- Estonia opposes EU VAT reform targeting digital platforms
- Proposed reform would impose new liabilities on companies like Bolt Technology OU and Airbnb Inc.
- Estonian Finance Minister believes taxing services via digital platforms would burden SMEs and distort competition
- Estonia suggests a voluntary opt-in system instead of mandatory approach
- EU finance ministers failed to reach agreement on ViDA proposal in May
- Italy and Spain advocate for reform to collect more VAT revenues
- Bolt lobbying Estonian government to resist the measure
- Achieving unanimous agreement remains a challenge
- Belgium’s Finance Minister working on compromise to satisfy all member states
Source: globalvatcompliance.com
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