- Belgium, France, and Malta are receiving formal notices for failing to implement required IT functionalities for EU VAT information exchange between member states
- The issue relates to Council Directive 2020/285 which created a special VAT scheme for small enterprises allowing them to sell without charging VAT
- Small enterprises from other EU member states can now exempt their supplies from VAT in the same way as domestic small enterprises
- IT systems were required to enable information exchange between member states starting January 1, 2025 to support the special small enterprise scheme
- The European Commission found that Belgian, French, and Maltese IT systems currently lack all the necessary functionalities for proper scheme operation
Source: taxathand.com
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