The Finance Committee of the Chamber of Deputies yesterday expressed a favorable opinion on the draft legislative decree containing provisions regarding the Third Sector and business crisis, which clarifies, in Article 9, the scope of the VAT non-taxability of shipping services related to the transport of goods for export and import.
The regulatory change introduced incorporates the requests made by Fedespedi – National Federation of International Shipping Companies – to the Ministry of Economy, regarding the effects of an overly rigid application of the interpretative criterion of the VAT Directive conveyed by the Court of Justice of the European Union with its judgment /2016.
The president of Fedespedi, Alessandro Pitto, expresses satisfaction for the recognition of the requests made by the Federation: “The approved legislation clarifies that services provided between two shipping companies are also non-taxable. This is an important clarification, which eliminates distortions in the market caused by an overly rigid application of the rule, with negative effects on the organization of companies, on costs and, ultimately, on Italian exports. We thus avoid administrative burdens and financial risks for many companies, with direct benefits on the quality of service.”
Hon. Laura Cavandoli, deputy of the Finance Committee of the Chamber and Reporter of the text, wishes to underline the importance of this development following today’s parliamentary work: “I thank the Government for this intervention which marks an important step forward in making the regulatory framework for services provided to international trade clearer, which favors the competitiveness of operators in the transport and international shipping supply chain in a particularly challenging phase for the import-export of the Italian system.”
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