Archive for December 2021
VAT penalties and the principles of proportionality and neutrality. Towards an EU “harmonized” criterion?
On April 15, 2021, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) issued its judgment in the Grupa Warzywna (C-935/19) case. This case refers to the always controversial issue of VAT penalties. A Polish company named Grupa Warzywna purchased a real estate that was used for more than 2 years. The seller of the real estate issued…
Read MoreMore vat rates, less distortion of competition?
At the last Ecofin´s meeting held December 7th 2021, EU Member States agreed a general approach on updating rules for reduced VAT rates, following on from a 2018 EU Commission´s proposal that set out to update the list of goods and services for which reduced rates or even zero rates are allowed. The new piece…
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