After leaving the EU on 31 January 2020, the UK is scheduled to leave the VAT regime and Customs Union on 31 December 2020. This is under the agreed Brexit Withdrawal Agreement (‘WA’) between the UK and EU, which allows for a 11-month ‘transition period’. What happens between now and 31 December 2020? Until then, nothing changes for VAT of Continue Reading

Ahead of the Brexit deadline on the 31st October, Amazon have recommended that sellers prepare by moving 4 – 8 weeks’ worth of inventory to both sides of the border (UK and EU). All inventory should be moved by 17th October 2019. Moving your stock from UK to an EU country could help you avoid the possible delays that cross-border sales might face Continue Reading

Last week the Spanish Tax Authorities published the Draft Bill for modifying the VAT Law and the VAT Regulation with the purpose to include the simplification measures related with the intracommunity delivery of goods known as “VAT Quick Fixes 2020“. The main objective of these new measure is to harmonize and simplify the trade of goods between countries of the EU. The Continue Reading

Commission proposals published in April 2018 on reforming and digitalising EU company law in order to make it easier for companies to merge, divide or move within the EU Single Market, whilst preventing fraud and abusive behaviour in cross-border operations, have been adopted by the EU Parliament, with 522 votes in favour, 54 opposed and 16 abstentions. The rules allow Continue Reading

Following up on the VAT Action Plan of April 2016, the European Commission published a comprehensive proposal aimed at adopting a definitive VAT system for intra-EU cross border trade based on the “destination principle”, i.e. taxation in the Member State of destination of the goods. The definitive VAT system shall replace the transitional VAT system of 1993, which is no Continue Reading

Value Added Tax (VAT) Purchase and sale of bitcoins and other virtual currencies against conventional currencies is according to the sale of legal tender currencies VAT free. This is a result of a decision by the European Court of Justice Rs C-264/15 Hedqvist dated 22nd Oct 2015. Up to now it is not clear whether the exchange of one virtual Continue Reading

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The Italian Tax Authorities released a publication ; confirming their Intention to remove taxpayers from the  VAT Information Exchange System (VIES) , who have not submitted Intrastat declarations since the first quarter of 2016 and therefore appear to be inactive from the Italian Tax Authorities perspective. A taxable person intending to trade within EU is obliged to request the Italian Continue Reading