On 13 July 2015, the European Commission (EC) published a study entitled “Implementing the ‘destination principle’ to intra-EU B2B supplies of goods” (the Study) on its website.
The Study focuses on two issues involving the current VAT model: first, additional compliance costs borne by taxable persons (especially small and medium-sized enterprises) conducting cross-border trading compared to taxable persons only trading domestically; and second, the level of VAT fraud existing within the European Union. Read More »