Expats living in France are not pleased about increases on the cost of sending packages. The reason? Brexit is the obvious one. Anyone sending parcels from the UK to France now has to contend with customs duties. But there’s another
Ecommerce sales in Germany grew 19% in 2021 compared to the previous year. Ecommerce has shown consistent global growth, and Covid lockdowns accelerated the trend. Increasingly, consumers are shipping using their mobile devices. According to reports, 40% of all German
Online shoppers in EU states are buying fewer goods from outside Europe. It’s all to do with new VAT rules. A consumer association study reveals that 44% of respondents are buying fewer goods from outside the EU. This follows the
The digital economy has changed the way we do business. EU policymakers are seeking to update VAT policy to meet the realities of the internet age. Developing a new VAT framework that accounts for the pace and variety of ecommerce
Cambodia will introduce VAT on online sales of goods and services from 1 April 2022. Cambodia originally scheduled the rollout of e-commerce VAT for 1 January. Under the new rules, any nonresident company that supplies online goods or services to
An exhaustive survey reveals how Europe’s new e-commerce VAT rules are affecting people’s online shopping experience. The IPC has just released its cross-border e-commerce shopper survey for 2021. The survey includes answers from over 30 000 respondents in 40 markets.
How can e-commerce businesses adapt when international VAT compliance rules change? It depends, in part, on how much assistance you get from the local tax and customs offices. Consider the case of Finland. Following a recent change to EU regulations,
When do you pay VAT without paying VAT? And what if you charged that VAT to yourself in the first place? If those sound like trick questions, well they sort of are. But it’s the good kind of trick. A
“If you visit Amazon, we are expecting Amazon to add VAT charge to whatever transaction you are paying for.” On the surface, that’s a simple enough statement. But once we unpack it, we discover just how much the internet has
