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Oct 28, 2026 · Europe · Middle East & Africa · Asia-Pacific · Americas · 23 updates

The EU parcel fee is law, the Netherlands publishes its ViDA act and Ukraine signs parcel VAT (Week of October 26, 2026)

The EU's EUR 2 handling fee on low-value parcels applies from 1 November. The Netherlands publishes its VAT in the Digital Age act, Ukraine signs parcel VAT starting no earlier than July 2027, and Cyprus zero-rates more everyday goods for 2027. Corrections for Nepal, Pakistan and the two Congos.

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Sep 20, 2026
EU · MEA · APAC · AMER

Britain's electricity cut is temporary and stops at the Irish Sea (Week of September 14, 2026)

HMRC finally put the UK's domestic electricity cut in writing, and two things were not in the announcement: it lasts six months, and it stops at the Irish Sea. Malta and Poland began transposing ViDA on the same date. Singapore enters this corpus for the first time. And a mechanical read of Sierra Leone's Finance Act produced four more limbs nobody had routed.

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Sep 7, 2026
EU · MEA · APAC · AMER

Hungary gazettes two VAT cuts while the 1 October promises still have no law (Week of September 7, 2026)

Hungary cut VAT on firewood to 5% and moved prescription medicines to a zero rate — both now in the gazette, one already in force. Brazil opened a September window that decides how Simples Nacional companies pay CBS and IBS all through 2027. Fiji stood up a new 5% Tourism Services Tax. Meanwhile the United Kingdom's 1 October electricity cut and Barbados's threshold rise are three weeks out with no legislation behind either.

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Aug 31, 2026
EU · MEA · APAC · AMER

Thailand keeps its 7% VAT with weeks to spare, and three 1 October cuts still have no law (Week of August 31, 2026)

Thailand gazetted the decree extending its reduced 7% VAT to September 2027, five weeks before the statutory 10% would have taken over. Uganda's registration threshold turns out to be UGX 300 million, not the 250 million on record. Tanzania's Finance Act yields three further VAT limbs on a full reading. And three separate 1 October measures — the UK's electricity zero-rate, Barbados's threshold rise and British Columbia's PST expansion — still have no legislation behind them.

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Jun 18, 2026
EU · MEA · APAC · AMER

A 25-jurisdiction VAT/GST wave comes into force around 1 July 2026

About 25 confirmed indirect-tax changes cluster around 1 July 2026 — Ireland's 9% hospitality cut, Latvia's 12% food rate, Bangladesh's pesticide zero-rating, e-invoicing go-lives across Argentina, Brazil, Oman, Paraguay, Romania and Denmark, plus a wave of African e-invoicing and threshold changes (Burkina Faso, Congo, Gabon, Lesotho, Uganda) — each linked to its official source.

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