News

May 2009

VAT System for Cross-Border Trading

A package of measures is being introduced to simplify and modernise the VAT system for cross-border trading and to counter fraud across the EU. The measures include:

• changes to the basic place of supply of services rules
• changes to the time of supply rules
• European Sales List (ESL) reporting for supplies of cross-border services
• a new electronic refund procedure for VAT incurred in other EU Member States.

To read more about these proposed changes visit the link below.

Internet link:

HMRC VAT changes link