欧盟委员会已经提出了一系列欧洲增值税制度进行改革的建议。这些建议将要求非欧盟内的公司在向欧盟内的客户通过互联网的方式销售产品或提供服务时缴纳增值税。此建议一经提出，就遭到了来自美国政府和私人部门的严厉指责。这些建议在得到具体实施之前，还要被欧盟成员所接受 The European Commission has already proposed a series of proposals for the reform of the European VAT system. These recommendations will require companies outside the EU to pay VAT when selling products or providing services over the Internet to customers in the EU. Once this proposal was made, it was severely criticized by the U.S. government and the private sector. These proposals have to be accepted by EU members before they can be implemented