Since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a number of economic and individual measures – known as “sanctions packages” – have been taken by the European Union. In

Eleventh package of restrictive measures against Russia: beware of export diversions, particularly for products containing semi-conductors!

Extension of e-invoicing and introduction of e-reporting in France – publication of an English version of the external specifications
French tax authorities have published an English version of the “external specifications” that contain all documents describing the formats for exchanges with the public invoicing portal in the context of

Reverse-charge mechanism generalized to all importers as from 1 January 2022
This article was first published on Tax@Hand, and is reproduced on this blog with the authorization of its authors. On 1 January 2022, France will generalize the import VAT reverse-charge mechanism

E-invoicing – entry into force of the new rules postponed to July 1, 2024
As a reminder, an ordinance relating to the generalization of e-invoicing in the frame of domestic B2B transactions and e-reporting have been published on September 16th, 2021. The ordinance was

Oman and United Arab Emirates: Implementation of “Special Zones” from a VAT perspective and others VAT updates
New VAT clarifications and guidance have been issued by Oman and United Arab Emirates’ authorities. In this article, we provide a summary of the updates. VAT updates concerning Oman Creation

E-commerce : towards an all-round tracking of the transactions
In order to eradicate VAT fraud relating to e-commerce, new place of taxation rules, simplified compliance, but also a new VAT payer status impacting online marketplaces will come into force

New development as regards invoicing
In a decision dated May 26, 2021 (n° 2021-908 QPC), the French Constitutional Council (i.e., “Conseil Constitutionnel”) ruled that the fine provided for in article 1737, I-3 of the FTC

13rd Directive VAT refund claims: electronic filing will become mandatory
The decree n°2021-507 dated April 27, 2021 (FROJ dated April 29) has just confirmed it: operators established outside the EU, neither established nor subject to VAT compliance obligations in France,

E-commerce: the subscription campaign to the VAT one-stop shop (OSS-IOSS) is opened.
Since April 22nd, the one stop shop – OSS, in its new version, has been opened for subscription. The one-stop shop system enables to report VAT due within the European Union

Refund of French VAT incurred in 2020 by GB taxable persons neither established nor filing VAT returns in France
Directive 2008/9/CE – so called « 8th Directive » As per our information, regarding the VAT charged in 2020 to companies established in Great-Britain, the access to the refund portal