In 2021, the greatest difference between expected value-added tax (VAT) and the actual amount collected in a European Union country was 36.7 percent in Romania. The EU country with the smallest VAT gap was in the Netherlands, where the taxation authorities collected 0.2 percent more VAT revenues than they expected.
Percentage of value added tax (VAT) revenue lost in the European Union in 2021, by member state
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