The European Commission will be present and contributing again this year to the Exchange Summit in Barcelona.
We will bring updates on most important developments at EU level, regarding the European Standard in the making by CEN, new tools available for the community - as the current eInvoicing User Community Space and the upcoming Match-making website and much more.
The EU grants for public administrations and solution/service providers are available for 2016 - the call will be open in September. 7 million Euro are waiting for projects! You will here more about it at the event.
http://www.exchange-summit.com/
Please remember the possibility of winning a free ticket:
http://www.exchange-summit.com/blockchain-survey
See you there!
We recently undertook, together with you and based on your input, a stakeholder analysis to deepen our understanding of the state-of-play of eInvoicing in EU Member States at the start of the year. This analysis will be updated in 2017 & 2018.
The study was done by an external contractor. The stakeholder analysis was conducted through desk research and an online questionnaire completed by the members of the European Multi-Stakeholder Forum on eInvoicing (EMSFEI) and the European eInvoicing Service Providers Association (EESPA). The final report unveils that eight countries had introduced eInvoicing as mandatory in their legislation – at different levels and in different set-ups, with three countries planning to introduce it. More information to come!
Currently, the CEF eInvoicing building block provides a number of services and support including the development of the CEF eInvoicing Match-Making Website (MMWS), a service intended to help European public administrations with differing levels of eInvoicing maturity to assess their readiness for compliance with eInvoicing Directive, document their relevant policy frameworks and identify relevant service providers to enable them to achieve compliance with the eInvoicing Directive. Other activities include involvement in the development of the European Standard on eInvoicing with the Centre Européen de Normalisation (CEN) and the development of testing services. The stakeholder analysis will help inform these activities and expand stakeholder engagement.
Financial support to help European public administrations and businesses to hook up to the core platforms of eInvoicing is also available. The 2016 CEF Telecom calls for proposals for eInvoicing will be launched on 13 September.
For more information, please contact the CEF Building Blocks.
The directive is part of a January 2016 package of Commission proposals to strengthen rules against corporate tax avoidance. The package builds on 2015 OECD recommendations to address tax base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS), endorsed by G20 leaders in November 2015. 
On 12 July 2016, the Council adopted new rules addressing some of the practices most commonly used by large companies to reduce their tax liability.
The directive is part of a January 2016 package of Commission proposals to strengthen rules against corporate tax avoidance. The package builds on 2015 OECD recommendations to address tax base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS), endorsed by G20 leaders in November 2015.
"This new directive aims to protect our domestic corporate tax bases against aggressive tax planning practices that directly affect the functioning of the internal market", said Peter Kažimír, minister for finance of Slovakia and president of the Council. "It is therefore an important step, which also demonstrates that we see the fight against such practices not only as our common priority but also our common commitment.“
The directive addresses situations where corporates, mostly multinational groups, take advantage of disparities between national tax systems in order to reduce their tax bills. It responds to the perception of many taxpayers and SMEs that some multinationals do not pay their fair share of tax, thereby distorting tax competition within the EU's single market.
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