Regulation 2017/2454 - Amendment of Regulation (EU) No 904/2010 on administrative cooperation and combating fraud in the field of VAT - Main contents
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Council Regulation (EU) 2017/2454 of 5 December 2017 amending Regulation (EU) No 904/2010 on administrative cooperation and combating fraud in the field of value added tax| Legal instrument | Regulation |
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| Number legal act | Regulation 2017/2454 |
| Original proposal | COM(2016)755  |
| CELEX number i | 32017R2454 |
| Document | 05-12-2017; Date of adoption |
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| Publication in Official Journal | 29-12-2017; OJ L 348 p. 1-6 |
| Effect | 18-01-2018; Entry into force Date pub. +20 See Art 2 01-07-2021; Application See Art 2 And 32020R1108 |
| End of validity | 31-12-9999 |
29.12.2017 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
L 348/1 |
COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) 2017/2454
of 5 December 2017
amending Regulation (EU) No 904/2010 on administrative cooperation and combating fraud in the field of value added tax
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
After transmission of the draft legislative act to the national parliaments,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee (2),
Acting in accordance with a special legislative procedure,
Whereas:
(1) |
Council Regulation (EU) No 904/2010 (3) lays down rules on the exchange and storage of information by Member States in order to establish the special schemes provided for by Chapter 6 of Title XII of Council Directive 2006/112/EC (4). |
(2) |
The extension from 1 January 2021 of those special schemes to distance sales of goods and services other than telecommunications, broadcasting or electronically supplied services requires extending the scope of the rules of this Regulation concerning the provision of information and transfer of money between the Member State of identification and the Member States of consumption. |
(3) |
Due to the extended scope of the special schemes to cover also distance sales of goods and all services, the number of transactions to be reported in the VAT return will increase considerably. In order to allow the Member State of identification sufficient time to treat the VAT returns submitted by taxable persons under the special scheme, the deadline for transferring the information of the VAT return and the VAT amount paid to every Member State of consumption should be extended by 10 days. |
(4) |
The extension of the special schemes to distance sales of goods imported from third territories or third countries requires that the customs authority of the Member State of importation is able to identify imports of goods in small consignments for which value added tax (VAT) is to be paid through one of the special schemes. The identification number under which VAT is paid should therefore be communicated in advance to enable customs authorities to check its validity upon importation of the goods. |
(5) |
Taxable persons using such special schemes may be subject to requests for records from and administrative enquiries by the Member State of identification and all the Member States of consumption where goods or services are supplied to. To reduce the administrative burden and compliance costs for businesses as well as for tax administrations of multiple requests for records and administrative enquiries and to avoid duplication of work, such requests and enquiries should as much as possible be coordinated by the Member State of identification. |
(6) |
To simplify the collection of statistical data concerning the application of the special schemes, the Commission should be authorised to extract aggregated statistical and diagnostic information, such as the number of the different types of electronic messages exchanged between Member States, related to the special schemes, with the exception of data concerning individual taxable persons. |
(7) |
The information to be submitted by the taxable person and to be transmitted between Member States for the application of the special schemes, as well as the technical details, including common electronic messages, for the submission by the taxable person or the transmission of this information between Member States should be adopted in accordance with the comitology procedure provided for in this Regulation. |
(8) |
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