Fiscal subject related
Measures the central bank has put forward for the upcoming period include:
- Mandatory use of electronic payments for retail outlets
- Automated VAT credit repayments, without manual approvals, to build trust in the VAT process
- Eliminating special VAT reduced rates in holiday locations
- Adoption of Artificial Intelligence, blockchain and similar cutting-edge technologies to identify VAT fraud
- Further adoption of electronic invoicing, building on the myDATA e-invoice and e-bookkeeping reforms
- Strengthening administrative cooperation in the field of VAT between the tax authorities of the EU Member States
The EU VAT Gap initiative will be launched later this year by the European Commission to help tax authorities share the best practices.
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