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The Kenya Revenue Authority has launched two high-profile criminal prosecutions involving KES 130 million in alleged income tax evasion and counterfeit excise stamps on alcoholic beverages, intensifying its enforcement efforts against tax evasion and illicit trade.
Italy's Circular 7/E clarifies key tax rules for amateur sports organizations, including income thresholds, VAT exemptions, and fundraising regulations, providing much-needed guidance for practitioners in the sector.
Italy's Agenzia delle Entrate issued revised fiscal risk management guidelines for its collaborative compliance regime in July 2026, introducing specific accounting treatments for cryptocurrency assets and exclusive infrastructure usage rights. The update reflects ongoing institutional dialogue and extends prior instructions.
Uganda's Income Tax and Excise Duty Amendment Acts both took effect on July 1, 2026. The URA directs taxpayers to review and adjust their tax returns and declarations for both direct and indirect taxes to ensure compliance and avoid penalties.
Belgium's SPF Finances will launch SAF-T file submission via MyMinfin in October 2026, offering businesses an optional digital pathway for transmitting standardized accounting data. This voluntary initiative streamlines reporting for companies with compatible software systems and aligns with broader EU tax-digitization trends.
KRA has launched a targeted compliance support initiative in Eastleigh, Nairobi, to address gaps in eTIMS adoption among cash-based traders. The initiative deploys multilingual officers, establishes physical service desks, and rolls out an on-ground programme to make tax compliance more accessible.
France will abolish its simplified VAT regime (RSI) effective 1 January 2027, with automatic migration to the normal real VAT regime and new e-reporting obligations starting 1 September 2027. Affected businesses will transition to quarterly or monthly filing based on turnover thresholds.
Orden HAC/484/2026 reduces net income indices for Spanish agricultural and livestock sectors affected by 2025 exceptional circumstances, providing tax relief without requiring detailed accounting records. The measure applies to specific geographic zones under Spain's objective estimation method for IRPF.
Spain's Agencia Tributaria has published its official list of significant debtors to the Hacienda Pública under Article 95 bis of the Ley General Tributaria. This mandatory statutory disclosure serves as a transparency and enforcement mechanism, available as an 11.6 MB PDF document. Inclusion can have reputational consequences for businesses.
Spain's Agencia Tributaria has made fiscal data and simulator tools available for the 2025 corporate income tax filing cycle, allowing businesses to test their Form 200 submissions without triggering a formal filing. This follows Orden HAC/529/2026.
Belgium's SPF Finances acknowledged a technical failure in its new VAT payment processing chain, causing incorrect allocation of payments and erroneous reminders to taxpayers for June and Q2 2026 declarations. Affected businesses will not incur penalties, and no timeline for regularization has been disclosed.
The IRS 2026 Security Summit established mandatory multifactor authentication (MFA) for tax preparation firms under the FTC Safeguards Rule, effective September 19, 2026. This regulatory obligation shifts MFA from a best practice to a compliance requirement, with firms facing liability for non-compliance.
