Saving Tax payers’ money

We have on many occasions stressed the need for the public sector to more aggressively

-   save their own operating costs,

-  help enterprises to save cost,

-  drive enterprises across digitalization thresholds

-  cut CO2

-  make the single market real

-  collect VAT and other taxes due

-  further global standardization

Migration to e-invoicing furthers all these – and is furthered in return by all these.  So no efforts should be spared and bold action taken. Bold action means mandatory migration – needed as the 25bn public sector cost saving in EU public sectors (see Bruno Koch newsletters http://www.billentis.com/EBPP_EIPP_e.htm ) does not happen without it. These deadlines also drive private sector deadlines aiming at the 250bn cost saving for enterprises.

 

Saving own costs – tax payers’ money.

The public sector in Finland has estimated its cost saving to 300m€/year.  Bruno Koch has estimated the figure for the public sector in Austria to 590m. Estimates from UK point at 1-3bn and so forth. So we need the deadlines – but before that we need 0-investment and 0-ITskill just-like-payments functioning generic tools for the SME-sector.  It is of utmost importance to avoid buyerspecific portals and procedures for the SMEs.  Banks have to take action here – the investments are small and as most non-bank service providers have said – only banks can bring in the SME-sector fast on cost efficiently.  So it is also about taking responsibility for society at large.