Indirect-tax changes announced in March 2025
This is part of a retrospective archive, compiled on Nov 11, 2026 from official gazettes and tax-authority notices. It was not published as a weekly issue at the time. Each change links to its record with the official source.
- Bahamas · Rate change · effective 2025-04-01 The Bahamas introduces a 5% reduced VAT rate on unprepared food sold by food stores from 1 April 2025 In force
- Colombia · E-invoicing · effective 2025-04-01 Colombia's DIAN caps the buyer data sellers may request and gives utilities 48 hours to transmit the DEE (Resolución 202 de 2025) In force
- Hungary · E-invoicing · effective 2025-04-01 Hungary introduces e-cash registers and e-receipts; online cash registers allowed until 1 July 2028 In force
- Bulgaria · Compliance · effective 2026-01-01 Bulgaria introduces mandatory monthly SAF-T reporting, phased in from January 2026 to 2030 In force
- Israel · E-invoicing · effective 2026-01-01 Israel accelerates the allocation-number schedule: NIS 10,000 from 2026, then NIS 5,000 from 1 June 2026 In force
- Armenia · Registration · effective 2025-07-01 Armenia removes legal, accounting, consulting and staffing firms from the turnover-tax regime from 1 July 2025 In force
- Canada · Rate change · effective 2025-04-01 Nova Scotia cuts its HST rate from 15% to 14% from 1 April 2025 In force
- European Union · Compliance EU rebuilds VAT information exchange for ViDA, ending with a central VIES from 1 July 2030 Enacted
- European Union · E-invoicing EU adopts VAT in the Digital Age: e-invoicing, platform rules and single registration phased in from 2025 to 2035 Enacted
- European Union · Compliance · effective 2028-07-01 EU sets the ViDA implementing rules for platform deemed suppliers and special schemes, mainly from 1 July 2028 Enacted
- United States — Utah · Threshold · effective 2025-07-01 Utah drops the 200-transaction test from its remote-seller nexus rule In force
- Portugal · Registration · effective 2025-03-29 Portugal opens its VAT small-business exemption to EU-established businesses under the EU SME scheme In force
- Croatia · Rate change · effective 2025-03-30 Croatia extends its 5% PDV rate on gas, heating and firewood to 31 March 2026 In force
- Saudi Arabia · E-invoicing · effective 2025-12-31 ZATCA sets e-invoicing Wave 22: Fatoora integration by 31 December 2025 for revenue above SAR 1 million In force
- United Arab Emirates · E-invoicing UAE sets the accreditation rules for e-invoicing service providers in Ministerial Decision No. 64 of 2025 In force
- United Kingdom · Rate change · effective 2025-01-01 UK ends the VAT exemption for private school fees from 1 January 2025 In force
- Vietnam · E-invoicing · effective 2025-06-01 Vietnam amends its e-invoicing decree: cash-register invoices and voluntary e-invoices for foreign suppliers (Decree 70/2025/NĐ-CP) In force
- South Korea · Compliance · effective 2025-07-01 South Korea extends quarterly VAT transaction reporting to foreign online platforms from 1 July 2025 In force
- South Africa · Digital services · effective 2025-04-01 South Africa excludes foreign suppliers' sales made solely to VAT vendors from the electronic services regime In force
- Portugal · E-invoicing · effective 2025-01-01 Portugal extends the SME transition for B2G e-invoicing to 31 December 2025 In force