Interesting article on the last IBDF signed by Teresa Morales and Julie Rogers-Glabushat titled the "Emergency Tax Measures in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Full Picture in Europe"   This article provides anoverview of the national measures adopted by 47 European countries so to deal with the crisis resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. The measures adopted are grouped into categories according to their purpose of each measure, and an analysis is made about further steps that need to be...

The congress activity and, in general, the provision of services relating to events such as cultural, artistic, sporting, scientific, educational, entertainment or similar can be rather complex from their VAT regime point of view. Many of the circumstances likely to occur in this sector of activity may result into to completely different scenarios from a VAT point of view. Examples of such circumstances are: The service provider being the organizer of the event himself, appearing in his own name...

The agenda and supporting documents concerning the most recent VAT Committee meeting have now been made available online.   At its 116th meeting, the VAT Committee reviewed implementation of the Quick Fixes Package, issues surrounding the Voucher Directive, VAT aspects of centralized customs clearance, immovable property as a supply for consideration, reduced VAT rates on supplies of electricity, services supplied by digital platforms, VAT identification numbers obtained after the chargeability ...

  An importan initiative on this key sector has been presented Today the 13th of May by the European Commission. The tourism and transport package is composed of three guidelines and a recommendation to help EU countries gradually lift travel restrictions, allow businesses to reopen and ensure that people in Europe can benefit from a safe and relaxing summer after months of confinement while respecting necessary health precautions. Among the measures adopted there are communication for common gu...

The European Commission has dedicated a specific site so to comment about those global and UE initiatives adopted so to address to the problems created by the COVID crusis. To access the site clich here

Pascal Saint-Amans, the Director of the Centre for Tax Policy and Administration at the OECD, announced that the negotiation timeline for new digital taxation proposals has been impacted by the pandemic. Previously, governments were expected to agree on a set of policies by early July in order to have an implementation plan by the end of 2020. The timing of an agreement has now shifted to October, although Saint-Amans said that the end-of-year deadline for the overall project is still in place. ...