The 31st Meeting of the EU Commission's VAT Expert Group was held on 10 June 2022. The MIT was represented at the meeting by Sarah Cassar Torregiani. During the meeting, the following was discussed: the formalities around the transfer of own goods from one Member...
The Commission has launched a Call for Evidence on the application of the administrative cooperation in the field of VAT governed by Council Regulation (EU) No 904/2010 on administrative cooperation and combating fraud in the field of value added tax. This exercise will look at how...
Council Directive (EU) 2022/890 of 3 June 2022 has amended Directive 2006/112/EC as regards the extension of the application period of the optional reverse charge mechanism in relation to supplies of certain goods and services susceptible to fraud and of the Quick Reaction Mechanism against VAT...
The ECOFIN Council is scheduled to vote on the directive on the implementation of Pillar 2 at tomorrow's meeting (Thursday 17 June). Further to the publication of the draft Directive (See MIT News 22 December 2021) a compromise text was released for discussion at the Ecofin Meeting of...
This week's edition of the CFE Tax Top 5 looks at the following: EU Commission Publishes Equity Allowance Proposal CFE Awards “The Albert J Raedler Medal” for Academic Excellence CFE Opinion Statement in Case C-788/19 (Commission v Spain) The Conference on the Future of Europe...
CFE Tax Advisers Europe issued an Opinion Statement on the EU VAT in the Digital Age Consultation on 5 May 2022. On Digital Reporting Requirements, the CFE is of the view that if Member States will be required to implement such measures, it is highly desirable that the systems should...
On 11 May 2022 the Commission proposed a tax incentive to help businesses access financing, a measure that will introduce an allowance granting to equity the same tax treatment as debt. Details on the debt-equity bias reduction allowance (DEBRA) can be viewed here....
European Parliament resolution of 21 October 2021 on the Pandora Papers: implications for the efforts to combat money laundering, tax evasion and tax avoidance (2021/2922(RSP)) has been published in the Official Journal....
This week's edition of the CFE Tax Top 5 looks at the following: CFE Opinion Statement on OECD Public Consultation on a Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework ECJ Decision on Disclosure of Information in Airbnb Case C-974/20 EU VAT Committee Publishes Meeting Papers & Updated Guidelines EU Commission to...
