VAT reforms – platforms; gig and sharing economies; full deemed supplier liablity? As part of the VAT in the Digital Age review of the impact and best policies for indirect tax reforms, the European Commission is reviewing ‘VAT Treatment of the Platform Economy’. This includes
Extension of OSS return – Single VAT registration in the EU – for cross-border B2C and B2B transactions as part of VAT in the Digital Age reforms The European Commission (EC) is set to publish draft VAT Directive amendments this autumn for the extension of
EC finds most countries fail to implement all best practices; Finland and Sweden top of the class The European Commission has reviewed the Value Added Tax registration, collection and auditing processes and standards of member states and the UK, and find most tax authorities’ below
ECOFIN ministers adopt reduced VAT rate freedoms into EU law – member states may now implement On 5 April 2022, EU Finance Ministers (ECOFIN) formally adopt changes to the EU VAT Directive to give member states wider rights to use reduced VAT rates, including an
VAT registration thresholds and Intrastat dispatches and arrivals The table below provides the latest European VAT registration thresholds for resident and non-resident (foreign) businesses, plus Intrastat reporting threshold. Note, the EU e-commerce distance selling thresholds were withdrawn on 1 July 2021. There were a number
European Commission call for evidence and public consultation on 3 reforms to EU VAT The European Commission is inviting feedback on three proposed reforms to improve the efficiency, fairness and tax collections of the 27-member state VAT regime : Separate reforms to OSS and IOSS were
Overcharged import VAT recovery via IOSS return gets backing Group on the Future of VAT May 2023 update: The EC has proposed ending the €150 VAT threshold on consignment stocks from March 2028. The European Commission’s Group on the Future of VAT has backed double
Withdrawal of €22 low value consignment exemption and new IOSS return success; 8,000+ IOSS registrations; Council backs VAT in the Digital Age further reforms The European Commission has confirmed that EU member states have collected €1.9 billion between July and December 2021, the first six
Sharing best practices on tax administration and collections to reduce missing VAT The European Commission is developing its VAT Gap Initiative in the third quarter of 2022 to help exchange ideas between EU member states’ tax administrations to help close the EU VAT Gap. This
European Commission VAT reforms public consultation extended 20 days The EC has stretched out the public consultation deadline of its VAT in the Digital reforms from 15 April to 5 May 2022. The public call for evidence phased completed on 17 February. The consultation seeks
