Press Release: Agreement to strengthen cross-border cooperation on VAT fraud, including Eurofisc network to detect new fraud schemes, Luxembourg, 8 June 2010

The Council on 8 June 2010 reached political agreement on a draft regulation aimed at enabling the member states to step up their efforts in combating fraud with regard to value-added taxation (VAT). The main innovation involves the creation of Eurofisc, a network of national officials to detect and combat new cases of cross-border VAT fraud.