Making VAT work
for all EU businesses

The Situation

While great progress has been made with VAT ONE STOP SHOP 1.0, the current EU VAT system still disadvantages millions of small and medium-sized enterprises by leaving out and important aspect of EU trade.

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The Problem

While great progress has been made with VAT ONE STOP SHOP 1.0, the current EU VAT system still disadvantages millions of small and medium-sized enterprises by leaving out and important aspect of EU trade.

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13 documents

on average to complete one VAT registration process
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100 days

on average to get a VAT number
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Around 8.000€

per country per year in compliance costs
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Up to 60

VAT filings per country per year to be submitted

The Solution

The EU Commission’s proposal solves this problem with a VAT One Stop Shop 2.0 including:

  • Right arrow icon A transfer module for cross-border movement of own inventory across the EU
  • Right arrow icon An extension of the existing VAT One Stop Shop to domestic B2C sales from distribution hubs
  • Right arrow icon Introducing an EU harmonized reverse charge mechanism for B2B sales.
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2.0

Towards a unified
VAT solution

VAT One Stop Shop 2.0

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A One Stop Shop 2.0 would enable businesses that sell remotely to have a single EU VAT registration and to report all VAT through a single digital VAT portal on their entire EU logistics chain – from procurement and inventory placement to sales to final consumers.

The Benefits

Simpler. Fairer. More efficient.

Extending the EU VAT One Stop Shop system to all transactions will be to the benefit of all: for governments, for businesses and for consumers.

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Not convinced yet?

Hear the case for extending the EU VAT One Stop Shop
directly from tax advisors and an EU SME.

Still not convinced?

Get more information – read our Position Paper and Frequently Asked Questions.

Position Paper [PDF - 187 KB]
FAQ

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