News from the Board

14 March 2014

French Tax Administration

Following an indication from one IVA Members facing difficulties with the French Tax Authorities denying 8th Directive claims because scans of invoices were not attached to the claims, even though this could be explained by the 5 MB limit...

20 February 2014

IVA Highlights - 2013 - Communiqué from the Chairman

I would like to share with you some of the important highlights of the last year, 2013 and the development of our Association over the last 20 years and more importantly its new direction...

06 February 2014

German American Chamber of Commerce

In various ways the legal department of the New York based German American Chambers of Commerce supports enterprises in handling transactions between Germany and the US. For example, we support foreign entrepreneurs, who receive ...

14 January 2014

Meeting with the Dutch Tax Authorities

The International VAT Association (IVA), formed in 1993, is the world’s leading body on international VAT issues, representing the interests of businesses and advisers involved in VAT or equivalent turnover taxes around the globe. In Europe, the IVA’s membership is ...

14 January 2014

Meeting with the German Tax Authorities

As was indicated during the Rome Conference, a meeting has been organized between representatives of the German Tax Authorities and Board Members of the IVA in order to discuss the difficulties that IVA members are facing when claiming VAT back in Germany...

17 November 2013

Meeting held with HMRC on 13th November 2013 regarding the Single VAT Return

The Proposal on a single VAT Return aims to increase cross border trade by reducing administration burdens for business (Stoiber initiative)...

21 October 2013

False invoices (diesel fuel) and VAT

A couple of IVA members have informed us that there are again a significant number of false invoices...

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IVA Meeting with the Portuguese Tax Authorities

The International VAT Association (IVA), represented by its President, Stephen Dale, and Board Member, Fátima Gouveia, met with the representatives of the Portuguese Secretary of State for Tax Affairs and of the Portuguese VAT Authority on the 9th of July 2019, in Lisbon. The IVA thanked the authorities for meeting with us at short notice.

News from IVA members

Handbook on GST Provisions in India

This handbook will be useful for getting insight into the GST law of India.

News from EC

News from the EU - October 2019

The European Commission decided today to send a reasoned opinion to Italy following its failure to communicate national transposition measures around the place of supply ofservices and on rules governing invoices for VAT purposes as required by EU law...