Estonian Prime Minister Speaks on Plans for Upcoming EU Presidency

On 16 May 2017, Estonian Prime Minister Jüri Ratas spoke to parliament on plans for the EU presidency, which Estonia will take over from Malta on 1 July 2017. With respect to taxation, the Prime Minister notes a few main areas Estonia will focus on, which include:

• Improving the cross-border VAT mechanism;
• Establishing rules concerning financial advisors;
• Achieving more efficient cooperation between the tax authorities of different countries; and
• Finalizing the common EU blacklist of non-co…