VAT ON CAR TAXATION CHALLENGED BY EUROPEAN COMMISSION
February 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has taken another step to prevent the levying of VAT on car registration taxes charged within a package price by automobile dealers, telling Austria, Finland and Malta to stop this double taxation. It has threatened legal action if it is not obeyed. This follows similar steps taken against Poland and Portugal.
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THE EUROPEAN Commission has taken another step to prevent the levying of VAT on car registration taxes charged within a package price by automobile dealers, telling Austria, Finland and Malta to stop this double taxation. It has threatened legal action if it is not obeyed. This follows similar steps taken against Poland and Portugal.
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