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“Digitalisation affects us all. Economy, state and citizens. SAIs need to help ensure that at European level this challenge will be addressed“, said Kay Scheller, the President of the German SAI.
Current Issues
More effort needed to collect VAT on digital services in the EU
Member States should work together much closer than before to ensure that VAT on digital services is assessed correctly throughout the European Union. This is the conclusion that the Czech and the German SAIs have drawn in their joint report on the new mini one-stop shop VAT scheme.
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Uniform IT systems in tax authorities are making slow progress only
Since 2007, the federal and state governments have spent more than €1 billion of budget funds on the KONSENS system. The KONSENS project serves to develop and implement a uniform high-performing and advanced tax IT system. The KONSENS project is facing more and more delays. We pointed out these delays in various reports and annual reporting items.
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Higher Education Compact failed to achieve key objectives
Less student counselling, incomplete reporting, funds not expended. We recommend concluding binding implementation agreements with the state governments. The federal government should only make federal funds available when they are actually needed.
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VAT exempt cross-border supplies
Zero-rated VAT from the first cent has resulted in long waiting times, a high administrative burden, and inspection gaps. Therefore, the German SAI demands a value threshold: exports are to be exempted from VAT only if the value of the goods purchased exceeds €175.
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Smart health card
The Federal Ministry of Health is to become majority shareholder of gematik. That way Parliament has ultimately taken action to implement our audit recommendation. We recommended that the Federal Ministry of Health should take a more active role when moving to an electronic health card. In our view, this will help make the process more dynamic.
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President Kay Scheller has taken the chair of the United Nations Board of Auditors
At the beginning of this year, President Kay Scheller took the chair of the UN Board of Auditors in line with the two-year rotational basis. “We will continue to target our reporting closely to the needs of the UN entities and also address the progress of UN reform efforts “, Mr. Scheller said.
