European Commission Launches Public Consultations for a Single European VAT Area

On 20 December 2016, the European Commission launched three public consultations as part of its ongoing work in relation to the Action Plan on VAT - Towards a single EU VAT area. The three consultations are as follows:

Public Consultation on the Definitive VAT system for Business to Business (B2B) intra-EU transactions on goods

This consultation aims at obtaining the views of stakeholders on:

• The current VAT situation of B2B intra-EU supplies of goods;
• Possible short term improvements o…