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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12707

28 April 2021
Contents Publication in full By article 22 / 33
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / Taxation
VAT rates, several questions still open in EU Council
Brussels, 27/04/2021 (Agence Europe)

Work in the EU Council on the European Commission’s 2018 proposal to give Member States the freedom to set reduced, super-reduced and zero VAT rates (see EUROPE B11940A15) is progressing, although a number of issues remain open.

According to a compromise text from the Portuguese Presidency of the EU Council, dated 13 April and seen by EUROPE, the text proposes to maintain a positive list of products and services eligible for reduced rates, whereas the Commission had proposed a negative...

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