What does ViDA mean for your firm? The timeline from 2025 to 2035, what the Netherlands still has to decide, and what to do now.
ViDA (VAT in the Digital Age) is the European legislative package that adapts VAT rules to digital invoicing and reporting. It was definitively adopted by the Ecofin Council on 11 March 2025 and makes structured e-invoicing mandatory for cross-border B2B transactions within the EU from 1 July 2030.
| Moment | What happens | | --- | --- | | 11 March 2025 | ViDA definitively adopted by the Ecofin Council | | Since 2025 | Member states may introduce a domestic e-invoicing mandate without a separate EU derogation | | 1 July 2030 | Mandatory structured e-invoicing plus near-real-time digital report
The Dutch Ministry of Finance commissioned EY to examine whether the Netherlands should introduce a domestic e-invoicing mandate on top of the European obligations. A striking finding: virtually all consulted parties prefer Peppol as the infrastructure. How that network works is explained in Peppol
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