VAT fraud

28.1.2020

Question for written answer E-000509/2020
to the Commission
Rule 138
Engin Eroglu (Renew)

The Member States of the European Union are suffering losses amounting to billions as a result of VAT fraud. [1]

With reference to the above article, the export surplus in 2018 was EUR 307 billion (roughly the combined economic performance of the eight smallest EU Member States!), and the resulting tax loss amounted to some EUR 60 billion.

• 1.What action has been taken to bring to an end or at least to reduce this fraud?
• 2.What plans are there to bring to an end or at least to reduce this fraud in the future?

• [1] https://www.zeit.de/wirtschaft/2020-01/umsatzsteuer-steuerhinterziehung-export-unternehmen-betrug-handelsdaten