On 1 November 2025, Moldova and Montenegro become the latest countries to join the Common Transit Convention and the Convention on the Simplification of Formalities in Trade in Goods.
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On Tuesday 28 October, Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra hosted a strategic dialogue on the VAT in the Digital Age (ViDA) package.
The European Union signed four amending protocols to international agreements with Andorra, Liechtenstein, Monaco and San Marino which provide for automatic exchange of financial account information between the EU and the four jurisdictions.
EU Finance Ministers today updated the EU list of non-cooperative tax jurisdictions, reaffirming the European Union’s steadfast commitment to promoting tax transparency and fair taxation globally.
A reality check on tax exemptions for ethyl alcohol took place on 25 September. Read the summary report.
On 29 September 2025, the Director-General for Taxation and Customs Union appointed the new members of the VAT Expert Group (VEG).
The Commission released the report that helps to better understand the challenges customs face in controlling product compliance
The European Commission has launched a 12-week public consultation to gather input from stakeholders on modernising VAT rules for the travel and tourism sectors.
New figures from Member States show that more than €33 billion in VAT revenues were collected in 2024 via the EU’s e-commerce VAT systems.
The European Commission has adopted an Implementing Regulation aimed at providing the technical solution for the automatic exchange of top-up tax information return between Member States under the Directive on Administrative Cooperation (DAC9).
