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January 2026 Tax & Reg Watchpoint
This month in Paris, the 6th Meeting of the OECD Global Forum on VAT marked the 10th anniversary of the OECD International VAT/GST Guidelines, which h...
December 2025 Tax & Reg Watchpoint
Happy New Year, and welcome to 2026! Brazil’s new indirect tax system entered into test phase in January 2026, alongside reforms to China’s VAT ru...
November 2025 Tax & Reg Watchpoint
The recent various government budget announcements have triggered a fresh round of rules and regulatory measures, signalling that ecommerce companies,...
October 2025 Tax & Reg Watchpoint
With the start of the fourth quarter came a flurry of budget discussions, and as governments search for revenue, they are considering a range of measu...
Beyond Digital: VAT Liability for Service Platforms
The world of professional services has evolved into a borderless marketplace. Freelancers, consultants, and independent professionals now make up a su...
September 2025 Tax & Reg Watchpoint
With summer holidays behind us, September brought a renewed wave of tax updates and policy shifts to tackle… This is a glimpse of what caught my att...
From Border to Checkout: The Global Shift to Point-of-Sale Tax Collection
Up until July 2018, it was possible to send low‑value parcels internationally without paying customs duties, VAT, GST, or Sales Tax if the seller ha...
Summer 2025 Tax & Reg Watchpoint
A glimpse of what caught my attention: While summer is typically a quieter season for tax and regulation, this year has broken the trend. From VAT hik...
Marketplaces, We Have a Problem: When Billions in Tax Revenue Meet the 21st-Century E-Commerce Maze
Scroll, click, delivered—marketplaces have made shopping that easy, and they’re cashing in. Analysts expect the top 100 platforms to move US $3.8 ...
Understanding the Latest U.S. Tariff Changes and Their Impact on E-Commerce
Introduction Last week, President Trump announced sweeping changes to U.S. tariff regulations, sparking widespread concern and speculation across glob...
Secondhand Platforms: Driving Circular Revenue While Navigating Tax Complexities
A recent report issued by Vinted and Retail Economics shows that “secondhand shopping” – the concept of purchasing second hand goods –...
E-Commerce at a Crossroads: Balancing Fair Taxation and Market Access
When it comes to taxes, let’s be honest—most people’s eyes glaze over. Yet around the world, governments are increasingly eager to levy taxes an...
Lack of Seller Check Can Enables VAT Fraud: The Impact of EU and UK Marketplace Liability Loopholes
A platform specializing in second-hand technology, recently alerted the French tax authorities that a competing e-commerce platform may not be perform...
From Likes to Liability: Navigating the Tax Maze in the Predicted Trillion-Dollar Social Commerce Market
Social commerce is rapidly transforming the retail landscape, with predictions of it becoming a trillion-dollar industry by 2028. This surge is alread...
Key Tax Considerations When Launching a Platform
The platform economy is revolutionizing how we transact, connect, and create value. A platform is more than just a digital marketplace—it’s an eco...
Customer Location Complexities: The Tax Dilemma for Online Businesses
The checkout page is the “holy grail” of online commerce. It’s where the online sales journey is finally and successfully completed, but it’s ...
The enhanced significance of an online marketplace’s relationship with its sellers
Almost by stealth, and in just a few years, the role of marketplaces in the collection and remittance of taxes has changed immeasurably. We are not ju...
Selling online globally: the hidden complexities of filing and paying VAT
As new rules covering the cross-border supply of online sales rolled out globally, many businesses have been caught unawares by the hidden complexity ...
DAC7 and the difficulties involved in data acquisition and validation
As the first DAC7 deadline approaches online platforms are beginning to squirm. Those platform operators with obligations to comply with the European ...
Assessing liability when multiple platforms are involved in an online sale is complicated
The terms ‘marketplace facilitator’, ‘intermediary’, ‘electronic distribution platform’, or ‘electronic interface’ are used across the...
The Rise of the Platform Economy: Anticipating the needs of today & the future
We are moving to a future in commerce that goes beyond what we are used to today. That future is the platform economy where we will have access to eve...
At your service: broadening a digital platform’s scope for VAT/GST liability
1. The perfect gig: tax authorities and online platform business models When tax authorities leverage your business model for the collection and remit...
The seismic shift where “tax just happens” is closer than you think
The world of taxation is on the cusp of seismic change, instant (or natural) taxation is on the lips of architects of tax administrations across the g...