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The Polish Ministry of Finance has now published the draft act introducing e-invoicing via the national platform (Krajowy System e-Faktur – KSeF, or National System of e-Invoices) in a Continuous Transaction Control (CTC) system. The draft is available for public consultation during a two-week period, after which the law is planned to come into force […]
Join Anna Norden, Regulatory Counsel at Sovos, as she discusses France’s upcoming move to Continuous Transaction Controls. Continuous Transaction Controls is an approach to tax enforcement whereby transactional data is submitted to the government in conjunction with the actual exchange of such data between the transacting parties. It means that the government gets access […]
Digital transformation will continue to be a business priority for years to come. Efficiency is still one of the primary issues that companies want to improve and the digitization of many business processes is helping to increase efficiency, reduce errors and ensure compliance. Technology is helping to transform departments, including tax. The benefits of tax […]
Join Selin Adler Ring, Regulatory Counsel at Sovos, as she discusses how the Turkey E-delivery note and its impact on your multinational organization. Listen to her discuss the following questions: What is the new e-delivery note system in Turkey? Can e-invoices be used to replace e-delivery notes as paper invoices can still replace paper […]
In December, the expansion of China’s B2B e-invoicing pilot program, that enables certain taxpayers to voluntarily issue VAT special electronic invoices, was announced by China’s State Taxation Administration (STA). These e-invoices can be used to claim input VAT so are generally used for B2B purposes whereas VAT general invoices cannot so are commonly used for […]
Update: 8 March 2023 South Korea has recently approved a tax reform which introduces several measures for 2023, among which is the possibility of issuance of self-billing tax invoices. This tax reform amends the current VAT law to allow the purchaser to issue invoices for the supply of goods and services. However, this will only […]
On 31 December 2020, in a last-minute change, the Greek government once again postponed the go-live date of myDATA to April 2021. This announcement had been anticipated and came as a great relief to Greek taxpayers who were concerned about being ready for the previous go-live date of January 2021. The first quarter of 2021 […]
Join Filippa Jornstedt as she discusses how e-archiving should be a critical part of your e-invoicing strategy. Listen to her discuss the following questions: How do e-archiving requirements change across borders? What are the problems that come from not having an e-archiving strategy? Are there consequences for non-compliance with e-archiving?
Technology can help businesses and governments measure and mitigate the impact of Covid-19. With further waves and recessions biting, technology offers an unparalleled opportunity for governments and business alike to gain a clearer picture of the current panorama. Digital tax returns and real-time or near-real time reporting offer up-to-date financial insight and many tax authorities […]
Today we will be concluding our preview of the upcoming release of the 12th edition of the Sovos Trends in Continuous Global VAT Compliance report. Hear from Christiaan Van der Valk as he jumps back in: 1. In your opinion, when is the right time for businesses considering major platform upgrades to involve tax? What […]
Today we will be previewing the upcoming release of the 12th edition of the Sovos Trends in Continuous Global VAT Compliance report. In this episode of the Sovos Expert Series, Harriet Vivian sits down with Sovos’ VP of Strategy, Christiaan Van Der Valk as he digs into what the Trends Report will look like this […]
Taxpayers have gone through an eventful year in India. The e-invoicing mandate, initially planned to go live in April 2020, was delayed until October. A couple of months before the October roll-out, the scope of the mandate was reduced by lowering the threshold which left taxpayers below 500 Cr rupees outside of the first go-live […]
The Turkish Revenue Administration (TRA) expanded the e-transformation practices both in terms of application and taxpayers in scope with the General Communique issued on 19 October 2019. Within this context, using the e-invoice system and e-arşiv invoices became mandatory for businesses with a year-end turnover of TRY 5 million and above. Taxpayers with gross sales […]
These days another country adopting a continuous transaction control (CTC) regime doesn’t come as a surprise. Having seen the benefits of CTC systems, countries are increasing their efforts to implement these regimes in a way that meet their needs. Saudi Arabia is following this trend by introducing a new e-invoicing system that is expected to […]
Scope of mandatory e-invoice clearance extended The global trend of Continuous Transaction Controls (CTCs), having spread from Latin America to Europe and more recently to Asia, is now increasingly gaining popularity in Africa. Egypt is modernizing its tax control system, and one of the most important elements of this is implementing the digital processing of […]
While Italy rolled out its continuous transaction controls (CTC) reform in 2019, 2020 has been a year of expansion. Italian authorities plan to leverage all potential benefits of the successful implementation of the country’s central e-invoicing platform. Many of the updates will either be launched or enforced in the upcoming year, or later in 2022. […]
The scope of Hungary’s real-time reporting has been extended. From 1 January 2021, reporting obligations will also include invoices issued for domestic B2C transactions in addition to invoices relating to intra-community supplies and exports. However, the Ministry of Finance has granted a sanction-free three month grace period from 1 January to 31 March 2021 allowing […]
Brexit: What are the Implications for VAT Brexit is set to become reality at the end of December. So, what does it mean for organizations doing business in the UK and the European Union? Turns out, there are several tax implications that will need to be accounted for. In this episode of the Sovos Expert […]