September 1, 2018
The European Commission has proposed a tax on revenues raised from certain digital activities. However, this is essentially a political gesture with only weak economic foundations.
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July 1, 2018
Instead of comprehensive re-examination of the Energy Taxation Directive, the European Commission is examining whether ETD should continue the exemptions and lower tariffs for specific products.
January 1, 2018
As a general rule, local governments are exempt from VAT in the EU. Thus, VAT is not payable on the tax-financed consumption of municipalities and other local governments, at least when the services are produced in-house.
December 12, 2017
On 24 November in many places around the world shops and their customers celebrated “Black Friday”, with promotional sales and special offers.
December 1, 2017
Google Android is usually described as a mobile operating system – the software that links mobile hardware with applications and thus enables users to operate their smartphones in an effective way.
November 29, 2017
For a number of years now, the use of the glyphosate molecule as a herbicide has been controversial to the point that the member states of the EU could not reach an agreement about it until recently.
November 1, 2017
The turmoil in Catalonia appears finally to be subsiding thanks to the central government’s intervention this weekend to restore constitutional order.
November 1, 2017
Widespread automation is often named as the greatest long-term threat to human employment. But Europe’s immediate job market problems are of a different sort: regulatory, structural and demographic.
November 1, 2017
Recent years have seen a reduced supply of capital to domestic businesses by banks due to increased capital requirements and compliance costs.