Tax authorities around the world want to receive more frequent and faster tax relevant data for e-audit purposes to analyse Corporate Income Tax (CIT) and VAT positions taken to combat VAT fraud and to determine whether actually a fair share is paid (Base Erosion and Profit Shifting: ‘OECD’s BEPS’).
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- Hungarian SAP health check: data in SAP incorrect and incomplete!From 1 July 2018, taxpayers are as stated earlier obliged to provide within 24 hours invoice data for domestic transactions with a minimum VAT amount of 100,000 HUF (322 EUR).Although we offer a fully SAP-integrated solution in SAP itself to submit required data in an automated way, it is essential to review whether the data in SAP itself is correct and comp […]Anonymous
- eInvoicing requirements in Hungary per July 1, 2018From 1 July 2018, taxpayers are as stated earlier obliged to provide within 24 hours invoice data for domestic transactions with a minimum VAT amount of HUF 100,000 (322 EUR). The ERP system must be able to detect sales invoices meeting reporting requirements: the minimum VAT amount. To be able to comply with the requirements and provide the data on in time, […]Anonymous
- Commission develops TNA software to identify fraudulent networksTo speed up the joint processing and analysis of data within Eurofisc, the Commission is currently developing TNA software for voluntary use by the Member States as of 2018.In order to maximise TNA’s potential to identify fraudulent networks across the whole EU, Regulation (EU) No 904/2010 would make clearer provision for the joint processing and analysis of […]Anonymous
- Towards a new and definitive VAT system for the EUAccording to the Commission's proposals, VAT will now be charged on cross-border trade between businesses. Currently, this type of trade is exempt from VAT, providing an easy loophole for unscrupulous companies to collect VAT and then vanish without remitting the money to the government.It will be simpler for companies that sell cross-border to deal wi […]Anonymous
- Tax authorities demand more, faster and more frequent dataThe fierce debate on a fair distribution of tax revenues by governments has reached new heights. Tax shift due to risk allocation of transactions to low tax rate countries and even globalization itself are under political discussion.Protectionism is an important part of the strategic objectives of certain governments. Additionally, the discussion concerning […]Anonymous
- Tax Risk Management - submitting tax relevant data to the tax authoritiesTax authorities are besides optimizing traditional tax reporting systems increasingly implementing in addition electronic (almost) 'real-time' transaction reporting systems. It is expected that tax authorities due to technological innovations become increasingly better and faster in executing their tax audit.Complementary to the existing and more t […]Anonymous
- VAT Control Framework: how to get from A to BThe critical conditions for successThe importance of indirect tax has increased over the last couple of years. While the rates for direct tax, corporate income tax, are decreasing, the rates for indirect tax keep rising. At multinational companies we’re easily talking about amounts of over 5 billion euros of indirect tax flowing through the books.According t […]Anonymous
- Being ready for GCC VAT introduction when operating SAPThe Governments of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) - Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar (status unknown due to GCC politics/friction), Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates that make up GCC - are committed to form a common framework for the introduction of value added tax (VAT) in the region. In order to achieve conformity within the GCC, it is anticipated […]Anonymous
- SII VAT filing submission: we successfully met first submission deadlineIstanbul, Turkey and Amsterdam, the Netherlands — SNI and Key Group announce for 50 multinationals a successful Spanish SII filingThe Spanish SII filing, a new requirement introduced by the Spanish government, requires taxpayers to submit VAT relevant transactional data of their Accounts Payable (AP) and Accounts Receivable (AR) records in a specific XML for […]Anonymous
- SNI Zugferd SAP add-on: enables electronic invoice exchange in SAP itselfSNI SAP-ZUGFERD is a SAP certified SAP add-on enabling electronic invoice exchange including structured data in an efficient way. ZUGFeRD is an abbreviate for »Zentraler User Guide des Forum elektronische Rechnung Deutschland«. It is a new invoicing standard that will play a major role in efficient and effective electronic invoicing. ZUGFeRD invoices carry b […]Anonymous
- More attention for Transfer PricingMany countries nowadays implement the BEPS recommendations such as the ‘master’ and ‘local’ file and the ‘Country-by-Country’ report. In general, this not only leads to an aggravation of Transfer Pricing (hereafter: TP) compliance activities, but also results in the potential discovery of errors that were previously undetectable. Indeed, TP processes are gen […]Anonymous
- New legislation UK: Tone at the topIn an increasing number of countries, laws and regulations are established that force companies to be transparent with regard to their handling of tax risks, (fiscal) risk management, risk appetite – also in relation to tax planning – and the way of dealing with tax authorities.This concerns the actual fiscal management, including the way in which the compan […]Anonymous
- Partnership between Key Group, SNI and ConVistaA partnership is closed between the Key Group, SNI and the international operating SAP consultancy firm 'ConVista Consulting' with offices amongst others in Madrid and Barcelona. Key Group and SNI operate from Netherlands, Poland and Turkey.Who we areIn order to establish synergies to support business SAP challenges of our clients we have setup a j […]Anonymous
- España 1 de julio de 2017: Suministro Inmediato de Información a las autoridades (SII)A partir del 1 de julio de 2017, más de 62.000 empresas estarán obligadas a gestionar el IVA de forma electrónica. Se trata de un nuevo sistema electrónico para la declaración telemática de los libros de registro del IVA, que nace con el objetivo de agilizar el cumplimiento fiscal y las devoluciones de este impuesto.La nueva plataforma de SII se centra en la […]Anonymous
- SAP Solution para el Suministro Inmediato de Información (SII) en EspañaLa Agencia Tributaria implanta un nuevo sistema de gestión del IVA basado en el Suministro Inmediato de Información (SII). El denominado “IVA online” es un procedimiento de gestión telemática u online con la Agencia Tributaria (AEAT), mediante el cual las empresas tendrán que comunicar los registros de facturación (no las facturas) de forma electrónica. Con […]Anonymous
- The auditor is not (yet) a risk analystThe term materiality has many meanings and definitions. Boundaries of materiality are primarily determined based on personal estimations. This can be estimations by auditors, risk management departments, company directors, etc.The term materiality, used as a quantitative norm, then serves as an approval boundary. Evidently, the materiality used to determine […]Anonymous
- The tax authorities not only want to receive more tax data, but also faster and more often.Tax moral is shifting. More often what is (still) legally allowed may not automatically be accepted by the public opinion. Reputational damage is imminent.Both on direct and indirect taxation the tax authorities have set their priorities. The tax authorities not only want to receive more tax data, but also faster and more often. In addition, there is a tende […]Anonymous
- Relevante belastingdata vanuit TP en BTW: de ‘Waarom’, ‘Wat’ en ‘Hoe’Door Richard H. Cornelisse en Edwin van Loon Gepubliceerd in Vakblad Tax AssuranceSamenvattingDe belastingmoraal verschuift. Steeds meer wordt iets wat wettelijk gezien mag, niet automatisch ook geaccepteerd door de publieke opinie. Reputatieschade dreigt. Belastingdiensten worden ook scherper, op zowel directe en indirecte belastingen. Ze willen vaker, snel […]Anonymous
- SAP add on for 'VAT Smartform PDF' in PolandWe offer a new SAP add-on solution that creates automatically the VAT Smartform from SAP. When our SAF-T SAP add-on solution has been purchased this additional functionality will be managed under SAF-T cockpit as a different report.Companies selling across European Union borders have to submit EC Sales List (ESL). This should contain the details of sales or […]Anonymous
- In Spain on 1 July 2017: immediate supply of Information to tax authorities in forceIn Spain a new VAT reporting system will enter into force on the 1st of July 2017. The new Spanish requirements will have a huge impact on many (multi)nationals that run SAP. SAP add on for SIIThe SAP add-on is based on the selection of the VAT relevant transactions from the SAP ledgers. This can be done manually with a new SAP transaction or in an automated […]Anonymous
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- Hungarian SAP health check: data in SAP incorrect and incomplete!
- eInvoicing requirements in Hungary per July 1, 2018
- Towards a new and definitive VAT system for the EU
- Being ready for GCC VAT introduction when operating SAP
- SNI and Key Group announce for 50 multinationals a successful Spanish SII filing
- Partnership between Key Group, SNI and ConVista
- The auditor is not (yet) a risk analyst
- SAP add on for ‘VAT Smartform PDF’ in Poland
- In Spain on 1 July 2017: immediate supply of Information to tax authorities in force
- SAP add-on for immediate Supply of Information (SII) in Spain
- A SAP add-on to be able to cope with SAF-T and e-tax audits
- Converting the sales middleman function from Commissionaire to LRD
- Standard Audit File for Tax Purposes in OECD format
- Brexit – The benefits of a SAP add-on
- Italy new – submit quarterly data: ‘VAT invoices’ and ‘VAT calculations’
- Poland – create automatically the VAT SmartPdf file from SAP
- Spain – submitting close to real time data to tax authorities
- UAE firms face hiring crunch as VAT implementation nears
- Modernising VAT for cross border e-Commerce
- A cost efficient way to submit SAF-T files and perform risk management
- Norway introduces SAF-T to improve tax inspections
- A scalable SAP solution for countries implementing SAF-T
- Integrated SAP add-0n solution for SAF-T
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- Introducing a new VAT system
- Certain SAP activities illustrated via ‘Brexit’
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Richard Cornelisse
Richard Cornelisse
I advise multinational businesses in improving the efficiency and effectiveness of their Indirect Tax Function and Tax Control Framework. I started my career as a manager at Arthur Andersen and then became a partner in EY where I led the indirect tax performance team for Netherlands and Belgium. Currently I am a senior managing director of Phenix Consulting. I have over 20 years’ experience advising clients on international VAT issues. I am specialized in the tax aspects of financial transformations, shared service centre migration, and post merger integration work. I am also somewhat of a mentor, giving back to the profession. If you are interested in conversation and discussion, please feel free to contact me.
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