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European ecommerce tax laws to be extended
News The European Commission wants to extend the existing rules about VAT on European ecommerce transactions. He also called on the EU Council to adopt the two proposals which would give permanent effect to... [18 May 2006]
Ecommerce tax faces rough ride
News The proposal to force non-EU companies to add VAT on all goods purchased online will be tough to enforce, a leading lawyer has stated. Organisations based outside the European Union will be expected to put... [15 Feb 2002]
US e-tailers hit by European ecommerce tax
News Non-EU online suppliers will have to register with a VAT organisation in the EU country of their choice and charge each consumer a tax rate specific to the consumer's own country. European web users will... [12 Feb 2002]
IR35 is driving a brain drain contractors claim
News But it's not just the tax climate which appears to attracting IT workers. Ecommerce minister Patricia Hewitt's comments on IR35 this week have got a few silicon.com readers a little hot under the collar. [31 May 2001]
Budget 2001: What the IT industry really, really wants
News But while industry campaigners admit they are unlikely to pressure the government into giving up ecommerce tax, they hope for more success with employee share schemes. This is a tax on... [02 Mar 2001]
EC backs e-invoice law
News It is hoped this will increase speed of invoicing, lower cost and make it easier for tax authorities to track and fight fraud. At present, 15 different sets of legislation govern electronic invoicing and several member... [21 Nov 2000]
EC makes case for Web regulation
News Ecommerce is just one driver to the simplification of the tax scheme which, Kerrigan said was an "old patchwork of measures put together on an ad hoc basis". But in other countries it is enforced, which... [20 Jun 2000]
UK Chancellor sets out e-government roadmap for SMEs
News The first scheme will involve the creation of an "e-tax adviser" to allow SMEs to register online with the Inland Revenue, Customs and Excise and for VAT. Brown said he would reform tax... [06 Mar 2000]
HM Customs closes in on ecommerce tax system
News He is investigating technological solutions that could distribute VAT across Europe at different rates, from a single European registry. A single European VAT registry would normally require member... [16 Dec 1999]
Lobby group pushes for ecommerce tax breakthrough
News The EeTG's business leaders are sure they can convince member states to unify their VAT tax collection, in the name of efficient ecommerce. PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has leapt into... [15 Dec 1999]
WTO ministers fail to agree on Internet taxation
News In June, the EC published its own paper on Internet taxation establishing the principle of transferring existing sales tax onto the Internet with as few changes as possible. American companies won't necessarily want to... [05 Dec 1999]
Ecommerce to wipe nearly £10bn off VAT revenues
News The UK's VAT (value-added tax) revenues are under threat from ecommerce, according to a research paper published by the Institute of Directors (IoD) this week. According to the IoD,... [31 Aug 1999]
UK Customs acts while DTI ponders over Net security
News In a statement released this week, Customs said the Net is now private and secure enough to communicate tax information, thanks to encryption technologies and digital signatures. While we believe this is a welcome... [11 Mar 1999]
UK Customs and Excise calls for Net tax delay
News The paper says tax should not be allowed to stifle the development of electronic trade and concludes that ecommerce should not be subject to special taxes. Following the US government's moratorium on... [13 Oct 1998]
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