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ECB presents findings from digital euro innovation platform and announces second round of experimentation
October 14th, 2025
Experimentation with almost 70 market participants highlights digital euro’s potential to foster innovation and financial inclusion ECB to launch second round of experimentation through platform next year to maximise innovation potential Conditional payments identified as possible key driver of ...
EPPO indicts 36 suspects and five companies for €24.3 million VAT fraud involving organised crime
October 14th, 2025
The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Madrid (Spain) has indicted 36 individuals and five companies, accused of forming a criminal organisation responsible for a €24.3 million VAT fraud scheme involving the trade of mobile phones and other electronic ...
Cyprus government mulling reduced VAT for basic necessities
April 21st, 2023
It is unclear how effective government machinations to reduce the VAT on necessary goods will be, following reports on Wednesday that authorities are looking to completely axe tax on items like bread, milk, and baby food. Commenting on the ...
European Council reaches agreement on updated rules for VAT rates
December 14th, 2021
The European Council reached agreement on a proposal to update EU rules on rates of value added tax (VAT). The new rules reflect member states’ current needs and the EU’s present policy objectives, which have changed considerably since the ...
VAT rules for European ecommerce
August 4th, 2021
Whether your business is located within the European Union or outside, if you’re shipping to customers in European countries, you will have to pay value-added tax (VAT). On this page we’ll list the current VAT rules for EU cross-border ...
COVID-19:VAT relief for vaccines and testing kits
December 10th, 2020
The Commission has welcomed the adoption of important new measures which will enable Member States to relieve EU hospitals, medical practitioners and individuals of Value-Added Tax (VAT) when acquiring coronavirus vaccines and testing kits. The new rules, adopted unanimously ...
Payment token derivatives: the risks behind the hype
November 19th, 2020
Compared to a direct investment in Bitcoin, for example, an investment in derivatives with payment tokens as underlying assets is more transparent but is by no means risk-free. Many of the risks associated with payment tokens have an impact ...
Waiving VAT and customs duties on vital medical equipment
November 18th, 2020
The European Commission waives customs duties and VAT on the import of medical equipment from non-EU countries. The European Commission had already in April 2020 published a decision helping Member States affected by the coronavirus pandemic to temporarily suspend ...
Breaking: FCA bans the sale of crypto-derivatives to retail consumers
October 6th, 2020
The FCA has published final rules banning the sale of derivatives and exchange traded notes (ETNs) that reference certain types of cryptoassets to retail consumers. The FCA considers these products to be ill-suited for retail consumers due to the ...
EU expecting COVID-19 dent in 2020 VAT collections
September 30th, 2020
The European Commission has published its latest VAT gap report, which show that EU countries lost an estimated EUR140bn (USD165.7bn) in VAT revenues in 2018, down EUR1bn in nominal terms on the year prior. The “VAT gap” measures the ...
