EU Finance Ministers debate ViDA at ECOFIN 16 June 2024 The EU’s 3-pillar reforms of the VAT regime, VAT in the Digital Age, is to be reviewed by Finance Minister at the monthly Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) on 16 June 2023. They will
EU’s Directorate-General Taxation and Customs (DG TAXUD) has summarised its top reforms and ongoing work around the EU’s VAT regime, customs and related areas in its Management Plan 2023 Key issues DG TAXUD is looking to progress includes: Agreement of the 3-pillars of EU VAT in
ECON committee hears concerns on short timeframe for ViDA; suggests 2-day transaction reporting deadline within the ViDA Digital Reporting Requirements should be extended to 10 day The European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs on 25 May listened to concerns on the short implementation
European Commission may delay 2028 existing e-invoicing regimes’ convergence to ViDA Digital Reporting Requirements Several EU member states with existing or planned mandatory domestic e-invoicing regimes look likely to secure a delay on the January 2028 deadline for them to converge with the proposed VAT
Backing for EU’s VAT in the Digital Age reforms; sceptical on need for mandatory domestic e-invoicing regime The Dutch Secretary of Finance has confirmed conditional support of the EU’s VAT in the Digital Age – reforms designed to reduce the need for foreign VAT registrations
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
European Commission calls for feedback on adoption and areas for improvement of standard electronic invoice format as VAT in the Digital Age reforms approach The European Commission is holding a consultation of the eInvoicing Directive 2014/55/EU which provides for a common European standard on eInvoicing
EDPS backs personal data guards in EU’s ViDA reform proposals The EU’s independent European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) has provided an initial positive review of the European Commission’s VAT in the Digital Age reforms. In particular the Digital Reporting Requirements for the delivery of transaction
E-invoicing and live digital reporting mandates mean VAT and GST must be calculated accurately in real-time to avoid blocked invoices, audits and potential losses. How to rise to the challenge The ‘luxury’ of a few weeks to retro-calculate transactional VAT or GST is coming to
