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AFRICA REGION
ANGOLA
ASIA PACIFIC/ EUROPE
AUSTRALIA
- OECD Urges Australia to Increase Consumption Tax Rate and Reduce Exemptions
- ATO’s Draft Determination on GST for Combination Food Products
AUSTRIA
AZERBAIJAN
BAHAMAS
BARBADOS
BELGIUM
- Reduced VAT Rate for demolition and reconstruction set to be permanently applicable nationwide from 2024… But only for builders
- A Guide to VAT Rate Belgium and Compliance Requirements
BULGARIA
- Bulgaria’s Deputy Minister – Government’s vision is for uniform VAT rates of 20%
- Bulgaria Open To Retaining Hospitality VAT Relief
CANADA
CHINA
COSTA RICA
CYPRUS
- Extension of Zero Rate VAT on Basic Goods in Cyprus Extended for Six Months
- Cabinet of Ministers Approves Tax Measures Including Fuel and VAT Reductions
CZECH REPUBLIC
- Czech Republic to Consolidate Reduced VAT Rates and Introduce Zero Rate for Books in 2024
- Czech Consolidating reduced VAT Rates 2024; New 12% Rate
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
DENMARK
EGYPT
- Egypt Sets Customs Duty of 8% and VAT of 14% for Desert Humidifiers
- Egypt Implements VAT Zero-Rating for E-Commerce Services to Non-Residents
ESTONIA
EUROPE
EUROPEAN UNION
- EU Parliament Questions Use of Temporary VAT Rate Cuts in Times of Crisis
- ECJ: No VAT on Free Welcome Subscription Gifts
- ECJ C-146/22 (Dyrektor Krajowej Informacji Skarbowej) – Judgment – Different VAT rates for goods are sold at retail or prepared and supplied hot for immediate…
FRANCE
GERMANY
- Germany Cabinet Decision: Premature end of reduced VAT on gas from 1.1.2024
- Extension of Non-Objection Regulation for VAT Rate on Deliveries of Wood Chips
GREECE
- VAT on Electric Vehicle Charging in Greece: Clarifications and Guidelines
- Greece Reduces VAT for Agriculture and Disabled Mobility Works
INDIA
- India Implements GST on Registered Post and Courier Services, Increasing Prices for Customers
- 18% GST on parent company’s guarantee to subsidiary, waives tax for director’s personal guarantees
- All states for 28% GST on online money gaming effective from 1 October: Revenue Secy Sanjay Malhotra
- GST Council’s Goods and Services Tax Rate Recommendations: Comprehensive Overview
INDONESIA
IRELAND
- Ireland to Apply Zero VAT Rate for Electronic and Audio Books from 2024
- Ireland’s Zero-Rated Medical Equipment and Appliances: A Comprehensive Explanation
- Changes in VAT Rates in Ireland for 2023 and 2024: Extended Reduced Rates and Updates
- Budget 2024: VAT rate on the supply and installation of solar panels in schools
- Ireland cuts VAT E-Books to Nil
- Ireland extends Energy Temporary VAT Cut to 9% until Oct 31, 2024
ITALY
- VAT rate for infant products returns to 10%, sugar tax and plastic tax postponed to 2024
- Italy Extends Reduced VAT Rate for Natural Gas Consumption Until December 2023
KAZAKHSTAN
KENYA
LAOS
LATVIA
MALAYSIA
MALTA
- Malta Implements 12% Reduced VAT Rate for Selected Services effective Jan 1, 2024
- Malta Introduces Reduced VAT Rate for Short Term Charters of Pleasure Yachts
MONTENEGRO
MOROCCO
NETHERLANDS
- VAT increase in hotel sector cancelled: 9 percent remains
- Court: break drink in theatre still taxed at low VAT rate
- No reduced VAT rate for medical devices for skin conditions and skin irritations
NEW ZEALAND
NIGERIA
- Nigeria to Implement Telecoms Tax and Consider Raising VAT Rate
- Nigeria Temporarily Waives VAT on Diesel
PERU
PHILIPPINES
POLAND
- Official Letter: Determination of VAT Rate for Residential Building with Underground Garage
- Poland VAT rate for Children’s Book – 5% VAT
- VAT Rate for Hearing Aid Batteries: 8%
- Binding Tax Information – 0% VAT Rate for Fruit Snack
- How to prove zero VAT on exports in Poland?
- Binding Information on VAT Rate for Hamburger 0% VAT
PORTUGAL
- Portugal Proposes Further Reduction in Electricity VAT Rate in 2024 Budget
- Portugal extends temporary VAT exemption on certain food products until December 2023
- Portugal Extends Electricity VAT cut from 13% to 6%
ROMANIA
- Romania Increases VAT Rates on Various Supplies in 2024
- Romania Proposes to Increase VAT Rate to 9% for Event Tickets
RUSSIA
SLOVAKIA
SPAIN
- 10% VAT for Festival Entry with Sports Activities, Workshops, and Camping.
- Canary Islands: Reduced VAT Rates on Face Masks and Gloves Expires September 30, 2023
- VAT Rate for Services Provided by a Singer Hired for Private Events. DGT Consultation
- Standard VAT rate for Roadside Assistance Services Provided by Insurance Entities
SRI LANKA
SWITZERLAND
TUNISIA
- Tunisia’s 2024 Draft Finance Bill: Tax Increases for Restaurants and Nightclubs, VAT Reduction on Imports
- Finance Bill 2024 Plans to Reduce VAT, Road tax and Registration Fees for Electric Cars
TURKEY
UNITED KINGDOM
UNITED KINGDOM
- United Biscuits Plc – FTT – Whether biscuit partly covered in chocolate – yes
- Revenue and Customs Brief 7 (2023): change to the VAT treatment of drugs and medicines supplied under patient group directions
- Supreme Court provides definitive ruling that outsourced loan administration services provided to a bank are standard rated
UNITED STATES
- Missouri Sales Tax: Reduced Rate for Nonalcoholic Beverage Sales (Oct 31, 2023)
- Kansas Department of Revenue Issues Reminder on Food Sales Tax Rate Reduction in 2024
- Updated Guidance on Sales of Food for Indiana Sales and Use Tax Purposes
- San Diego Leaders Urged to Implement Sales Tax Hike for Revenue Boost
- Understanding the Complexities of Texas Taxes on Sales of Alcoholic Beverages
- Alabama Reduces Grocery Sales Tax to 3%, Aligning with Other US States
- Skagway, Alaska Approves 2023 Local Sales Tax Holiday
VIETNAM
- Proposal to Reduce VAT by 2% on all Goods
- Vietnam Considering Extension of VAT Rate Reduction in 2024
- Understanding the 8% VAT in Vietnam
- Government Agrees to Reduce VAT by 2% in the First Half of 2024
- Application of 8% or 10% VAT rate in Vietnam
WORLD
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