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Looking back @2021 #19: EU VAT Committee met twice and a proposal to transform it into comitology committee was discussed

What is the VAT Committee?

The VAT Committee was set up under Article 398 of the VAT Directive (Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax) to promote the uniform application of the provisions of the VAT Directive. It consists of representatives of Member States and of the Commission.
Because it is an advisory committee only and has not been attributed any legislative powers, the VAT Committee cannot take legally binding decisions. It can give guidance on the application of the Directive which is not, however, in any way binding on the European Commission nor on Member States.
The guidance takes the form of guidelines agreed by the VAT Committee by varying majority: unanimously, almost unanimously or by large majority.

Did you know that … 

The VAT Committee needs to be consulted if a Member States wants to introduce VAT Grouping (Art 11 of the EU VAT Directive 2006/112/EC), deemed taxable transactions – supply of services, (Art. 27), Taxable amount (Art. 80(3)), VAT Rates (Art. 102), Customs warehouses (Art. 155), Exemption for transactions with a view to export (Art. 164), Right to deduct VAT (Art. 167a, 177, 191, 199), Simplification measures (Art. 238), Special schemes (Art. 281), Margin schemes (Art. 318), Gold market regulations (Art. 352)

On December 18, 2020, a proposal was made to transform the VAT Committee into comitology committee

During 2021, the VAT Committee met twice

ALL Guidelines of the VAT Committee up till the 118th meeting

The European Commission published a ”Numerical index of the Working Papers” as per Jan 1, 2021

Other newsitems related to the VAT Committee published in 2021


Check also the previous articles on ”Looking back @2021”

  1. Brexit
  2. E-Commerce VAT Directive launched in the EU per July 1, 2021
  3. Next to the EU, 14 countries implemented VAT on E-Commerce, another 7 will implement in 2022
  4. Saudi-Arabia is the first country in the Middle East launching E-Invoicing, UAE may follow
  5. The concept of Fixed Establishments remains a major risk, and even why?
  6. Intrastat: Major updates applicable as of Jan 1, 2022
  7. Implementation/changes E-Invoicing & Real Time Reporting during 2021
  8. ECJ cases decided in 2021 on ”Taxable Amount”
  9. Increased focus on Fighting Climate Change – Carbon tax

  10. 49 ECJ VAT Cases decided (incl. orders) in 2021
  11. Split Payments
  12. Poland and France to introduce optional taxation of Financial Services – Exemption may not longer be applied
  13. Activities of the VAT Expert Group
  14. ECJ cases decided in 2021 on ”Exemptions”
  15. Pre-Filled VAT returns
  16. SAF-T (or equivalent) regulations, some more countries will implement
  17. Environmental Tax – Will Plastic Tax stop pollution?
  18. VAT Grouping, a tool to avoid VAT leakage, optimize VAT receivables and simplify processes 

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