-Brexit cross-border tax plans On the 9th October, 2017, the UK Government released a number of ‘white papers’, setting out how it will accomplish its trade and customs policies, containing its customs, value-added tax, and excise regimes, when the UK leaves the European Union (EU). The...
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Swiss authorities confirmed new VAT rates
The Swiss authorities have confirmed that VAT rates will be reduced as from 1st January, 2018, as a result of the 24th September referendum. As anticipated, the standard VAT rate and the special rate for accommodation will be reduced to 7.7% and 3.7% respectively, although the reduced VAT rate applicable...
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Poland – Foreign Companies ‘Fixed-Establishment’
Poland is progressively altering its attitude regarding the conception of ‘fixed establishment’ for VAT purposes. The Polish tax authorities and courts are taking an expanding approach concerning those activities of foreign companies which give rise to a fixed establishment. As a general rule, a ‘fixed establishment’ shall be any establishment...
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Czech Republic is preparing changes to VAT ‘Control Report’
The Czech Republic tax authorities are preparing to change data requirements in the ‘Control Report’ periodic VAT obligation. What exactly are the changes? The Czech parliament approved an adjustment to the VAT law which sets out the information that taxable persons must contain in their VAT ‘Control Report’. This adjustment...
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