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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9335
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/taxation

UEAPME denounces Germany's “irresponsible and counterproductive” blocking of VAT package

Brussels, 02/01/2007 (Agence Europe) - The European Association of Craft, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (UEAPME) wrote to Peer Steinbrück, Germany's Finance Minister, end December to express its displeasure at Germany's attitude in the field of value added tax (VAT). Germany is blocking negotiations on the VAT legislative package - which aims to simplify tax obligations for companies with cross-border activity - in order to have the possibility of applying the VAT self-liquidation...