Billions of dollars have been raised through crowdfunding. Yet, the cultural and creative sectors haven’t caught up to use this new funding tool to its full potential. How can European policy and public authorities help to facilitate crowdfunding for creatives and cultural organisations? To answer that, Crowdfunding4Culture – an initiative by the European Commission – invites the public to vote and comment on 23 proposed policy actions. Read More »
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EU – European Commission launches public consultation on the fight against VAT fraud
The European Commission has launched a public consultation on the fight against VAT fraud and administrative cooperation in the area of VAT. The consultation stems directly from the Commission’s VAT Action Plan, in which addressing the VAT gap and tackling VAT fraud received prominent attention. Read More »
EU – public consultation on reform of VAT rates policy, small enterprise and definitive VAT System for B2B intra-EU transactions in goods
As you know the European Commission published three VAT-related consultations at the end of last year to prepare its work for the upcoming year. Each of the three consultations relates to a specific set of reforms already announced in the European Commission’s VAT Action Plan earlier this year. The three consultations relate to:Read More »
EU: Commission proposes new VAT rules B2C (e-commerce / online gambling platforms)
On 1 December the European Commission adopted a package of measures to improve the tax climate for e-commerce companies in the EU. With these proposals, the Commission follows up on its commitments made in the strategy for a digital single market for Europe and the Action Plan for a common VAT Area in the EU and a new VAT approach introduced e-commerce.Read More »
EU VAT Return per January 2017
On the 23th of October 2013, the European Commission published a proposal to introduce a common system of value added tax as regards a standard VAT return to come into force as per 1 January 2017. Negotiation have resulted in a draft compromised text that has fully denatured the substance of the Commission proposal. Read More »
How to improve VAT revenue collection?
Based on figures recently published by the European Commission, VAT revenue collection for 2013 has failed to show significant improvement.
During 2013, the overall VAT Total Tax Liability for the EU-26 Member States grew by about 1.2 %, while collected VAT revenues rose by 1.1 %. As a result, the overall VAT Gap in the EU-26 increased by 2.8 billion Euro and reached a total of 168 billion Euro. Read More »
European Commission publishes study on application and impact of optional reverse charge mechanism within EU VAT system
On 23 December 2014, the European Commission has published online a study entitled “Assessment of the application and impact of the optional ‘Reverse Charge Mechanism’ within the EU VAT system” (the Study).
Infringement proceedings against Italy in connection with VAT refunds
Under the Italian VAT refund procedure, a non-established taxpayer requesting a VAT refund via its Italian VAT return must submit a bank or insurance guarantee covering the full amount of the VAT refund. The guarantee must be submitted for each VAT refund request and must be maintained for Read More »
Commission publishes summary of reduced rates consultation
The European Commission has published a summary report on its public consultation with regards to reduced VAT rates. One of the most critical issues seems to be the current application of reduced VAT rates to e-books in some Member States, compared to number of other Member States that apply standard rates. This different VAT treatment results in distortion of competition between Member States. Read More »
Webcast: The EU Financial Transaction Tax
On 14 February 2013 the provisions of the Financial Transaction Tax (FTT), to be implemented under enhanced cooperation, were outlined in a proposal adopted by the European Commission.
Join the webcast for a closer look at the proposed directive and the implications for the global financial services industry.
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