Digital goods enter the 21st century of taxation

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Digital goods enter the 21st century of taxation

December 16 2014
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Richard Asquith, VP of Global Tax Compliance at Avalara, explains upcoming changes to European Union VAT rules and how they will affect digital service providers from January 1 2015. The changes are contained within article 58 2006/122/EC of the EU VAT Directive and all 28 member states are in the process of ratifying the changes through local VAT legislation.

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