Overview
At Anrok, we're committed to keeping our customers informed about critical tax regulation changes and continuously enhancing our platform with new features that improve your experience. Welcome to our September edition!
🔍 Regulatory Update
SaaS businesses are facing numerous changes in sales tax rules as governments worldwide implement new digital tax regulations. These changes can vary from state to state and country to country, so Anrok ensures that software companies operating in multiple locations can stay up to date.
Important policy changes:
- Sri Lanka delays digital services tax to April 2026 — The country has postponed its implementation of its 18% VAT on digital services provided by non-resident companies. The tax was supposed to go into effect on October 1 of this year, but it will now go live on April 1, 2026. [Learn more]
- Texas to tax marketplace seller fees as data processing services — Texas recently adopted new regulations confirming marketplace seller fees and commissions are taxable as “data processing services.” These regulations will go into effect on October 1, 2025. [Learn more]
- Taiwan is cracking down on tax registrations for online sellers — Under current law, sellers must register when their monthly sales exceed NTD 80,000 for goods or NTD 40,000 for services. Taiwan’s Ministry of Finance has deployed AI technology to identify unregistered online sellers. [Learn more]
Tip
The quickest way to get help with regulatory changes is through the "Contact Us" button in the Anrok app. It opens a request form that goes straight into our support queue, so you'll get a faster response than by email.
📢 Key Anrok Update
Scaling your business comes with its own set of challenges — sales tax shouldn’t be another one. Anrok recently launched our SaaS sales tax checklist guide for every company stage, which walks you through handling sales tax and VAT requirements at each phase of a company’s journey, from launch through IPO.
This checklist includes:
- Stage-specific guidance — Know exactly what compliance steps your clients need at each growth phase.
- Proactive planning — Help clients avoid expensive mistakes by implementing the right processes at the right time.
📥 Download the checklist here for guidance through every growth milestone.
How to leverage this checklist: Use it to assess your current compliance posture, reference it in quarterly reviews to ensure you're staying ahead of growth-related tax obligations, and review relevant sections when you are planning expansions or system changes. This guide covers:
- Your first hires and sales
- Your first audits
- Setting up your first international entity
- Upgrading your billing system
- Preparing for acquisition or IPO
- And more
🚀 Product Update
SaaS businesses are continually seeking more effective ways to manage their operations as technology platforms evolve and introduce new capabilities. Anrok ensures that software companies can leverage the latest features to streamline their processes and stay competitive across multiple markets.
New features and changes:
- In-app registration and filing support for select global jurisdictions — For non-resident EU OSS, Canada (all provinces), and the UK, where you have a taxable product, Anrok can now handle the hassle of getting compliant by processing your VAT/GST/PST/RST tax registration via the non-resident scheme and scheduling when you start calculating and remitting sales tax. See Initiate VAT compliance in global jurisdictions.
- New countries supported — We’ve expanded our coverage to 3 more countries: Nigeria, Vietnam, and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. No work on your end is needed; these will now be automatically monitored by Anrok for you.
- New product tax categories (PTC) supported — Anrok now supports a new selection of product tax categories (PTC), expanding to help you remain compliant for your growing product and service offerings. These new categories include Home Appliance, Sports and Recreation, Warranties & Maintenance, and more. See Available product tax configurations (PTC) for product IDs.