Correction: Council adopted ViDA in March 2025, digital reporting applies from July 2030
This article previously reported a June 2026 Council adoption of the ViDA package with a 2028 reporting timeline. The Council in fact adopted ViDA on 11 March 2025, and cross-border digital reporting applies from 1 July 2030.
Correction: this article previously reported that the Council adopted the ViDA package in June 2026 and that cross-border digital reporting would start in 2028. Both statements were wrong. The Council adopted ViDA on 11 March 2025, and the digital reporting requirements apply from 1 July 2030.
The Council of the European Union adopted the VAT in the Digital Age (ViDA) package on 11 March 2025. The package was published in the Official Journal on 25 March 2025 and entered into force on 14 April 2025.
What the package locks in
ViDA covers a directive, a regulation, and an implementing regulation. It rests on three pillars: digital reporting requirements, updated VAT rules for the platform economy, and a single VAT registration.
Cross-border digital reporting based on e-invoicing applies from 1 July 2030. Member states keep discretion over the design of their domestic e-invoicing mandates, but cross-border reporting will follow a single EU-level format. The package rolls out progressively until January 2035.
About this correction
An earlier version of this article dated the adoption to June 2026 and gave a 2028 reporting deadline. Neither claim matched the Council’s own record. The article has been rewritten against the Council’s press release, cited below.