OECD: Draft Multilateral Convention Provisions on Digital Services Taxes under Amount A

21 December, 2022

On 20 December 2022 the OECD issued for public consultation draft provisions on digital services taxes that would be included in a multilateral convention (MLC) in relation to Pillar One of the two-pillar approach to international taxation. The

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Austria releases digital services tax guide

31 December, 2019

On 20 December 2019, Finance Ministry published guide regarding digital service tax. Under the guide, 5% tax will be applicable for advertisements on a digital interface. Accordingly, this guide helps to know of how to submit or payment digital

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Malaysia releases digital services tax guide

04 September, 2019

On 20 August 2019, the Royal Malaysian Customs Department published a service tax guide on digital services. The purpose of the guide is to provide a general understanding of the relevant treatment under Sales Tax and Services Tax Legislation and

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Spain introduces law on digital service tax

12 February, 2019

On January 25, 2019, a bill on the digital service tax was published in the law sheet of the Spanish legislature. If adopted, it is expected that the bill will be applied in the second half of 2019. The digital services tax would apply to taxpayers

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India: GST Council approves draft CGST and IGST Bills

14 March, 2017

The GST Council approved the draft Central Goods and Services Tax (CGST) Bill and Integrated Goods and Services Tax (IGST) Bill on 4 March 2017. Some of the significant points of the CGST and IGST Bills are summarised below: A State-wise single

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Turkey: General Communiqué No. 4 on tax amnesty published

02 December, 2016

General Communiqué No. 4 regarding Law No. 6736 on the tax amnesty was published in the Official Gazette and entered into force on 2nd December 2016. This Communiqué gives explanations and examples concerning the assets transfer from abroad to

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India: Progressive Refund Process, Exports of services

15 November, 2015

In India Exporters of services are now entitled to claim a refund of the unused central value added tax credit of service tax / duties paid with respect to the procurement of goods and services that are used for the export of output

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India: Service Tax on Bank Fees and Commission

22 October, 2014

Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) will have to pay more to remit money to India as the government of India has imposed a service tax on “fees or commission” levied by banks and financial institutions for facilitating remittances from abroad. The

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India: Implementation of the new Bill on Goods & Services Tax from 2016

16 October, 2014

The Indian Goods & Services Tax (GST) implementation plans took a big step forward last week as a new Bill was published included resolutions to many of the issues that have long-held up the reforms to the existing indirect tax regime. The new

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US Agreed To Extend The Internet Tax Moratorium

21 September, 2014

United States have agreed a short-term extension to the Internet Tax Freedom Act until December 11, 2014. The Republican-led House voted 319 to 108 to pass the continuing resolution on September 17, and, on the following day, the Senate followed

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Russia: No VAT on foreign IP sales

19 August, 2014

Intellectual property means the rights or license for copyrights, trademarks and patents to apply. According to the Federal Tax Service, the sales for Intellectual Property (IP) by a foreign company to a Russian company for apply outside of Russia

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Pakistan: Budget 2014/15 introduces GST and excise changes

12 June, 2014

With the Budget 2014/15 Pakistan is introducing a number of minor changes to the Goods & Services Tax (GST) and Excise Duty regimes from July 2014. Following changes will take place: Simplified GST regime introduced for the retail

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Italy: new rules on taxation of digital economy services partially repealed

16 March, 2014

Law Decree No. 16/2014 was published in the Official Gazette No. 54. Under article 2(1)(a) of the Law Decree, some of the new rules on taxation of digital economy services have been repealed. These rules required advertising services purchased

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South Africa delays implementation of GST on foreign digital supplies

26 December, 2013

It has been published on 26 December 2013 that the plans to implement South African GST on digital supplies have been delayed from January 2014 until at least the start of April 2014. In a change to the Taxation Laws Amendment Act, the South African

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GST in Malaysia supported by the IMF

19 December, 2013

It was reported on 19 December 2013 that the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Mission Chief for Malaysia said at the conclusion of discussions for the 2013 Article IV Consultation that he welcomes the country’s decision to introduce a Goods

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India: Clarifies conditions of service tax amnesty

17 December, 2013

The Indian Finance Ministry has wanted to clarify concerns over its Service Tax Voluntary Compliance Encouragement Scheme (VCES) by commenting on issues raised by industry representatives. The Finance Minister recently settled a series of

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Australia: E-commerce registration threshold for non-resident remain unchanged

03 December, 2013

The Australian Goods and Services Tax (GST) registration threshold for e-commerce on-line sales to consumers has been kept unchanged by the Australian government. Despite this the government intends to begin a review into the GST threshold for

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Pakistan: Tax law changes enacted in Finance Act 2013

01 August, 2013

Pakistan’s Finance Act 2013 implements the tax changes proposed in the budget for 2013. The changes came into force from 1 July 2013. The Finance Act 2013 includes following tax provisions: Change the rules on the taxation of property income,

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