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27 Nov 2025

Everything you need to know about China’s VAT rebate policy

Everything you need to know about China’s VAT rebate policy Understanding China’s VAT Rebate Policy: Foreign companies and their China subsidiaries that belong to specific categories are now eligible to apply for a full VAT refund. Here’s everything you need to know about China’s VAT rebate policy and whether or not your organisation is eligible. […]

27 Nov 2025

VAT Triangulation EU Cross Border

VAT Triangulation in the EU: A Practical Guide for Cross-Border Trade If you’ve ever dealt with goods crossing EU borders between multiple trading partners, you’ll know how quickly VAT obligations can become complicated. Enter triangulation, a simplification mechanism designed to ease VAT compliance for businesses involved in cross-border supply chains involving three EU-based parties. In essence, triangulation exists […]

27 Nov 2025

Bulgaria Set to Join the Euro Area in 2026: What Businesses Need to Know

Bulgaria set to joinpaying VAT for the Euro Area in 2026:What businesses need to know Bulgaria to Join the Euro Area in 2026: Key Insights for Businesses On 4 June 2025, the European Commission announced that Bulgaria is ready to adopt the euro, pending final approval by the Council of the EU, expected on 8 July […]

27 Nov 2025

How to Avoid Paying VAT for ChatGPT in Kazakhstan: A Guide for Businesses

How to avoid paying VAT for ChatGPT in Kazakhstan: A guide for businesses ChatGPT in Kazakhstan: A guide for businesses Kazakhstan VAT and ChatGPT: How Businesses Can Avoid Unnecessary Charges From 1 August 2025, users in Kazakhstan who subscribe to ChatGPT will notice a new line on their invoices: a 12% Value Added Tax (VAT). This change, […]

27 Nov 2025

Australia Foreign Registration and GST: Overseas Business Claimants

Australia Foreign Registration and GST: Overseas Business Claimants Explore the reclaim opportunities available within the industry Most businesses are familiar with the compliance requirements and the burdensome red tape of recovering input VAT (value-added tax) domestically – albeit roughly! Yet what about VAT potential abroad? In Australia, the equivalent of VAT is GST (goods and […]

27 Nov 2025

Foreign Registration in Japan and JCT

Foreign Registration in Japan and JCT Foreign Business Registration in Japan and Understanding JCT Japan has become renowned for its lucrative business landscape, compelling many foreign companies to travel to Japan for business purposes or one-off events. Although this doesn’t necessarily involve making sales, it still includes a plethora of business-related expenses. Where does VAT […]

27 Nov 2025

Singapore drives changes on GST claims for motor cars & more

Singapore drives changes on GST claims for motor cars & more Understanding Singapore’s New GST Rules for Motor Cars and Other Assets 2023 has been a year of change regarding Singapore’s GST rates and scope. The Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore has recently published another update regarding GST claims for motor cars – this time […]

27 Nov 2025

Income Tax vs. GST: How They’re Different

Income Tax vs. GST:How They’re Different Income Tax vs. GST: Understanding the Key Differences What is GST tax exactly? GST, goods and services tax, is a consumption tax that applies to a wide range of goods and services. Like value-added tax (VAT), GST is charged at every stage in the production process. That means that just […]

27 Nov 2025

VAT recovery for businesses in the USA

VAT recovery for businesses in the USA Understanding VAT Recovery Processes for Businesses in the United States As a business based in the United States, you’re probably well aware of the concept of sales tax. However, what happens when your business expands beyond just the 52 states? Can you reclaim the sales tax incurred […]

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7 Oct 2026

Spain’s e-Invoicing Landscape Changes

Spain’s e-Invoicing Landscape Changes Again: VERI*FACTU Postponed as Mandatory B2B e-Invoicing Moves Towards October 2027 Spain has taken two important steps in the development of its digital invoicing framework. On the one hand, the Ministry of Finance has announced plans to postpone the outstanding obligations under the invoicing software rules commonly associated with VERI*FACTU until […]

6 Oct 2026

Can You Reclaim VAT on Corporate Events When Family Members Are Invited?

Can You Reclaim VAT on Corporate Events When Family Members Are Invited? Most finance teams already know that VAT on staff entertainment is a complicated area. What is less well known is what happens when a corporate event extends beyond employees to include their families. Does inviting partners and children to a company away day […]

5 Oct 2026

eezi by VAT IT Integrates with Sage Intacct for Automated e-Invoicing Compliance

Where did that invoice go? Sage Intacct customers won’t have to ask anymore Every finance team that sells across borders knows the feeling. You’ve issued the invoice, the work is done, and now you wait. Did it arrive? Did the local tax authority accept it? Is it sitting in a queue somewhere waiting to be […]

23 Sep 2026

eezi by VAT IT and Consilio.io: SAP Concur e-Invoicing Partnership

eezi by VAT IT and Consilio.io: SAP Concur e-Invoicing Partnership Every Business is Also Somebody Else’s Supplier A finance team running SAP Concur usually thinks of e-Invoicing as an incoming problem. A supplier issues something and Concur Invoice has to make sense of it. But that same business is also a supplier to somebody […]

17 Sep 2026

When You Need an Intra-Community VAT Number and How to Get One

When You Need an Intra-Community VAT Number and How to Get One If your business buys or sells goods and services across EU borders, intra-community VAT is something you will need to understand. It is not the same as domestic VAT, and the rules around registration, invoicing, and reporting work differently from what most businesses […]

10 Sep 2026

5 Top AI-Powered Tax Compliance Tools in 2026

5 Top AI-Powered Tax Compliance Tools Tax compliance software has come a long way and what used to mean basic automation now includes machine learning, smarter data processing and tools that can spot problems before they become expensive. The category has a new name: AI-powered tax compliance. For finance and tax teams managing tax […]

8 Sep 2026

SAF-T Reporting Explained: What Businesses Need to Submit for VAT Compliance

SAF-T Reporting Explained: What Businesses Need to Submit for VAT Compliance Tax authorities across Europe are moving away from manual, sample-based audits. In their place, a growing number of jurisdictions now require businesses to submit structured accounting and VAT data in a standardised format that can be checked automatically, at scale, and in far greater […]

28 Aug 2026

The DGFiP Has Spoken: France’s September e-Invoicing Deadline Stands

The DGFiP Has Spoken: France’s September e-Invoicing Deadline Stands. There has been speculation in recent weeks about whether France’s mandatory e-Invoicing deadline would be pushed back following a cyberattack on the DGFiP, France’s Public Finances Directorate. The French government has now responded directly, and the answer is unambiguous: no postponement. David Amiel, Minister for […]

20 Aug 2026

How to Deregister for VAT and What to Consider First

How to Deregister for VAT and What to Consider First A drop in turnover, a change of business model, or the closure of a cross-border sales channel can all result in a company being registered for a tax it no longer needs to charge. Cancelling that registration is rarely as simple as writing to the […]

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28 Nov 2025

E-Invoicing in Croatia

E-Invoicing in Croatia: Mandatory B2B Rollout Croatia Confirms Mandatory B2B E-Invoicing: What Companies Need to Know Croatia has officially confirmed the introduction of mandatory business-to-business (B2B) electronic invoicing beginning 1 January 2026, as part of its sweeping Fiscalization 2.0 reform project. With the Fiscalization Act now passed and published, the initiative is shifting from planning to implementation, bringing […]

29 Nov 2025

25 Years of GST in Australia: Is it Time for an Update?

25 Years of Australia’s GST: A Look at Whether 25 Years of Australia’s GST: A Look at Whether Reform Is Needed 25 Years of GST in Australia: Is It Time for an Update? It’s been a quarter of a century since the introduction of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) in Australia, a system that […]

29 Nov 2025

How does VAT work?

How does VAT work? A Practical Guide to How VAT Works in Modern Tax Systems VAT is one of the most common and important taxes in the world. But how does VAT actually work? Let’s take a closer look at what VAT is and how it functions in the real world. We’ll dig into […]

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This webinar explains how US businesses can identify and recover foreign VAT, breaking down key concepts like reciprocity and showing where refund opportunities are often missed.