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
E-commerce package reforms 2022 revenues up 26% on 2021 numbers; 130,000 e-commerce sellers & marketplaces registered The European Commission as published 2022 revenues for the One Stop-Shop return and Import One Stop-Shop returns – €17 billion and €2.5 billion, respectively. It said that almost 130,000
Ministry of Finance new roadmap for mandatory e-invoicing, e-commerce platforms and dropshipping reforms The French Ministry for the Economy and Finance has published a roadmap for a range of measures to combat fraud in public finances. This includes a range of VAT-related measures which the
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March 2028 VAT on all import B2C consignment must be charged at sale in checkout; IOSS €150 limit withdrawn; marketplaces liable for seller VAT and customs; optional Special Arrangements extended As part of yesterday’s EU Customs reforms proposals, the VAT special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
European Commission proposes 2024 (TBC) quick fixes to the existing e-commerce regime prior to ViDA changes to e-commerce VAT rules from 2025 As part of the VAT in the Digital Age ViDA reforms, the European Commission has proposed the extension of the OSS e-commerce single 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.
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
2025 ‘Facilitating marketplaces’ must take on EU import VAT reporting IOSS obligations as part of VAT in the Digital Age reforms The VAT in the Digital Age (ViDA) package of reforms includes an obligation from 1 January 2025 for facilitating marketplaces to take on their
ViDA: Extension of OSS return for cross-border movement of: own goods; B2C e-commerce; and B2B call-off stock. Likely delay to 2026 Harmonisation of B2B reverse charge. But extension of marketplace ‘deemed supplier’ to EU sellers proposal now dropped The proposed 2025 adoption – now likely
