On 17th July, the EU published a report from the Court of Auditors: E-commerce: many of the challenges of collecting VAT and customs duties remain to be resolved. It found that found that despite recent positive developments the EU is not currently dealing adequately with these issues but have addressed some of the weaknesses identified with the “e-commerce package”. It makes a number of recommendations as to how the European Commission and the Member States should better address the challenges identified and establish a sound regulatory and control framework.
https://www.eca.europa.eu/en/Pages/DocItem.aspx?did=50415
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