For many on the outside looking in the EU taxation system is very complicated. It is - and that’s why the 2015 VAT changes aim to simplify the process. It may not work, but that’s the aim of the EU ...

“It has been suggested that particularly the high-profile operators, which occupy a considerable part of the market, wish to be seen to be tax-compliant, notably for reputational reasons.” (OECD ...

Liz Armbruester, Avalara's senior vice president of global compliance, discusses the recent EU VAT e-commerce reforms and their impact on businesses and consumers worldwide. This transcript has been ...

- WELCOMES the Commission Communication "Towards a single EU VAT area - Time to decide" (VAT Action Plan) and TAKES NOTE of the Special Report of the Court of Auditors No. 24: "Tackling ...

The VAT system is seen as a vital income source for the member states of the EU. This decision comes in response to the U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration, which has previously stated that ...

BRUSSELS, May 17 (Reuters) - The European Commission proposed on Wednesday a reform of customs rules for the surge of incoming packages ordered online and to cope with increased environmental and ...

The Council adopted three short legislative acts aimed at adjusting some of the EU's VAT rules in order to fix four specific issues pending the introduction of a new VAT system. These relate to: ...

(Bloomberg) -- The European Union’s tax chief said that the bloc’s use of value-added taxes shouldn’t be part of the trade tensions with the Trump administration. “VAT is clearly not a tariff,” Wopke ...