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2013/0343(CNS) Common system of value added tax (VAT): standard VAT return

Progress: Procedure lapsed or withdrawn

RoleCommitteeRapporteurShadows
Lead ECON
Committee Opinion ITRE
Committee Opinion JURI
Lead committee dossier:
Legal Basis:
TFEU 113

Events

2016/04/30
   EC - Proposal withdrawn by Commission
2015/06/19
   CSL - Debate in Council
Documents
2015/06/19
   CSL - Council Meeting
2014/06/20
   CSL - Debate in Council
Documents
2014/06/20
   CSL - Council Meeting
2014/05/20
   EC - Commission response to text adopted in plenary
Documents
2014/05/18
   IT_SENATE - Contribution
Documents
2014/02/26
   ESC - Economic and Social Committee: opinion, report
Documents
2014/02/26
   EP - Results of vote in Parliament
2014/02/26
   EP - Decision by Parliament
Details

The European Parliament adopted by 572 votes to 20, with 20 abstentions, in the framework of a special legislative procedure (Parliament consultation), a legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council directive amending Directive 2006/112/EC on the common system of value added tax as regards a standard VAT return.

Parliament approved the Commission proposal subject to the following amendments:

Use of standardised VAT returns : the use should facilitate both the collection and payment of VAT and the control of VAT returns by the Member States tax authorities and should also contribute to helping businesses comply with VAT legislation , thus reducing the error rate, and ultimately contributing towards a reduction or even elimination of VAT fraud and the VAT gap.

Transposition : Members stressed that that the standard VAT return will only fulfil its full potential if the Member States fully transpose this Directive, in a timely manner, into their national laws, regulations and administrative provisions, without deviating from its scope.

Electronic filing : the resolution suggested that Member State tax authorities should provide their officials and taxable persons with online tutorials on the appropriate use of electronic filing to ensure that submission of the standard VAT return is conducted in an appropriate and secure manner.

Evaluation of the Directive : in order to further reduce burdens on business and improve the functioning of the internal market, the information requirements in the standard VAT return should become unified in all Member States, and the Commission should, within five years of the date of entry into force of this Directive, evaluate the implementation of this Directive from that point of view and make proposals if appropriate. The results of the review shall be communicated to the European Parliament and to the Council accompanied, where necessary, by appropriate legislative proposals.

Documents
2014/02/04
   EP - Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading
Details

The Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs adopted, in the framework of a special legislative procedure (Parliament consultation) the report by Ivo STREJČEK (ECR, CZ) on the proposal for a Council directive amending Directive 2006/112/EC on the common system of value added tax as regards a standard VAT return.

The committee approved the Commission proposal subject to amendments.

Members:

highlighted that the use of standardised returns should facilitate both the collection and payment of VAT and the control of VAT returns by the Member States tax authorities and should also contribute to helping businesses comply with VAT legislation , thus reducing the error rate, and ultimately contributing towards a reduction or even elimination of VAT fraud and the VAT gap; stressed that the standard VAT return will only fulfil its full potential if the Member States fully transpose this Directive, in a timely manner, into their national laws, regulations and administrative provisions, without deviating from its scope; suggested that Member State tax authorities should provide their officials and taxable persons with online tutorials on the appropriate use of electronic filing to ensure that submission of the standard VAT return is conducted in an appropriate and secure manner.

In order to further reduce burdens on business and improve the functioning of the internal market, the information requirements in the standard VAT return should become unified in all Member States, and the Commission should, within five years of the date of entry into force of this Directive, evaluate the implementation of this Directive from that point of view and make proposals if appropriate.

The results of the review shall be communicated to the European Parliament and to the Council accompanied, where necessary, by appropriate legislative proposals.

Documents
2014/01/30
   EP - Vote in committee
2013/12/17
   EP - Amendments tabled in committee
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2013/12/17
   PT_PARLIAMENT - Contribution
Documents
2013/11/18
   EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament
2013/11/15
   CSL - Debate in Council
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2013/11/15
   CSL - Council Meeting
2013/11/14
   EP - Committee draft report
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2013/10/23
   EC - Document attached to the procedure
2013/10/23
   EC - Document attached to the procedure
2013/10/23
   EC - Document attached to the procedure
2013/10/23
   EC - Legislative proposal published
Details

PURPOSE: to amend Directive 2006/112/EC on the common system of value added tax as regards a standard VAT return for all businesses operating in the Union.

PROPOSED ACT: Council Directive.

ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: the Council adopts the act after consulting the European Parliament but without being obliged to follow its opinion.

BACKGROUND: Council Directive 2006/112/EC requires taxable persons to submit VAT returns but allows flexibility for the Member States to determine the information needed. This gives rise to disparate rules and procedures governing the submission of VAT returns in the Union , added complexity for businesses and VAT obligations that create obstacles to Union trade.

To reduce burdens on business and improve the functioning of the internal market, the Commission proposes that a standard VAT return should be introduced for all businesses trading in the Union.

The Commission sought stakeholder views on a standard VAT declaration through the consultation on the Green Paper on the Future of VAT . Positive replies from stakeholders led the Commission to include in the Communication on the Future of VAT a commitment to come forward with a proposal for a standard VAT declaration before the end of 2013.

The Single Market Act II is therefore calling for the introduction of a standard VAT return. The recent Communication on Smart regulation aims to reduce burdens on all business, and particularly SMEs.

IMPACT ASSESSMENT: of the options evaluated in detail, the preferred option is for a standard VAT return, mandatory for Member States and for business . According to estimates, this should reduce administrative burdens by a maximum of EUR 15 billion per annum .

LEGAL BASIS: Article 113 of the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU).

CONTENT: the proposal seeks to amend Directive 2006/112/EC on the common system of value added tax as regards a standard VAT return. The use of standardised returns should facilitate the control of VAT returns by the Member States.

The idea behind a standard VAT declaration is to allow all businesses to provide standardised information to each Member State submitted in a common, preferably electronic, format .

According to the proposal, the standard VAT declaration should be available to all businesses .

The proposal addresses issues in relation to the content, submission in terms of when and how, and corrections of the standard VAT return. It lists a maximum number of twenty six boxes of information to be completed by business for which Member States may choose to exempt businesses from all but five . The information provided should be consistent in all Member States.

Member States may require extra information for the control and administration of VAT for specific regions, territories, or special regimes allowed exceptionally in VAT legislation.

For the submission of the declaration , the proposal provides for a minimum standard. All businesses should be allowed to submit monthly VAT returns, with VAT being due and paid by the end of the month following the VAT return period. Beyond that Member States may introduce further burden reductions to allow for longer VAT return periods of up to one year and to extend the due date for submission and payment by up to a further month.

To ensure that certain technical aspects of the VAT return are standardised, which cannot be achieved through a directive, scope is provided in the proposal for the use of the comitology procedure . This is envisaged where needed for the technical details of the return, for the common definitions and procedures, for the detailed treatment of corrections, as well as for the common methods of electronic submission.

BUDGETARY IMPLICATIONS: the proposal has no negative impact on the EU budget.

Documents

  • Debate in Council: 3399
  • Debate in Council: 3324
  • Commission response to text adopted in plenary: SP(2014)446
  • Contribution: COM(2013)0721
  • Economic and Social Committee: opinion, report: CES6872/2013
  • Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
  • Decision by Parliament: T7-0138/2014
  • Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A7-0090/2014
  • Amendments tabled in committee: PE524.728
  • Contribution: COM(2013)0721
  • Debate in Council: 3271
  • Committee draft report: PE523.020
  • Document attached to the procedure: EUR-Lex
  • Document attached to the procedure: SWD(2013)0428
  • Document attached to the procedure: EUR-Lex
  • Document attached to the procedure: SWD(2013)0426
  • Document attached to the procedure: EUR-Lex
  • Document attached to the procedure: SWD(2013)0427
  • Legislative proposal published: EUR-Lex
  • Legislative proposal published: COM(2013)0721
  • Document attached to the procedure: EUR-Lex SWD(2013)0428
  • Document attached to the procedure: EUR-Lex SWD(2013)0426
  • Document attached to the procedure: EUR-Lex SWD(2013)0427
  • Committee draft report: PE523.020
  • Amendments tabled in committee: PE524.728
  • Economic and Social Committee: opinion, report: CES6872/2013
  • Commission response to text adopted in plenary: SP(2014)446
  • Contribution: COM(2013)0721
  • Contribution: COM(2013)0721

Votes

A7-0090/2014 - Ivo Strejček - Vote unique #

2014/02/26 Outcome: +: 572, 0: 20, -: 20
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AmendmentsDossier
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2013/12/17 ECON 10 amendments...
source: PE-524.728

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        • date: 2014-05-19T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.connefof.europarl.europa.eu/connefof/app/exp/COM(2013)0721 title: COM(2013)0721 type: Contribution body: IT_SENATE
        • date: 2013-12-18T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.connefof.europarl.europa.eu/connefof/app/exp/COM(2013)0721 title: COM(2013)0721 type: Contribution body: PT_PARLIAMENT
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        • date: 2013-10-23T00:00:00 type: Legislative proposal published body: EC docs: url: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2013&nu_doc=721 title: EUR-Lex title: COM(2013)0721 summary: PURPOSE: to amend Directive 2006/112/EC on the common system of value added tax as regards a standard VAT return for all businesses operating in the Union. PROPOSED ACT: Council Directive. ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: the Council adopts the act after consulting the European Parliament but without being obliged to follow its opinion. BACKGROUND: Council Directive 2006/112/EC requires taxable persons to submit VAT returns but allows flexibility for the Member States to determine the information needed. This gives rise to disparate rules and procedures governing the submission of VAT returns in the Union , added complexity for businesses and VAT obligations that create obstacles to Union trade. To reduce burdens on business and improve the functioning of the internal market, the Commission proposes that a standard VAT return should be introduced for all businesses trading in the Union. The Commission sought stakeholder views on a standard VAT declaration through the consultation on the Green Paper on the Future of VAT . Positive replies from stakeholders led the Commission to include in the Communication on the Future of VAT a commitment to come forward with a proposal for a standard VAT declaration before the end of 2013. The Single Market Act II is therefore calling for the introduction of a standard VAT return. The recent Communication on Smart regulation aims to reduce burdens on all business, and particularly SMEs. IMPACT ASSESSMENT: of the options evaluated in detail, the preferred option is for a standard VAT return, mandatory for Member States and for business . According to estimates, this should reduce administrative burdens by a maximum of EUR 15 billion per annum . LEGAL BASIS: Article 113 of the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU). CONTENT: the proposal seeks to amend Directive 2006/112/EC on the common system of value added tax as regards a standard VAT return. The use of standardised returns should facilitate the control of VAT returns by the Member States. The idea behind a standard VAT declaration is to allow all businesses to provide standardised information to each Member State submitted in a common, preferably electronic, format . According to the proposal, the standard VAT declaration should be available to all businesses . The proposal addresses issues in relation to the content, submission in terms of when and how, and corrections of the standard VAT return. It lists a maximum number of twenty six boxes of information to be completed by business for which Member States may choose to exempt businesses from all but five . The information provided should be consistent in all Member States. Member States may require extra information for the control and administration of VAT for specific regions, territories, or special regimes allowed exceptionally in VAT legislation. For the submission of the declaration , the proposal provides for a minimum standard. All businesses should be allowed to submit monthly VAT returns, with VAT being due and paid by the end of the month following the VAT return period. Beyond that Member States may introduce further burden reductions to allow for longer VAT return periods of up to one year and to extend the due date for submission and payment by up to a further month. To ensure that certain technical aspects of the VAT return are standardised, which cannot be achieved through a directive, scope is provided in the proposal for the use of the comitology procedure . This is envisaged where needed for the technical details of the return, for the common definitions and procedures, for the detailed treatment of corrections, as well as for the common methods of electronic submission. BUDGETARY IMPLICATIONS: the proposal has no negative impact on the EU budget.
        • date: 2013-11-15T00:00:00 type: Debate in Council body: CSL docs: url: http://register.consilium.europa.eu/content/out?lang=EN&typ=SET&i=SMPL&ROWSPP=25&RESULTSET=1&NRROWS=500&DOC_LANCD=EN&ORDERBY=DOC_DATE+DESC&CONTENTS=3271*&MEET_DATE=15/11/2013 title: 3271
        • date: 2013-11-18T00:00:00 type: Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading body: EP
        • date: 2014-01-30T00:00:00 type: Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading body: EP
        • date: 2014-02-04T00:00:00 type: Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&mode=XML&reference=A7-2014-0090&language=EN title: A7-0090/2014 summary: The Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs adopted, in the framework of a special legislative procedure (Parliament consultation) the report by Ivo STREJČEK (ECR, CZ) on the proposal for a Council directive amending Directive 2006/112/EC on the common system of value added tax as regards a standard VAT return. The committee approved the Commission proposal subject to amendments. Members: highlighted that the use of standardised returns should facilitate both the collection and payment of VAT and the control of VAT returns by the Member States tax authorities and should also contribute to helping businesses comply with VAT legislation , thus reducing the error rate, and ultimately contributing towards a reduction or even elimination of VAT fraud and the VAT gap; stressed that the standard VAT return will only fulfil its full potential if the Member States fully transpose this Directive, in a timely manner, into their national laws, regulations and administrative provisions, without deviating from its scope; suggested that Member State tax authorities should provide their officials and taxable persons with online tutorials on the appropriate use of electronic filing to ensure that submission of the standard VAT return is conducted in an appropriate and secure manner. In order to further reduce burdens on business and improve the functioning of the internal market, the information requirements in the standard VAT return should become unified in all Member States, and the Commission should, within five years of the date of entry into force of this Directive, evaluate the implementation of this Directive from that point of view and make proposals if appropriate. The results of the review shall be communicated to the European Parliament and to the Council accompanied, where necessary, by appropriate legislative proposals.
        • date: 2014-02-26T00:00:00 type: Results of vote in Parliament body: EP docs: url: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/popups/sda.do?id=24116&l=en title: Results of vote in Parliament
        • date: 2014-02-26T00:00:00 type: Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P7-TA-2014-0138 title: T7-0138/2014 summary: The European Parliament adopted by 572 votes to 20, with 20 abstentions, in the framework of a special legislative procedure (Parliament consultation), a legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council directive amending Directive 2006/112/EC on the common system of value added tax as regards a standard VAT return. Parliament approved the Commission proposal subject to the following amendments: Use of standardised VAT returns : the use should facilitate both the collection and payment of VAT and the control of VAT returns by the Member States tax authorities and should also contribute to helping businesses comply with VAT legislation , thus reducing the error rate, and ultimately contributing towards a reduction or even elimination of VAT fraud and the VAT gap. Transposition : Members stressed that that the standard VAT return will only fulfil its full potential if the Member States fully transpose this Directive, in a timely manner, into their national laws, regulations and administrative provisions, without deviating from its scope. Electronic filing : the resolution suggested that Member State tax authorities should provide their officials and taxable persons with online tutorials on the appropriate use of electronic filing to ensure that submission of the standard VAT return is conducted in an appropriate and secure manner. Evaluation of the Directive : in order to further reduce burdens on business and improve the functioning of the internal market, the information requirements in the standard VAT return should become unified in all Member States, and the Commission should, within five years of the date of entry into force of this Directive, evaluate the implementation of this Directive from that point of view and make proposals if appropriate. The results of the review shall be communicated to the European Parliament and to the Council accompanied, where necessary, by appropriate legislative proposals.
        • date: 2014-06-20T00:00:00 type: Debate in Council body: CSL docs: url: http://register.consilium.europa.eu/content/out?lang=EN&typ=SET&i=SMPL&ROWSPP=25&RESULTSET=1&NRROWS=500&DOC_LANCD=EN&ORDERBY=DOC_DATE+DESC&CONTENTS=3324*&MEET_DATE=20/06/2014 title: 3324
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        • date: 2016-04-30T00:00:00 type: Proposal withdrawn by Commission body: EC
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        • The European Parliament adopted by 572 votes to 20, with 20 abstentions, in the framework of a special legislative procedure (Parliament consultation), a legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council directive amending Directive 2006/112/EC on the common system of value added tax as regards a standard VAT return.

          Parliament approved the Commission proposal subject to the following amendments:

          Use of standardised VAT returns: the use should facilitate both the collection and payment of VAT and the control of VAT returns by the Member States tax authorities and should also contribute to helping businesses comply with VAT legislation, thus reducing the error rate, and ultimately contributing towards a reduction or even elimination of VAT fraud and the VAT gap.

          Transposition: Members stressed that that the standard VAT return will only fulfil its full potential if the Member States fully transpose this Directive, in a timely manner, into their national laws, regulations and administrative provisions, without deviating from its scope.

          Electronic filing: the resolution suggested that Member State tax authorities should provide their officials and taxable persons with online tutorials on the appropriate use of electronic filing to ensure that submission of the standard VAT return is conducted in an appropriate and secure manner.

          Evaluation of the Directive: in order to further reduce burdens on business and improve the functioning of the internal market, the information requirements in the standard VAT return should become unified in all Member States, and the Commission should, within five years of the date of entry into force of this Directive, evaluate the implementation of this Directive from that point of view and make proposals if appropriate. The results of the review shall be communicated to the European Parliament and to the Council accompanied, where necessary, by appropriate legislative proposals.

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        • The Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs adopted, in the framework of a special legislative procedure (Parliament consultation) the report by Ivo STREJČEK (ECR, CZ) on the proposal for a Council directive amending Directive 2006/112/EC on the common system of value added tax as regards a standard VAT return.

          The committee approved the Commission proposal subject to amendments.

          Members:

          • highlighted that the use of standardised returns should facilitate both the collection and payment of VAT and the control of VAT returns by the Member States tax authorities and should also contribute to helping businesses comply with VAT legislation, thus reducing the error rate, and ultimately contributing towards a reduction or even elimination of VAT fraud and the VAT gap;
          • stressed that the standard VAT return will only fulfil its full potential if the Member States fully transpose this Directive, in a timely manner, into their national laws, regulations and administrative provisions, without deviating from its scope;
          • suggested that Member State tax authorities should provide their officials and taxable persons with online tutorials on the appropriate use of electronic filing to ensure that submission of the standard VAT return is conducted in an appropriate and secure manner.

          In order to further reduce burdens on business and improve the functioning of the internal market, the information requirements in the standard VAT return should become unified in all Member States, and the Commission should, within five years of the date of entry into force of this Directive, evaluate the implementation of this Directive from that point of view and make proposals if appropriate.

          The results of the review shall be communicated to the European Parliament and to the Council accompanied, where necessary, by appropriate legislative proposals.

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        • PURPOSE: to amend Directive 2006/112/EC on the common system of value added tax as regards a standard VAT return for all businesses operating in the Union.

          PROPOSED ACT: Council Directive.

          ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: the Council adopts the act after consulting the European Parliament but without being obliged to follow its opinion.

          BACKGROUND: Council Directive 2006/112/EC requires taxable persons to submit VAT returns but allows flexibility for the Member States to determine the information needed. This gives rise to disparate rules and procedures governing the submission of VAT returns in the Union, added complexity for businesses and VAT obligations that create obstacles to Union trade.

          To reduce burdens on business and improve the functioning of the internal market, the Commission proposes that a standard VAT return should be introduced for all businesses trading in the Union.

          The Commission sought stakeholder views on a standard VAT declaration through the consultation on the Green Paper on the Future of VAT. Positive replies from stakeholders led the Commission to include in the Communication on the Future of VAT a commitment to come forward with a proposal for a standard VAT declaration before the end of 2013.

          The Single Market Act II is therefore calling for the introduction of a standard VAT return. The recent Communication on Smart regulation aims to reduce burdens on all business, and particularly SMEs.

          IMPACT ASSESSMENT: of the options evaluated in detail, the preferred option is for a standard VAT return, mandatory for Member States and for business. According to estimates, this should reduce administrative burdens by a maximum of EUR 15 billion per annum.

          LEGAL BASIS: Article 113 of the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU).

          CONTENT: the proposal seeks to amend Directive 2006/112/EC on the common system of value added tax as regards a standard VAT return. The use of standardised returns should facilitate the control of VAT returns by the Member States.

          The idea behind a standard VAT declaration is to allow all businesses to provide standardised information to each Member State submitted in a common, preferably electronic, format.

          According to the proposal, the standard VAT declaration should be available to all businesses.

          The proposal addresses issues in relation to the content, submission in terms of when and how, and corrections of the standard VAT return. It lists a maximum number of twenty six boxes of information to be completed by business for which Member States may choose to exempt businesses from all but five. The information provided should be consistent in all Member States.

          Member States may require extra information for the control and administration of VAT for specific regions, territories, or special regimes allowed exceptionally in VAT legislation.

          For the submission of the declaration, the proposal provides for a minimum standard. All businesses should be allowed to submit monthly VAT returns, with VAT being due and paid by the end of the month following the VAT return period. Beyond that Member States may introduce further burden reductions to allow for longer VAT return periods of up to one year and to extend the due date for submission and payment by up to a further month.

          To ensure that certain technical aspects of the VAT return are standardised, which cannot be achieved through a directive, scope is provided in the proposal for the use of the comitology procedure. This is envisaged where needed for the technical details of the return, for the common definitions and procedures, for the detailed treatment of corrections, as well as for the common methods of electronic submission.

          BUDGETARY IMPLICATIONS: the proposal has no negative impact on the EU budget.

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