Indirect Tax

Archive: Indirect Tax

This content is from: Belgium

Environmental fiscal reform: Windows of opportunity

Constanze Adolf, of Green Budget Europe, looks at environmental fiscal reform (EFR) in a post-crisis context, assessing the prospects for EFR to raise government revenue and promote the polluter-pays principle.
August 28 2014
This content is from: Austria

Is it time to scrap the FTT?

With financial institutions struggling to deal with an abundance of new regulation, a new report urges the new EU Commission and Parliament to focus on growth, rather than implementing a badly designed tax that could ...
August 27 2014
This content is from: European Union

EU Commission adopts new customs risk management strategy

A new strategy and action plan aimed at developing better customs risk management has been approved by the EU Commission.
By Aaran Fronda
August 27 2014
This content is from: Australia

Australia unveils tax guidance on digital currencies

Bitcoin users in Australia will have to report and pay GST on their digital currency transactions, after the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) announced that digital currencies such as Bitcoin are not money or foreign ...
By Meredith McBride in Hong Kong
August 25 2014
This content is from: Brazil

Brazil: Tax benefits of Manaus Free Trade Zone extended until 2073

Ricardo M Debatin Silveira and Gabriel Caldiron Rezende of Machado Associados have good news for investors in the state of Amazonas in the north of Brazil.
By ITR Correspondent
August 25 2014
This content is from: France

Taxand appoints Alain Recoules as new global indirect tax leader
By Aaran Fronda
August 25 2014
This content is from: United States

Americas Awards nominations released

The nominations for the Americas Tax Awards, which take place in New York on September 18, have been announced on www.internationaltaxreview.com.
August 19 2014
This content is from: Malaysia

Malaysia: Clock is ticking for GST registration

With the introduction of the goods and services tax (GST) from April 2015, the Malaysian Customs Department has released its GST handbook to help prepare businesses for the new tax, but time is running out.
By Aaran Fronda
August 19 2014
This content is from: Singapore

Singapore to fully implement advance export declaration

From October 2014, Singapore will fully implement advance export declaration (AED), which will require all exporters to submit export declarations to Singapore Customs authorities before the physical export of goods.
By Aaran Fronda
August 12 2014
This content is from: Japan

Japan: Changes to place of supply rules will hurt overseas suppliers of digital services

The government has proposed changes to Japanese consumption tax (JCT) place of supply rules, so the levy applies equally to foreign and domestic suppliers of digital services.
By Aaran Fronda
August 12 2014
This content is from: Brazil

Brazil: Tax amnesty programme applied for Rio de Janeiro

The amnesty programme allows the waiver or reduction of penalties and interest relating to certain outstanding state tax obligations in a bid to increase tax revenue.
By Aaran Fronda
August 06 2014
This content is from: United Kingdom

Brian Birt joins MHA MacIntyre Hudson
By Aaran Fronda
August 06 2014
This content is from: United Kingdom

HMRC to get even tougher on tax avoidance

New proposals by the UK government to enlarge the scope of its Disclosure of Tax Avoidance Schemes (DOTAS) and VAT Avoidance Disclosure Regulations (VADR) regimes, as well as the drafting of a new financial product ha...
By Aaran Fronda
August 05 2014
This content is from: Australia

Australia: New GST refund measures remove scope for subjectivity

The rules that determine the amount a taxpayer can be refunded for payment of excess GST have now changed. The Tax Laws Amendment (2014 Measures No 1) Bill 2014 updates the Taxation Administration Act (TAA) to provide...
By Aaran Fronda
August 05 2014

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