The EU e-commerce VAT package launch on 1 July 2021 aimed to simplify Value Added Tax reporting for sellers, but also reduce fraud and give marketplaces a new role taking on VAT obligations of their sellers. The reforms implemented captured non-EU sellers and marketplaces selling to EU
VAT – gig and sharing economies As part of the VAT in the Digital Age review of the impact and best policies for indirect tax reforms, the European Commission is reviewing ‘VAT Treatment of the Platform Economy’. This includes the VAT effects for the gig
Can the definitive VAT system or other reforms close fraud gap? The European Parliament has reviewed a range of measures to close EU VAT Gap – the difference between forecast VAT revenues versus actuals. This was as a formal European added value (EAV) assessment, to
As part of the 1 July 2021 EU e-commerce reform package, online platforms (electronic interface) now take on the VAT obligations of certain transaction of their third-party sellers. Although their remains a Special Arrangements loophole. Marketplace take on their sellers’ EU VAT obligations In an
The EU has now withdrawn its e-commerce distance selling thresholds from 1 July 2021. This is part of its e-commerce VAT package reforms. EU or non-EU sellers will have to charge the VAT rate of their customer when selling them across an EU internal border
Since 1 July 2021 and the introduction of the EU deemed supplier marketplace rules for electronic interfaces, certain records must be maintained by marketplaces. This covers when the marketplace is using the OSS or IOSS Special Schemes. This is part of the wider EU e-commerce
The annual estimate by the European Commission of the amount of missing VAT – the ‘VAT Gap’ – has remained constant at €140 billion for 2018. However, the EC is now forecasting a rise in this to €164bn, 14% of revenues, for 2020 as a
