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Marie Milon Senior Manager, VAT Consulting
VAT and GST: Key Insights for Global Digital Services Providers
The rules around GST on digital services vary widely, making it essential to assess each market individually. In this article, Marie Milon, Senior Manager, VAT Consulting at Ryan, provides some key points to consider when determining if a supply of digital services is taxable in another jurisdiction and if local registration, reporting, and payment of tax is required.
Marie Milon
Senior Manager VAT Consulting
Q. Why is VAT/GST registration required for non-resident digital service providers?
A: In most countries that have such rules, non-resident suppliers are required to register for VAT/GST purposes locally and to collect and remit the tax to the local tax authority. This means that many companies selling digital services internationally are likely to have to charge foreign VAT on their B2C supplies in many different jurisdictions, even without having any local presence, and will have a liability to register for VAT/GST in those countries.
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Andrew Davis Head of VAT British American Tobacco