login
login
Image header Agence Europe
Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9576
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/taxation

17 European public postal operators call for resumption of talks on VAT on postal services

Brussels, 09/01/2008 (Agence Europe) - The definitive liberalisation of the postal sector, which is almost upon us (see EUROPE 9568), is causing related matters to be re-opened. 17 members of PostEurop, an organisation of over 40 European public postal operators, have called for Council talks to remove their exemption from value added tax (VAT) to be resumed. They feel that, in a competitive market, equal tax treatment is now inevitable. The removal of the exemption would also allow them to...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
THE DAY IN POLITICS
GENERAL NEWS