The battle over the VAT one-stop-shop

The battle over the VAT one-stop-shop

When European Union finance ministers rubber stamped in February new legislation that will require online payment service companies, such as Paypal and Amazon Pay to transfer all VAT data to tax authorities in order to...
UK/US arm-wrestling on the digital turnover tax

UK/US arm-wrestling on the digital turnover tax

How long will the U.K. post-Brexit honeymoon with the U.S. last? Not long if the Boris Johnson-led Tory government carries through on its commitment to adopt a digital turnover tax in the upcoming budget. After turning the screws on France and its digital service tax,...
A new decade for EU taxation

A new decade for EU taxation

A new decade, new faces, a new agenda. But will it mean new solutions for old problems such as energy taxation needed to tackle climate change or VAT fraud or new taxes to help cover the EU Brexit funding gap or the ever present need...