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   <title>New Zealand increase GST to 15% from October 1</title>
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   <pubDate>02 Sep 2010 09:02:00 GMT</pubDate>
   <description><![CDATA[With effect from October 1, New Zealand's Goods and Service Tax (GST) will be increased from 12.5% to 15%.
Some transitional rules have been introduced, including:

    giving credits by issuing a new tax invoice;
    issuing invoices with a different date from the ...]]></description>
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   <title>Romania - Introduction of a new Registry of intra-Community operators</title>
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   <pubDate>30 Aug 2010 08:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
   <description><![CDATA[The Romanian tax authorities have recently announced a new Registry of intra-Community operators. Companies that are registered for VAT purposes in Romania and are involved in intra-Community supplies (i.e. despatches or arrivals) of goods or services are obliged to register in the new Registry b...]]></description>
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   <title>South Africa - Changes to VAT return form VAT 201e</title>
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   <pubDate>30 Aug 2010 08:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
   <description><![CDATA[South African Revenue Services (&ldquo;SARS&rdquo;) have announced changes to the VAT return form VAT201e, mainly affecting transactions related to the im- and export of goods.
The new form should be used by any trader submitting their VAT return electronically (e-filers). Paper-filers sh...]]></description>
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   <title>Swiss VAT ID attracts VAT on services supplied in Switzerland</title>
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   <pubDate>30 Aug 2010 08:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
   <description><![CDATA[Despite the introduction of the general reverse charge for services provided by foreign service providers, services provided by a company not established, but VAT registered in Switzerland, continue to be subject to Swiss VAT.
This means that the foreign services provider has to issue an ...]]></description>
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   <title>UK - Finance Act (No 2) Receives Royal Assent</title>
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   <pubDate>30 Aug 2010 08:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
   <description><![CDATA[The UK Finance Act which will introduce the increase of the UK standard rate of VAT from 17.5% to 20% with effect from 4 January 2011, received Royal Assent on 27 July 2010.
Other changes include:

    Anti-forestalling legislation that ensures the correct VAT rate applies t...]]></description>
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   <title>UK - HMRC Publishes Revenue &amp; Customs Brief 31/01</title>
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   <pubDate>30 Aug 2010 08:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
   <description><![CDATA[HMRC have announced that it will not appeal a decision by the Court of Appeal, who decided that the exemption from VAT can be extended to insurance introductory services (joined cases of InsuranceWide.com and Trader Media Group Ltd).
The exemption from VAT will also apply to introductory ...]]></description>
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   <title>VATtrends EU News Jul/Aug 2010 Issue</title>
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   <pubDate>30 Aug 2010 08:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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    Adoption of New Invoicing Directive - Effective from 1 January 2013
    Proposal for reverse charge on electronic goods for Germany, Italy and Austria &ndash; UK requests to extend their existing derogation...]]></description>
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   <title>VATtrends Cases of Interest Jul/Aug 2010 Issue</title>
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   <pubDate>30 Aug 2010 08:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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    Judgment in case Pannon Gep Centrum Kft (C-368/09) &ndash; Minor Invoice Errors &ndash; Deduction of VAT
    ECJ Decision &ndash; Astra Zeneca UK Ltd &ndash; C-40/09
    ...]]></description>
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   <title>Austrian Parliament passes changes to the VAT Act</title>
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   <pubDate>25 Aug 2010 08:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
   <description><![CDATA[The most important changes are listed below:

    As of 1 July 2010, the reverse charge also applies to the supply of heat and cooling energy and the transfer of greenhouse gas emissions certificates. The trade with greenhouse gas emissions certificates was in recent times particula...]]></description>
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   <title>China - Recovery of VAT - Lost VAT invoices</title>
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   <pubDate>25 Aug 2010 08:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
   <description><![CDATA[The Chinese State Administration of Taxation has issued a notice regarding the deduction of input VAT for foreign traders who have lost their VAT invoice offset page. Guoshuihan [2010] No. 162 stipulates that where foreign trade enterprises have lost the invoice page and the recovery page (note: ...]]></description>
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