As we have been notifying, as of January 1, 2021, the United Kingdom ceases to be part of the customs territory of the European Union, becoming a third country in any acquisition and/or delivery, going on to treat such transactions as operations of import and / or export.
Friday, 11 September 2020/Published inCustoms, VAT
Last September 4th, the Spanish Tax Authorities published the draft to amend the Spanish VAT Returns Form 303 (adopted by Spanish Order EHA/3786/2008 of December 29th), Form 322 and 353 (adopted by Spanish Order EHA/3434/2007 of November 23rd).
The Spanish Government has published the Royal Decree-Law 11/2020, of March 31 2020, entered into force yesterday, which approves urgent measures to try to mitigate impacts of Coronavirus (COVID-19).
In the framework of the urgent tax measures implemented by the Government of Spain due to the extraordinary situation caused by the Covid-19 coronavirus, the Ministry of Tax has published, on its website, a notice informing taxpayers the extension of the term of the tax procedures that are in progress until an amendment on the tax regulation is published.
In the event that you or your Company is involved in a tax procedure, it will be considered suspended until the Spanish Tax Office issues a new communication.
From Salinas & Partners, we will promptly inform our Clients of any tax communication that may affect both operations and transactions of their business.
The Spanish Tax Administration has published the Plan Tax and Customs Control (BOE 01/28/2020) with important developments in verification actions taking place during 2020, considering the relevant elements that are weaving the current international environment: Brexit, retaliation measures imposed to the United States, e-commerce, artificial intelligence and data analysis under the Big Data technique, new highly digitized business models, cryptocurrencies and services trade.
On January 1, 2020, the so called “Quick Fixes” of the VAT Action Plan that the Commission has implemented for cross-border trade through Directive (EU) 2018/1910 enter into force.
There has been much speculation about the disappearance of the international commerce terms (Incoterms®) EXW and DDP, due to the entry into force of the 2020 version, recently published by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC).
Council Directive (EU) 2017/2445 establishes new regulations for the purposes of VAT, with effect January 1, 2021, in the treatment of e-commerce in goods, commonly called as distance sales of goods and electronic services rendered to private individuals.
In principle, next March 29, 2019 is the date for no deal of the United Kingdom from the European Union. As of today, the Parliament of the United Kingdom has not ratified the agreements reached between the government of that country and the European Union. If that date arrives with no deal, the exit will have important consequences, from the point of view of indirect taxation (Customs, VAT and Excise Duties), for economic operators both in the EU and in the United Kingdom.
The Tax and Customs Control Plan contains the general guidelines on the verification and investigation procedures to be carried out by Tax and Customs Authorities during 2019 to taxpayers with identified as risky, in order to mitigate tax and customs fraud.
