VAT at a Crossroads: Reconsidering Reform, the VAT Expert Group’s Vision and the Argument for a Union Tax Authority

I. Lejeune

International VAT Monitor2025https://doi.org/10.59403/1de0y0barticle
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In this Column, the author explains that the EU VAT remains a complex and fragmented system and proposes changes to this system. These complexities make businesses and tax authorities struggle with this while criminals exploit the VAT system for fraudulent purposes.

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@article{i.2025,
  title        = {{VAT at a Crossroads: Reconsidering Reform, the VAT Expert Group’s Vision and the Argument for a Union Tax Authority}},
  author       = {I. Lejeune},
  journal      = {International VAT Monitor},
  year         = {2025},
  doi          = {https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.59403/1de0y0b},
}

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