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With the signing into law of the Harmonisation of Tax Regulations (HPP) on 29 October 2021, it is officially confirmed that the standard VAT rate in Indonesia will increase from 10% to:

1. • 11% ‒ from 1 April 2022.
   • 12% ‒ from 1 January 2025.

The law aims to optimise revenue collection and tax compliance after the COVID-19 pandemic caused a big hit to state coffers.

Simplified Policies on the Application for Registration of Computerized Accounting System (CAS) have been introduced under Revenue Memorandum Circular No. 05-2021.

There is no longer a requirement for taxpayers intending to use a CAS to obtain a PTU (Permit To Use). Taxpayers can receive an Acknowledgement Certificate” from the BIR (Bureau of Internal Revenue) if all their documentation requirements are met. Pre-evaluation or demonstration of the system is no longer required but will be subject to post-evaluation by the concerned Revenue District Office.

All taxpayers with existing Permit To Use CAS are not required to apply for registration, the approved PTU previously issued by the Bureau will still be valid except for special circumstances.

According to the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), the go-live of the pilot project for the e-invoicing system (EIS) has been postponed from 1 January 2022 to 1 July 2022. From 1 July 2022, the selected 100 large taxpayers must transmit invoice data to BIR in production. The EIS system supports the Comprehensive Tax reform Programme (CTRP), which was established by the Ministry of Finance. CTRP aims to digitise the tax and administrative systems in the country.

The EIS is a so-called Continuous Transaction Control (CTC); invoices need to be reported to the Government Platform after these have been shared with buyers. This centralised government platform was developed with the support of the South Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and it is therefore not surprising that the EIS platform strongly resembles the South Korean e-Tax system. The scope of the requirements includes sales invoices, debit- and credit notes, receipts and other accounting documents.

In the 2021-22 Budget, the government invests another $15.3 million in the Digital Economy Strategy to increase the value of e-invoicing to businesses, improve business awareness, and accelerate e-invoicing adoption. However, according to feedback from Stakeholder Consultation in 2020-21, e-invoicing adoption remains low in Australia despite strong government support.

To further support business adoption of e-invoicing, the Australian Government has launched a public consultation seeking stakeholder views. If you would like to express your views on e-invoicing, you can submit responses up until 25 February 2022. For further information, please refer to the Australian government website.

It is very likely that Italy will delay the introduction of the mandatory e-reporting of cross-border transactions to the SDI to July 2022 (from January 1, 2022).
The delay was proposed in a very recent draft amendment to the tax law that arranges the withdrawal of the Esterometro Reporting and the transition to cross-border invoice reporting to the SDI. The amendment has been passed by the Italian Senate and is now in the hands of the Tax Chamber for final approval. This is generally seen as a formality as the amendment needs to pass into law by December 20.
Tungsten Network is investigating how the delay impacts customers that seek to go live with the cross-border invoice reporting ahead of July 2022 and we invite you to check regularly for the latest updates here.

PEPPOL has now issued the first edition of the Continuous Transactions Control (CTC) Reference Document and are inviting feedback from interested parties.
Governments around the world introduce CTCs to more effectively counter tax fraud and increase revenue. As part of introducing CTCs in their mandates, governments often require invoice data to be sent to tax authorities in real-time, or require invoices to be cleared by the government before they are paid.
Peppol’s document includes analysis from several implementations around the world. The document can be found via this link.

The tax authorities in Mexico are in the process of releasing new requirements for a new version of the legal invoice in Mexico, known as the CFDI. This will be updated to version 4.0.
The new version of the CFDI will become enforceable from 1 April 2022, with a testing phase from 1^st January 2022. Suppliers will be able to send over CFDIs in the new format prior to 1^st April 2022.
Tungsten Network is aware of these changes and is analysing the requirements.
Final technical specifications are yet to be published but we expect these soon from the tax authorities.

The EU has been working towards the modernisation of current VAT rules in the commission Work Programme 2022. This Programme highlighted the importance of taking the opportunity to use digital solutions as a means to achieve this. As part of their action plan, they have announced a legislative proposal for 2022, covering VAT obligations and e-invoicing.
Further details can be found on the report published on their website.

The Russian Ministry of Finance (MinFin) recently published the General Tax Policy Guidelines for 2022-2024. One of the items highlighted within this relates to the launch of the online simplified tax system (STS)- viewed as a major overhaul of the tax administration.
The STS will take on tax accounting, and be accessible to micro-enterprises with:

• A headcount of no more than five, and
• Annual revenues of no more than RUB 60 million.

The tax authorities will not however take over all fiscal obligations- they will not keep or fill out tax returns. Enterprises will remain responsible for calculating the tax, based on data from cash registers and bank accounts.

The Federal Reserve and the Business Payment Coalition (BPC) recently announced that 73 organizations will work together to develop an industrial pilot operational exchange framework that will enable companies to share electronic invoices.
The E-invoice Exchange Market Pilot and the Remittance Delivery Assessment Work Group aim to modernise B2B payments resulting in faster timeframes. Advantages of this modernisation include lower costs, better cash management, error reduction, risk mitigation, increased transparency and improved efficiency.