Musing on legal aspects of the new EU digital VAT rules.

Bearing in mind I am nothing remotely approaching a lawyer, but as a reasonably well informed onlooker, I find myself pondering the following questions.

How long before the first court case over VATMOSS and the new digital EU VAT?

and

Should HMRC and HM Treasury be the ones explaining themselves in court?

Author: Juliet

Juliet E McKenna is a British fantasy author living in the Cotswolds, UK. Loving history, myth and other worlds since she first learned to read, she has written fifteen epic fantasy novels so far. Her debut, The Thief’s Gamble, began The Tales of Einarinn in 1999, followed by The Aldabreshin Compass sequence, The Chronicles of the Lescari Revolution, and The Hadrumal Crisis trilogy. The Green Man’s Heir was her first modern fantasy inspired by British folklore in 2018, and The Green Man’s Quarry in 2023 is the sixth title in this ongoing series. Her 2023 novel The Cleaving is a female-centred retelling of the story of King Arthur, while her shorter stories include forays into dark fantasy, steampunk and science fiction. She promotes SF&Fantasy by reviewing, by blogging on book trade issues, attending conventions and teaching creative writing. She has served as a judge for major genre awards. As J M Alvey, she has written historical murder mysteries set in ancient Greece.

2 thoughts on “Musing on legal aspects of the new EU digital VAT rules.

  1. Hi,
    Thanks so much for keeping at this and providing so much important information.
    I have another question I ponder. As far as I know an EU citizen should not be disadvantaged in another EU country. (Sorry for not explaining this too well). So, if I, as a British micro business and an EU citizen have to pay VAT in say Germany when selling electronic services and I have to compete with a German micro business exempt from VAT selling electronic services in their own country, am I not unfairly disadvantaged and discriminated against?
    Lele

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