BDO Indirect Tax News

BDO Indirect Tax News focuses on issues of practical importance in the field of VAT and similar indirect taxes, such as GST. Experts from all over the world provide first-hand information on recent developments in legislation, jurisdiction and tax authorities’ opinions and directives.

In this issue: 

  • ARGENTINA – Administrative changes to the value added tax regime
  • BAHRAIN – Second phase of VAT implementation to kick in
  • BELGIUM – Update VAT rate modifications in Belgium (ebooks and bicycles)
  • CANADA – Non-residents of Canada impacted by federal Carbon Pricing Backstop
  • FRANCE – EU VAT Refund claim – Failing to respond in a timely fashion to Tax Authorities’ Request for Additional Information
  • INDIA – GST – The road ahead
  • JAPAN – Revision of Japanese consumption tax system
  • THE NETHERLANDS – New rules regarding the special exemption scheme for small enterprises
  • NORWAY – Various VAT changes in Norway
  • ROMANIA – CJEU Judgment in C-17/18 Mailat – VAT treatment of a restaurant leased to a third party
  • SAUDI ARABIA – Revised rules for Directors’ Fees
  • SINGAPORE – Zero-rating of support services
  • SOUTH AFRICA
    • Update on VAT on e-services in South Africa
    • Recent amendments, court cases and other changes in VAT for 2019
  • SPAIN
  • UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – New tax schemes introduced in the UAE
  • ZIMBABWE – Submission of VAT returns and payments