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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11382
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ECONOMY - FINANCE / (ae) taxation

VAT collection still needs improvement

Brussels, 04/09/2015 (Agence Europe) - Taxation Commissioner Pierre Moscovici urges the EU member states to take measures to combat tax fraud across the board, in the light of the latest 'VAT gap' figures for 2013.

Figures published on Friday 4 September show that the overall VAT gap (i.e. the difference between the amount of VAT due and the amount actually collected) rose by €2.8 billion to €168 billion (15.2%) in all EU member states bar Cyprus and Croatia.

The VAT gap comes from...

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