Breaking down borders: Liberating EU commerce through VAT reform

26 October 2017

Joe Stanley-Smith

While walls, wire fences and border checks proliferate around the world, the EU is looking to liberalise VAT rules to break down barriers to trade within its borders. Joe Stanley-Smith explores the EU’s proposals for a new definitive VAT regime with Maria Teresa Fabregas Fernandez, director for indirect taxation and tax administration at the European Commission.