United Kingdom: Focus now shifts to Brexit trade deal negotiations
10th February 2020: The United Kingdom has officially left the EU. The official departure date of the UK was Friday 31 January 2020 at 11pm.
Turkey: Introduction of Digital Service Tax
5th February 2020: In October 2019, the Turkish Government submitted a bill to introduce a Digital Services Tax (DST) into Turkish legislation.
VAT rate changes 2020.
24 January 2020: Canary Island, Germany, Czech Republic, Ireland and Italy are some of the countries to be impacted by VAT changes in 2020.
India: e-invoicing
16 January 2020: E-invoicing has become available voluntarily from January 2020 and will become mandatory from April 2020 for B2B transactions.
HMRC Updates VAT Notice for EU Businesses Ahead of No-Deal Brexit
13 January 2020: The HMRC has recently updated the VAT Notice 700/1 to provide temporary rules, which allow some EU Businesses to apply for a UK VAT registration in advance of a no-deal Brexit.
VAT on digital services update.
10th January 2020: Ecuador & Paraguay have imposed VAT on non-resident sales of digital & electronic services to consumers in their countries.