Same for 2030 EU e-invoicing and digital tax reporting rules for German businesses. Unstoppable now
Germany being dragged into 21st century by EU. Great article idea @codendahl.bsky.social 😉
A degree of the problem is the Lander state organisation of govt. Means modernisation / automation goes at pace of slowest of the 16 states. In my world, tax, digitalisation being implemented across EU is heavily diluted in the German versions; benefits lost but capital costs retained
Is there no unjust enrichment claim waiting there for the US companies to bring?
Yes, but…. I remember well search engines going through this overload phase in about 1999. Internet became nearly unusable and lot of people wrote it off. Google algo’s figured out how to sift content. That’s probably next stage for AI. We’re already developing skills, with tools, for this
Try Stephen Spender and The Temple. Similar English man in 1930s situation to Isherwood but very different view
You prompted me to read The Lottery. And I’ve spent 48 hours since repeating to myself without much real conviction “yes, but I’d have stopped it..”. That’s what’s sad today: most of us suspect in our hearts we’d not step in
🪖Swiss mull 2028 0.8% VAT rise for "deterioration of the security situation". On top of approved 2028 0.7% rise for pensions www.vatcalc.com/switzerland/...
EU is introducing its version in Nov. Otherwise other states would have followed Italy now to prevent this rerouting
Can the US impose tariffs on some members of the EU and not others? Yes (and there is precedent).
Would those tariffs be difficult to enforce? Also yes.
Check out 2026 Global Vat rate changes www.vatcalc.com/global/2026-...
“You're a big man, but you're in bad shape”
The band The Beatles could have been
Anyone else have scrap Bingo Duty 2026 on their Budget Bingo card?
Labour Budget closes VAT private car hire operator loophole - Bolt & Uber - 1st Jan 2026 www.vatcalc.com/uk/uk-budget...
Regressive policy that pays more to well off
Instead:
Direct energy rebates
Energy debt forgiveness
Expand warm home discount
Targeted winter fuel payments
Tiering energy for basic user
Liability fears push OpenAI to warn on AI tax advice reliance www.vatcalc.com/global/opena...
The AI that lied: fake Polish VAT rulings loses company €4m contract www.vatcalc.com/global/ai-va...
So the 1990s gave us the ‘knowledge economy’—and now AI is basically the liquidation sale. Everything must go, including your thoughts
substack.com/@jasquith/no...
How to raise VAT when you, errrr, promised not to www.vatcalc.com/uk/uk-labour...
Among lots of faults, what’s with all the Fenians being portrayed as leprechauns and Guinness family as Apollo like sculptures??
Russia's defence spending forces VAT hike in 2026 to 22% www.vatcalc.com/russia/russi...
I almost made it. But the Economist digital version’s ad’s were too interesting to not click on. As soon as I’ve finished booking my Turkish holiday, I’ll click back to it 😉
No problem. I’ve update the blog.
Ridiculous policy (if true). They should stop tinkering, withdraw all reduced rates and lower 20%. Then some careful targeted welfare.
In Colombia, fiscal cash registers in shops and online give you a personal vat rate based on your income
Actually, number probably needs updating to about £2.1bn as the Beeb story is 2022
Yawn. Speculation on latest desperate & ineffective VAT measure www.vatcalc.com/united-kingd...
💥 Romania President today signs 2% VAT rise 1 Aug 2025
Happy weekend all lovers of VAT 😍
Highly unlikely Italian VAT assessments on social media platforms will stand. Impossible to calculate - and is any tax owed to Italy or the US?
But does reflect global tax rules are soooo 20th Century
