EU allows use of VAT platform on all online sales to the EU

O Council of the European Union (EU) today agreed that e-commerce sales platforms for the European Union (EU) can use the single VAT counter, regardless of the value of the sale.

Currently, only online operators from outside the EU with sales above EUR 150 can use the single digital import counter for Value Added Tax (VAT) to pay the tax rate on their sales to the block, with EU Finance Ministers agreeing to extend this possibility to all sales regardless of their value.

This means that from 1 July 2028 online platforms outside the EU only have to register in one Member State to take care of their VAT obligations for the EU as a whole and will be responsible for collecting the tax.

Online platforms should therefore indicate and include all VAT and customs duties due in the final price paid by EU consumers at the time of payment.