Notes on tax, regulation
& cross-border strategy
How the EU Customs Data Hub replaces national customs IT, phases in from 2028, and changes who's liable for import duties.
An interim VAT and customs director on multi-country EU compliance projects — twenty-two years in, execution beats strategy.
VAT, customs duties, product safety and product liability are all moving at once for non-EU sellers, on four different timelines. A reading grid to keep track of who's actually on...
1 July to 1 September: two months since the EU's flat €3 customs duty on small parcels took effect. A look at what it actually is, what it isn't, and...
Today is the first day back at the desk after the summer break — and, as it happens, day one of mandatory e-invoicing for large and mid-size companies in France....
ViDA's new transfer of own goods scheme just got its OSS plumbing: what Implementing Regulation 2026/1869 changes, article by article.
A seller established outside the EU already navigates six regulatory regimes. By 2028, there will be a seventh — and the pattern behind them matters more than any single text....
For five years, a €150 threshold let billions of low-value parcels enter the EU duty-free. As of 1 July 2026, that exemption is gone, and the economics of cross-border e-commerce...
First post: why this blog, and what you'll find here.