Name: Worldwide Indirect Tax Changes
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Monday, 17 August 2026 Global Indirect Tax · VAT · GST · E-invoicing

The global tax changelog — release notes for indirect-tax systems, sourced from official records

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Aug 10, 2026 · Europe · Middle East & Africa · Asia-Pacific · Americas · 28 updates

Thailand’s 7% rate runs out of road, Egypt cuts medical-equipment VAT to 5% (Week of August 10, 2026)

Thailand’s reduced 7% VAT rate expires on 30 September with no successor decree gazetted; Egypt enacts a 5% rate for production machinery and medical devices; Montenegro replaces its entire VAT statute; and Burundi cuts its registration threshold to a quarter of its old level.

Egypt · Russia · Thailand · Ethiopia · Qatar · Vietnam · Mauritius · Burundi · Montenegro · Cyprus · European Union · United Arab Emirates · Brazil · Hungary · Malta · France · Georgia · Cuba · United Kingdom · United States (Illinois) · Bolivia · South Korea · Poland Read the issue

Aug 3, 2026

EU · MEA · APAC · AMER

Brazil dates its new VATs to the invoice, France scraps the state portal (Week of August 3, 2026)

Brazil fixes mandatory CBS/IBS start dates for every electronic fiscal document, beginning 3 August; France abolishes the Portail Public de Facturation five weeks before its e-invoicing go-live; and France, Malaysia and Hungary all soften a mandate in the same month.

30 updates

Jul 27, 2026

EU · MEA · APAC · AMER

ZATCA halves the Wave 25 threshold, South Africa doubles its digital-services trigger (Week of July 27, 2026)

ZATCA cuts the Wave 25 e-invoicing threshold to SAR 187,500 with a 1 February 2027 deadline; South Africa lifts its non-resident electronic-services VAT threshold to R2.3 million while Zimbabwe switches to withholding at source; Utah and California bring SaaS into sales tax.

36 updates

Jul 20, 2026

EU · MEA · APAC · AMER

Sri Lanka's enacted VAT Act corrects the record, Kentucky drops its transaction test (Week of July 20, 2026)

Sri Lanka’s VAT (Amendment) Act No. 14 of 2026 reverses two figures earlier reported at bill stage; Kentucky simplifies economic nexus to a revenue-only test; Tanzania makes marketplaces the deemed supplier of electronic services.

23 updates

Jul 13, 2026

EU · MEA · APAC · AMER

Essentials VAT cuts sweep Europe as e-invoicing regimes get a mid-year overhaul

Austria, Denmark, the Isle of Man and Mauritius cut VAT on everyday essentials; Argentina, Romania, Kosovo and the UAE overhaul their e-invoicing rules; and Gibraltar, Botswana and Moldova bring new indirect taxes into force — each tied to its official source.

13 updates

Jul 8, 2026

EU · APAC · AMER

Compliance tightens in India and the Philippines as Hungary and Illinois ease the load

A quiet early-July week of administrative change — India mandates a new Ship-to GSTIN field in its e-invoice APIs, the Philippines tightens VAT on non-resident digital services, Hungary shelves stricter invoice-level reporting, and Illinois opens a remote-retailer sales-tax amnesty — each tied to its official source.

4 updates

Jul 2, 2026

MEA · APAC · AMER

Egypt cuts medical VAT as a fresh 1 July digital-tax and e-invoicing wave lands

Egypt's parliament cuts medical-equipment VAT to 5%, Sri Lanka taxes non-resident digital services and lifts its financial-services rate, the UAE opens its e-invoicing pilot, and US counties raise sales tax from 1 July 2026 — each linked to its official source.

8 updates

Jun 26, 2026

EU · MEA · APAC · AMER

Mid-year Finance Acts and a 1 July e-invoicing wave

Kenya, Pakistan, Tanzania, Mauritius and Nepal pass mid-year Finance Acts and Norway enacts mandatory B2B e-invoicing, as VAT, GST and e-invoicing changes cluster around 1 July 2026 — each linked to its official source.

27 updates

Jun 18, 2026

EU · MEA · APAC · AMER

A 25-jurisdiction VAT/GST wave comes into force around 1 July 2026

About 25 confirmed indirect-tax changes cluster around 1 July 2026 — Ireland's 9% hospitality cut, Latvia's 12% food rate, Bangladesh's pesticide zero-rating, e-invoicing go-lives across Argentina, Brazil, Oman, Paraguay, Romania and Denmark, plus a wave of African e-invoicing and threshold changes (Burkina Faso, Congo, Gabon, Lesotho, Uganda) — each linked to its official source.

25 updates

Jun 16, 2026

EU · MEA

Europe's e-invoicing wave firms up, and the EU sets a low-value parcel duty

Saudi Arabia, France, Spain and Poland lock in e-invoicing deadlines, and the EU sets a €3 duty on low-value parcels from 1 July 2026 — each linked to its official source.

6 updates

Jun 9, 2026

EU · MEA · APAC · AMER

Budget-season VAT moves in Spain, Bangladesh and Guatemala

Spain lets its electricity and gas VAT relief expire back to 21%, Bangladesh proposes a budget VAT cut on AC and fridge manufacturing, and Guatemala switches VAT filing to its Agencia Virtual — each linked to its source.

5 updates

Jun 2, 2026

APAC · AMER

Argentina defers e-invoicing to August; Uzbekistan adds an optional 6% VAT and lifts its threshold

Argentina's ARCA postponed its new CAEA-as-contingency-only e-invoicing regime from 1 June to 1 August 2026, while Uzbekistan introduced an optional 6% VAT and raised its VAT registration threshold to UZS 5 billion from 1 June — each linked to its official source.

3 updates

May 24, 2026

Two summer VAT cuts — UK family days out, Austrian groceries

On the same day, two governments cut VAT to ease household costs: the UK drops to 5% on children’s meals, tickets and family attractions, and Austria introduces a 4.9% rate on staple foods. Each linked to its official source.

4 updates

May 19, 2026

EU · MEA

Poland extends fuel-VAT relief; DR Congo and Eswatini move on e-invoicing

Poland extends its temporary 8% fuel VAT to 31 May 2026, DR Congo ends its normalised-invoice moratorium with sanctions from 15 May, and Eswatini launches its TaxCore e-invoicing programme — each linked to its official source.

3 updates

May 10, 2026

MEA · APAC

Qatar moves on e-invoicing

A quiet week with one signal worth marking: Qatar's Cabinet approved a draft e-invoicing law and its executive regulations, laying the legal groundwork before any technical rollout. Linked to its official source.

6 updates

May 3, 2026

EU · MEA · APAC · AMER

A 1 May reset — Liberia's GST rises, Belgium rewires its VAT chain

Two 1 May milestones: Liberia lifts its services GST from 12% to 13% on the road to a 2027 VAT, and Belgium switches its VAT current account to the new provision account. Each linked to its official source.

11 updates

Apr 26, 2026

EU · APAC · AMER

Compliance plumbing — POS pairing, tariff refunds and offline GST tooling

No rate changes this week — instead three tax authorities shipped the plumbing: Italy pairs cash registers to card terminals, US CBP opens consolidated tariff refunds, and India ships an offline GST invoice tool. Each linked to its official source.

5 updates

Apr 19, 2026

MEA · APAC · AMER

Fuel-tax relief from Nairobi to La Paz

Kenya halves fuel VAT, the Philippines suspends LPG and kerosene excise, and Bolivia restores the full fuel VAT credit — three governments reaching for the indirect-tax lever to cool energy costs, each linked to its official source.

5 updates

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Last Week in Taxes

Thailand’s 7% rate runs out of road, Egypt cuts medical-equipment VAT to 5% (Week of August 10, 2026)

Brazil dates its new VATs to the invoice, France scraps the state portal (Week of August 3, 2026)

ZATCA halves the Wave 25 threshold, South Africa doubles its digital-services trigger (Week of July 27, 2026)

Sri Lanka's enacted VAT Act corrects the record, Kentucky drops its transaction test (Week of July 20, 2026)

Essentials VAT cuts sweep Europe as e-invoicing regimes get a mid-year overhaul

Compliance tightens in India and the Philippines as Hungary and Illinois ease the load

Egypt cuts medical VAT as a fresh 1 July digital-tax and e-invoicing wave lands

Mid-year Finance Acts and a 1 July e-invoicing wave

A 25-jurisdiction VAT/GST wave comes into force around 1 July 2026

Europe's e-invoicing wave firms up, and the EU sets a low-value parcel duty

Budget-season VAT moves in Spain, Bangladesh and Guatemala

Argentina defers e-invoicing to August; Uzbekistan adds an optional 6% VAT and lifts its threshold

Two summer VAT cuts — UK family days out, Austrian groceries

Poland extends fuel-VAT relief; DR Congo and Eswatini move on e-invoicing

Qatar moves on e-invoicing

A 1 May reset — Liberia's GST rises, Belgium rewires its VAT chain

Compliance plumbing — POS pairing, tariff refunds and offline GST tooling

Fuel-tax relief from Nairobi to La Paz

Validate tax IDs in 100+ countries