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VAT and customs duty on e-commerce come under scrutiny of Court of Auditors

06/07/2018 (Agence Europe) – On Thursday 5 July, the European Court of Auditors launched an audit to assess the effectiveness of the EU's response to the challenges created by e-commerce in terms of VAT and customs duty. “Up to now, the connection of VAT and customs duties in cross-border e-commerce has been prone to irregularities”, said Ildikó Gáll-Pelcz, the member of the Court of Auditors responsible for the audit. The auditors will focus in particular on the risk presented by...