The European Commission on Monday 22 June opposed a request from Italy for a derogation which would allow the country to apply the VAT reverse charge mechanism to the atypical supply of staff.
In a communication to the EU Council, the Commission recalls that Italy has already benefited from two specific measures, in 2017 and 2018, and considers that granting an additional measure such as the one requested would further distance the Italian VAT system from the common VAT system.
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