At what point does your small business have to start paying VAT? Should you voluntarily pay VAT? And what are legitimate ways to stay under the VAT threshold? The VAT threshold is the volume of annual ...

We examine Vietnam’s new Value Added Tax (VAT) Law, set to take effect on July 1, 2025, which introduces significant changes to the country’s VAT regime. Recent clarifications are outlined in Official ...

U.S. President Donald Trump has ordered economic officials on Thursday to devise plans for reciprocal tariffs on America’s trading partners by April. © 2025 ...

President Donald Trump wants Europe to buy American stuff again. On Thursday, the president ordered economic officials to develop custom “reciprocal tariffs” for each of America’s trading ...

The policy published by the White House included VAT as a target – which analysts have suggested could knock around £24bn off UK GDP over the next two years. It comes amid growing concern over ...

Of far more concern is Trump’s railing against VAT, which currently stands at 20 per cent. This is where things could get sticky. There is no scope for the government to scrap (or even easily ...

Concerns are growing the UK could be more exposed to US trade taxes after President Donald Trump announced he would target VAT in his latest move. Trump has instructed his staff to develop custom ...

The next stage in trade escalation: reciprocal tariffs and targeting VAT While new tariff announcements were eagerly awaited, Trump instead directed key government officials to investigate the complex ...

The European Union, for example, has an average VAT of 21.8 percent, which Trump administration officials argue puts American companies at a disadvantage . Economists have warned that tariffs ...

President Trump’s order asks federal agencies to look at how to use tariffs to match existing duties from other nations. Photo: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images President Trump on Thursday directed ...