European Commission Calls for More EU-Norway VAT Cooperation

Tax officials from Norway should be authorized to participate in joint audits with their counterparts in European Union countries to crack down on value-added tax fraud, the European Commission said.

Norwegian officials should also be granted easier access to information shared between tax authorities in EU countries, the Commission, the European Union’s executive, said Tuesday.

• The commission proposed the changes in an update to a 2018 agreement between the EU and Norway on administrative tax cooperation and assistance in recovering VAT lost to fraud. EU countries would have to agree unanimously for the update to take effect.
• Even ...