ECON votes for 1-year delay to 3-pillar EU VAT in the Digital Age reforms 15 Nov 2023 update: EU ViDA delay to political agreement until 2024. This week, the EU Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) voted on and approved a report proposing
Parliament’s finance committee questions use of temporary VAT rate cuts as consumer support The European Union Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) has questioned the use of reduced VAT rates in time of crisis to help consumers. This week, it adopted a resolution
Poland refers Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) mechanism to ECJ; CBAM to impose costs on imported goods with heavy emissions The Polish government is to challenge the introduction of the EU’s CBAM green policy since it believes it will lead to higher food prices and
E-commerce package reforms 2022 revenues up 26% on 2021 numbers; 130,000 e-commerce sellers & marketplaces registered The European Commission as published 2022 revenues for the One Stop-Shop return and Import One Stop-Shop returns – €17 billion and €2.5 billion, respectively. It said that almost 130,000
European Court of Justice finds (Cabot Plastics) providing ancillary services to toll manufacturing by group company does not trigger VAT Fixed Establishment status The European Court of Justice has today ruled (Cabot case (C-232/22)) that the VAT Fixed Establishment status and associated VAT obligations are
Lower VAT rate for recyclates / recycled products The Czech delegation to the EU has proposed permitting extended use of the reduced VAT rates on recycled products. The Czechs believe that the introduction of a reduced VAT rate for products with recycled content would stimulate
Travel operator, passenger transport and accommodation platform associations question need for full VAT deemed supplier obligations Several travel and related platform trade associations have raised doubts about proposed deemed supplier obligations in the Platform Economy pillar of the VAT in the Digital Age reforms. The
Business using IOSS may incur customs duties debt on import distance sales from March 2028 The EU European Commission unveiled major Customs Union 2028 reforms last month which included the creation of a new ‘Deemed Importer’ model. These are traders importing goods into the EU
EU’s Directorate-General Taxation and Customs (DG TAXUD) has summarised its top reforms and ongoing work around the EU’s VAT regime, customs and related areas in its Management Plan 2023 Key issues DG TAXUD is looking to progress includes: Agreement of the 3-pillars of EU VAT in
