Search Results for: EU VAT
EU Criticizes France’s Inefficient VAT System
August 8th, 2016
The European Commission has released a paper recommending improvements to France’s “inefficient” value-added tax system, including that the country do away with broadly applying reduced VAT rates. The paper notes that France faces significant fiscal challenges; Its tax burden ...
European Council approves VAT rules on vouchers
July 5th, 2016
On 27 June 2016, the Council adopted a directive aimed at increasing legal certainty for transactions involving vouchers by harmonising national VAT rules in this area. The directive sets out to reduce the risk of mismatches in national tax rules leading to ...
Goodbye to all VAT? EU indirect tax after Brexit
July 1st, 2016
Nicholas Hallam, CEO at Accordance, examines what could happen to EU VAT after the UK’s vote to leave the union. A year ago, asking EU VAT commissioner Donato Raponi what Brexit would mean for EU VAT provoked derisory hilarity ...
Europol: Searches, seizures and arrests were carried out in eight EU countries against a criminal network involved in international VAT fraud and money laundering
June 30th, 2016
Yesterday, from a coordination centre at Eurojust, Europol supported an international action day against a criminal network involved in international VAT fraud and money laundering defrauding EU citizens of approximately EUR 57 million in tax revenues via companies selling ...
Europe’s Most Innovative Universities
June 14th, 2016
At first glance, the most innovative universities in Europe don’t appear to have much in common. Some are Catholic schools, some are secular, others are state-run and some are private. One is 920 years old. Another has been an ...
European economy: 19,000 jobs created, 4000 new startups and €480 million raised by Europe’s largest innovation network
June 2nd, 2016
The European BIC Network publicly launches today (2 June) its ‘EU|BIC Impact Report 2016’ confirming another year of positive support for Europe’s businesses. This report compiled from quantitative and qualitative data demonstrates the added value EU|BICs create in the ...
First Derivatives and Thomson Reuters formed a Strategic Partnership for Streaming Analytics
April 27th, 2016
FD (AIM: FDP.L, ESM: FDP.I) announces a strategic partnership for the use of its Kx technology with Thomson Reuters to power the latest version of their financial Data as a Service platform, Velocity Analytics. The agreement follows a comprehensive ...
Deutsche Bank opens innovation lab in Silicon Valley
April 7th, 2016
Deutsche Bank announced today that it has opened an innovation lab in Silicon Valley, with a launch event attended by its Co-Chief Executive John Cryan on Tuesday. The lab in Palo Alto will enable the Bank to evaluate emerging ...
European farmers in crisis: EU Commission activates measures to support them
March 17th, 2016
European Commission activates exceptional measures to further support European farmers in crisis “This is a package of measures which can have a material and positive impact on European agricultural markets and it should now be given the chance to ...
EU Auditors Call For Renewed Efforts On VAT Fraud
March 7th, 2016
The current European Union system for fighting cross-border value-added tax fraud is not effective enough, according to a new report by the European Court of Auditors. The auditors said that while the EU has a range of tools at ...
