EU VAT rules causing thousands of businesses to close

Joe Stanley-Smith

February 28 2015

A new report has shown that thousands of businesses across the EU are being forced into closure by the EU’s VAT rules governing the place of supply for e-services, introduced this year.

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Joe manages ITR’s online and print coverage, and the publication’s events worldwide. He covers a range of tax issues affecting multinational corporations, particularly indirect tax matters and case studies.

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