Short resume from the work of the IVA with the Authorities

Country	Issue	Action
Belgium	Problems with excise duties	In progress
Netherlands	Belastingdienst will no longer be allowed to refund to intermediaries	Meeting with the Dutch Tax Authorities
Croatia	Problems with the Croatian portal	Letter sent to EC and Tax Authorities
France	Invoices not attached to a claim and the 5MB limit	Letter sent to the French Tax Authorities
Germany	Article 15 -Refusing invoices for images not attached to claim (5mb)	Letter sent to the Commission and German authorities. A meeting was requested. The Commission confirmed our position
	Restyling	Written & Discussed with German Authorities
	Slow paying refunds	Meetings with Authorities was arranged by IVA
	Claim form signatory Box 9b Claim form
	Supplier Addresses Under Refund Directive	This is under review
	Overall German Position versus the rest of the EU	Under review and talking to Commission
Greece	Slow paying refunds both Local and Foreign Est	TEI Complaint sent to the Commission
	3 year prescription period	Letter to the Commission (Jan 2013)
Italy	Slow paying refunds both Local and Foreign Est	TEI Complaint sent to the Commission (Jan 2013) IVA complaint and acknowledgement were received (Mar 2013)
Spain	Slow Paying	IVA complaint and acknowledgement were received (Mar 2013)

News from the Board

IVA Meeting with the Portuguese Tax Authorities

The International VAT Association (IVA), represented by its President, Stephen Dale, and Board Member, Fátima Gouveia, met with the representatives of the Portuguese Secretary of State for Tax Affairs and of the Portuguese VAT Authority on the 9th of July 2019, in Lisbon. The IVA thanked the authorities for meeting with us at short notice.

News from IVA members

Rethinking the State Taxation of Services After Covid-19

In their article Michael J. Bernard and George L. Salis argue that when policymaker...

News from EC

News from the EU July 2020

The European Commission has published its latest tax trends data for Europe. The data shows that in 2018, tax revenues as percentage of GDP increased slightly in the EU 27 up to 40.2%. Revenues remained almost equally distributed among indirect taxes...