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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9958

20 August 2009
(eu) eu/taxation
New measures to improve administrative cooperation in fight against VAT fraud

Brussels, 19/08/2009 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 18th of August, the European Commission proposed a revision of regulation 1798/2003, to afford the Member States more resources in their joint fight against fraud in the field of value-added tax (VAT). Its proposals are based on an assessment of cooperation between the national tax administrations, which, it notes, remains "insufficient" despite the options opened up by European legislation currently in force. "My objective is to ensure that...