<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"> <channel> <title>KluwerLawOnline.com - EC Tax Review</title> <link>https://kluwerlawonline.com/Journals/EC+Tax+Review/19</link> <description>Up-to-date coverage of developments in Europe-wide tax law and practice.</description> <language>en-gb</language> <pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2025 00:01:06 GMT</pubDate> <lastBuildDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2025 00:01:06 GMT</lastBuildDate> <docs>http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification</docs> <item> <title>Editorial: The ‘Decluttering’ of EU Direct Tax Law</title> <link>https://kluwerlawonline.com/JournalArticle/EC+Tax+Review/34.1/ECTA2025001</link> <category>EC Tax Review</category> <description><p class="MsoNormal"><i>Unleashing the economic power of the EU’s Single Market and boosting Europe’s competitiveness and innovation capacity requires a fresh look at the immense administrative and regulatory burdens that have been created over the past decades. This also has a tax dimension, and – as Wopke Hoekstra, the Commissioner responsible for taxation – has recently put it: ‘Decluttering is of the essence’. Indeed, in a post-Pillar Two tax environment, many existing tax measures may have lost their relevance or even be duplicative. Moreover, perhaps the time has come to consider broad common rules for European companies: While this would not be ‘decluttering’ of EU tax law itself, the creation of common regimes that replace the Member States’ rules would ideally be a ‘one in, twenty-seven out’ approach.<o:p></o:p></i></p>Volume 34 Online ISSN 0928-2750</description> <pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2025 00:01:06 GMT</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://kluwerlawonline.com/JournalArticle/EC+Tax+Review/34.1/ECTA2025001</guid> </item> <item> <title>EU Member States Agree on ViDA: A Major Step for the EU VAT System and a Digital Leap for Businesses</title> <link>https://kluwerlawonline.com/JournalArticle/EC+Tax+Review/34.1/ECTA2025002</link> <category>EC Tax Review</category> <description><p class="MsoNormal"><i>In this article, the authors discuss the European Commission’s VAT in the Digital Age (ViDA) package, on which the Ministers of Finance from all EU Member States reached a political agreement in the Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) meeting of 5 November 2024. Meanwhile, the legislative texts have undergone some changes due to the need to reach consensus. The authors highlight the most important rules that, following a change in the timeline, must now come into force between 2025 and 2035.<o:p></o:p></i></p>Volume 34 Online ISSN 0928-2750</description> <pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2025 00:01:06 GMT</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://kluwerlawonline.com/JournalArticle/EC+Tax+Review/34.1/ECTA2025002</guid> </item> <item> <title>The Margin as Compensation for a Service</title> <link>https://kluwerlawonline.com/JournalArticle/EC+Tax+Review/34.1/ECTA2025003</link> <category>EC Tax Review</category> <description><p class="MsoNormal"><i>In this article, I examine the validity of this position taken by the ECJ. To this end, I have looked at previous cases that were referred to the ECJ where the margin (the difference between the purchase price and the sales price of goods or services) in a supply chain could possibly be regarded as consideration for a service. In addition, I analyse the original proposal of the European Commission regarding the VAT treatment of vouchers, which explicitly included a provision that stipulated that the margin was the consideration for a promotional or distribution service. I also analyse a report from the European Commission following a study into the implementation and application of the current EU rules on the VAT treatment of vouchers. I use this as a framework to see whether the position of the ECJ in the M-GbR case fits within this.</i><i><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>Volume 34 Online ISSN 0928-2750</description> <pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2025 00:01:06 GMT</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://kluwerlawonline.com/JournalArticle/EC+Tax+Review/34.1/ECTA2025003</guid> </item> <item> <title>Forum Contributions: Taxpayers’ Right to Defence in the European Union: An Utopia for Taxpayers?</title> <link>https://kluwerlawonline.com/JournalArticle/EC+Tax+Review/34.1/ECTA2025004</link> <category>EC Tax Review</category> <description><p class="MsoNormal"><i>Taxpayers in the Member States of the European Union (EU) are confronted with the national tax legislation of the EU Member States, that confer on them numerous legal obligations. The national tax administration enforces the tax provisions. It is of importance that in procedures a taxpayer can challenge national tax legislation and the acts and conduct of the state’s authorities in tax matters. Arguably, the taxpayer must be able to legally confront how a tax is imposed or levied and how the taxpayer is treated in tax matters. The EU Commission has expressed its concern for taxpayers’ rights. This article, which is a (short) summary of the author’s phd on taxpayers’ rights, defends that taxpayers’ rights are essential and indispensable.</i><i><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>Volume 34 Online ISSN 0928-2750</description> <pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2025 00:01:06 GMT</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://kluwerlawonline.com/JournalArticle/EC+Tax+Review/34.1/ECTA2025004</guid> </item> </channel> </rss>