Articles exploring tax issues to help you gain trust and stay ahead, enabling you to manage your tax transparently and ethically.
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Indirect taxation is becoming ever more complicated, varied between jurisdictions and prone to government tinkering. With some of the biggest tax reforms occurring within indirect tax, getting on top of the complexity and change is vital.
The current VAT system throughout the European Union was designed a quarter of a century ago and was a transitional system which was to be replaced eventually by a 'definitive' system. Much has changed in the world of commerce since then including an enlarged EU comprising 28 countries and the major impact of 'on-line' trading over the internet.
Risk and reputation is a hot topic – with the public, the press and in politics. Accordingly, it is important that businesses understand that risk management needs to be everyone’s responsibility. One significant area of risk is tax. Our article discusses the main sources of tax risk and how these can be effectively managed to ensure your businesses’ reputation is not damaged.
The amount of government revenue collected through indirect taxes such as value added tax (VAT) or goods and services tax (GST) is increasing. As indirect tax grows in importance, the complexity, frequency of changes and scrutiny are also increasing.
An article on the impact of BEPS on the Asia Pacific region.
As global attitudes towards tax change, tech companies need to future-proof their tax practices to stand up to enhanced scrutiny. The way in which companies markets and sells its services can also have tax implications. Therefore, one thing is clear – tax matters, and ambitious tech companies need to develop a tax strategy that can keep pace with their growth aspirations.
18 Feb 2025
Off the back of the Singapore Budget announcement by Finance Minister and Prime Minister Mr Lawrence Wong on 18 February 2025, experts from Grant Thornton Singapore share their thoughts.
