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...