{"id":1470,"date":"2014-10-06T15:31:20","date_gmt":"2014-10-06T14:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pmabookkeeping.co.uk\/?p=1470"},"modified":"2014-10-06T15:31:20","modified_gmt":"2014-10-06T14:31:20","slug":"digital-services-suppliers-urged-to-register-for-new-eu-vat-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.pmabookkeeping.co.uk\/index.php\/digital-services-suppliers-urged-to-register-for-new-eu-vat-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital services suppliers urged to register for new EU VAT service"},"content":{"rendered":"<header>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>News story<\/p>\n<h1>Digital services suppliers urged to register for new EU VAT service<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<aside>\n<div>\n<dl data-trackposition=\"top\">\n<dt>From:<\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/organisations\/hm-revenue-customs\">HM Revenue &amp; Customs<\/a><\/dd>\n<dt>First published:<\/dt>\n<dd><abbr title=\"2014-09-23T09:24:33+01:00\">23 September 2014<\/abbr><\/dd>\n<dt>Part of:<\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/policies\/making-it-easier-for-hmrc-customers-to-deal-with-their-taxes\">Making it easier for HMRC customers to deal with their taxes<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/topics\/tax-and-revenue\">Tax and revenue<\/a><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>Businesses supplying digital services across the European Union will be able to register for a new online VAT service from 20 October.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<aside>\n<figure>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"VAT MOSS infographic\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/image_data\/file\/30930\/s300_4369_VAT_MOSS_v2_01_KR_20140908-01.png\" \/><\/div><figcaption>Digital services suppliers urged to register for VAT MOSS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>This will mean that they do not have to register <abbr title=\"value-added tax\">VAT<\/abbr> separately in each country where they do business.<\/p>\n<p>he digital services affected include most types of broadcasting, telecommunications and e-service supplies. Examples range from telephone services, supplies of music, films and games to downloads of apps, images, text or other information.<\/p>\n<p>From 1 January 2015 the place of supply, and therefore taxation, of <abbr title=\"European Union\">EU<\/abbr> business-to-consumer supplies of digital services is changing. Currently the place of taxation is where the supplier is established, but from January it will be where the consumer lives.<\/p>\n<p>On 1 January all <abbr title=\"European Union\">EU<\/abbr> Member States will also implement the <abbr title=\"value-added tax\">VAT<\/abbr> Mini One Stop Shop (<abbr title=\"value-added tax\">VAT<\/abbr> <abbr title=\"mini-one-stop-shop\">MOSS<\/abbr>), to avoid additional administrative burdens and costs if a business is required to register for <abbr title=\"value-added tax\">VAT<\/abbr> in every Member State where it has consumers.<\/p>\n<p>Sally Beggs, Deputy Director, Indirect Tax, <abbr title=\"HM Revenue and Customs\">HMRC<\/abbr>, said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The <abbr title=\"value-added tax\">VAT<\/abbr> <abbr title=\"mini-one-stop-shop\">MOSS<\/abbr> will save digital services suppliers from having to register for <abbr title=\"value-added tax\">VAT<\/abbr> in every Member State where they do business, removing a significant administrative burden. Businesses with their main operation or headquarters in the <abbr title=\"United Kingdom\">UK<\/abbr> will register with <abbr title=\"HM Revenue and Customs\">HMRC<\/abbr> to use the service.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Between 27,000 and 42,000 <abbr title=\"United Kingdom\">UK<\/abbr> businesses are expected to register for <abbr title=\"value-added tax\">VAT<\/abbr> <abbr title=\"mini-one-stop-shop\">MOSS<\/abbr> in the <abbr title=\"United Kingdom\">UK<\/abbr>.<\/p>\n<p>While they will be able to register from 20 October 2014, the service will start operating from 1 January.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News story Digital services suppliers urged to register for new EU VAT service From: HM Revenue &amp; Customs First published: 23 September 2014 Part of: Making it easier for HMRC customers to deal with their taxes and Tax and revenue&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.pmabookkeeping.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1470"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.pmabookkeeping.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.pmabookkeeping.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.pmabookkeeping.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.pmabookkeeping.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1470"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.pmabookkeeping.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1470\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1473,"href":"http:\/\/www.pmabookkeeping.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1470\/revisions\/1473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.pmabookkeeping.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.pmabookkeeping.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.pmabookkeeping.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}