- The European Commission’s DG TAXUD published its 2026 Management Plan, focusing on simplification, implementation, and enforcement in tax and customs.
- Key tax priorities include a Taxation Simplification Omnibus package, a recast of the Directive on Administrative Cooperation, and continued work on BEFIT and the global minimum tax.
- Initiatives will address fossil fuel subsidies, revise the Tobacco Taxation Directive, and simplify excise duty rules.
- VAT priorities include implementing the VAT in the Digital Age (ViDA) package and strengthening tools to combat e-commerce fraud.
- Customs priorities involve supporting EU Customs Reform negotiations, advancing digital systems (ICS2, NCTS), implementing the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), and expanding digitalisation and analytics capabilities.
Source: etaf.tax
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