Traditional retailers welcome German marketplace VAT compliance law

Alexander Hartley

December 10 2018

German retailers are pleased with a new VAT compliance law which will put additional obligations on online platforms selling goods, which they say will help level the playing field. But major platforms like Amazon, eBay and Etsy face a compliance headache.

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Alexander Hartley

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Alexander reports on indirect tax matters, BEPS, and related tax disputes. He is ITR’s main reporter on efforts to tax the digital economy, including digital services taxes and attempts at a multilateral reform of corporation tax.

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