Activities of Olle SCHMIDT related to 2011/2082(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
The future of VAT (debate)
Amendments (9)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 a (new)
Citation 9 a (new)
- having regard to the European Parliament report on a co-ordinated strategy to improve the fight against fiscal fraud from 2008,
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Stresses the importance of closely looking into the consequences for the regional autonomy within the Member States when discussing a shift from direct taxation to indirect taxation;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Stresses, on the basis of the neutrality principle, that all books regardless of format should from a VAT point of view be treated in the same way; clarifies that this means that downloadable and streamed books should be subject to exactly the same VAT treatment as books on physical means of support;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Underlines that non-profit-making organisations play a vital and very beneficial role for democracy, growth and prosperity in Europe; calls on the Commission to propose a mechanism allowing Member States wishing to strengthen civil society to generally exempt from VAT all or most of the activities and transactions carried out by these organisations; stresses that at least the smaller non-profit-making organisations should be covered by such a mechanism;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Stresses that the use of a standard invoice system within the European Union could reduce the administrative burden for European businesses and simplify cross-border trade;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11 b. Underlines the importance of increasing and supporting the use of e- government solutions, in particular for the electronic submission of VAT returns and lists;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Calls on the Commission to look carefully into the issue of further reducing VAT red tape for non-profit- making organisations; underlines that there should be a higher degree of flexibility in the VAT system for Member States wishing to take ambitious measures in order to ease the VAT administration burden for these organisations;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Consideration needs to be given to steps that can be taken to standardise procedures and reduce linguistic barriers, for example by introducing standardised returns and to a certain extent introducing codes which may assist in reducing language barriers; Considers, however, that the discussion of VAT collection methods is secondary at this stage to solving the underlying shortcomings and problems inherent in the current rules and procedures, and in particular the lack of harmonisation;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)