The Council of the European Union has agreed on further measures to improve VAT collection on online sales in the EU. According to their proposal, the digital VAT Import One Stop Shop (IOSS) will need to be expanded. In the future, platforms and suppliers will be able to account for VAT on high value goods on this system as well.
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