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First debate at European Parliament on simplifying VAT rules for cross-border e-commerce

Brussels, 20/06/2017 (Agence Europe)

On Tuesday 20 June, the members of the European Parliament held an initial debate on the Commission's proposal aiming broadly to simplify the VAT rules applicable to cross-border e-commerce, particularly by removing the exemption for small consignments from third countries.

The rapporteur, Cătălin Sorin Ivan (S&D, Romania), welcomed the proposal to extend the mini single window for electronic services to include goods sold online, to extend all cross-border services to end users and to...