Decision from ECJ regarding penalties on reverse charge VAT
The ECJ gave its decision in the Farkas case (C-564/15), following the opinion published last November by the advocate general. The powers of Member States after this judgement have been...
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e-Book VAT reduction backed by EU committee
An important EU Parliamentary committee has voted to back the European Commission (EC) suggestions to decrease VAT on electronic books to the same rates as their paper equivalent. The full...
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VAT rises ruled out ahead of UK elections
The current Conservative government and the main opposition Labour party recently ruled out future rises in VAT ahead of June’s election. Since the 10%+ debit from the financial crisis, the...
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OECD – International VAT/GST Guidelines
Recently the OECD VAT/GST Guidelines established further validation at the 4th OECD Global Forum on VAT. These guidelines make available a wide-ranging structure of standards and principles for countries around...
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