2-year delay to ViDA Digital Reporting; TOMS on hold; 2021 e-commerce figures The EU’s VAT Expert Group (VEG) met at the end of October to review a range of EU VAT reforms and provide feedback for the European Commission. VEG assists and advises the European
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
Digital platforms responsible for VAT calculations and collections for e-commerce goods of their third-party sellers Switzerland is to follow the EU by imposing deeded supplier obligations on digital platforms for goods. This makes them responsible for the VAT charging and remittance on low-value imported consignments
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
VAT records requirements for sellers, deemed supplier marketplaces and Intermediaries for on-demand VAT audit requests –SAF OSS XML schema The One Stop-Shop (OSS) and Import One Stop-Shop (IOSS) VAT returns were introduced in the EU on 1 July 2021 as part of the e-commerce package.
ViDA – EU sellers may only utilise from their resident country the B2C VAT threshold on cross-border sales From January 2025, EU resident sellers will be limited in their use of the €10,000 intra-community distance selling threshold. Going forward, they will only be able to
VAT in the Digital Age (ViDA) package tackles abuse of Import One Stop-Shop numbers and import VAT evasion Included within the EU VAT in the Digital Age reforms package announced on 8 December 2022, is a measure to help prevent abuse of Import One Stop-Shop IOSS
Commission explores remedies for abuse of Import One Stop-Shop numbers to avoid import VAT payments The European Commission is looking at a number of ideas to stop the potential misuse of Import One Stop-Shop IOSS VAT numbers. This includes online sellers using others’ IOSS numbers
Withdrawal of €22 low value consignment exemption and new IOSS return success; 8,000+ IOSS registrations; Council backs VAT in the Digital Age further reforms The European Commission has confirmed that EU member states have collected €1.9 billion between July and December 2021, the first six
Tax loophole to be closed by making platforms responsible for VAT Switzerland is set to follow the EU by imposing deeded supplier obligations on digital platforms. This makes them responsible for the VAT charging and remittance on low-value imported consignments being sold to consumers. Need
