ECON votes for Directive changes as part of wider March 2028 Customs & VAT reforms On 24th October 2023, the EU Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs committee (ECON) voted in favour of two amendments to the VAT Directive 2006/112/EC. These two reforms are
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
March 2028 VAT on all import B2C consignment must be charged at sale in checkout; IOSS €150 limit withdrawn; marketplaces liable for seller VAT and customs; optional Special Arrangements extended As part of yesterday’s EU Customs reforms proposals, the VAT special arrangements threshold of €150
March 2028 digitalisation of EU customs union includes several VAT reforms EC scraps €150 customs consignment import threshold exploited by fraudsters; ends the VAT €150 special arrangements threshold; also pushing goods Single market safety and sustainability obligations onto platforms In a comprehensive set of EU
European countries compete to attract import business with reverse charge import VAT with no cash payments Most European Union member states offer cashflow assistance for importers of goods into their country. France’s 2022 import VAT scheme is the latest new addition. This can be VAT
Delayed withdrawal of services export charge finally goes ahead Argentina is to withdraw the service export customs duties tax of 5% from 1 January 2022. The tax was introduced in 2018 at effectively 12% had already been cut to 5% in 2020 in order to
May 2023 update: The EC has proposed ending the €150 VAT threshold on consignment stocks from March 2028. On 1 July 2021, the EU e-commerce package introduced the obligation to charge sales VAT at the point-of-sale on sales of goods consignments with an intrinsic value
