- Intra-EU VAT harmonization accelerates economic development but makes Member States vulnerable to organized crime
- “Tax carousels” steal billions from state budgets annually and pose legal and financial threats to honest entrepreneurs
- Electronicization of settlements and real-time transaction data can combat fictitious turnover and VAT fraud
- European Commission’s “VAT in the Digital Age” proposal aims to reduce VAT gap and settlement costs for entrepreneurs
- Risks of the proposal include technological effectiveness, data security, and controversial regulations on e-invoicing and online platform trade
- ViDA project faces challenges due to lack of unanimity among EU countries, leading to postponement of implementation date
- Hungarian presidency of the EU Council prioritizes ViDA package implementation, but success of ongoing negotiations remains uncertain.
Source: podatki.gazetaprawna.pl
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