US Considers Retaliation Against French Digital Services Tax

by Mike Godfrey, Tax-News.com Washington

Friday, December 6, 2019

The United States may impose additional duties of up to 100 percent on certain French products in retaliation for France's digital services tax, which a newly published report by the US Trade Representative has concluded discriminates against certain US companies. Read Full Story

Austria, Ireland Have Failed To Adopt ATAD BEPS Measures

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Friday, December 6, 2019

The European Commission has requested that both Austria and Ireland take action to transpose EU-wide interest limitation rules into their respective national laws. Read Full Story

Ireland Had EU's Lowest Tax-To-GDP Burden In 2018: Eurostat

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Friday, November 15, 2019

The overall tax burden in the European Union relative to GDP rose slightly in 2018, to 40.3 percent, the Eurostat has announced. Read Full Story

Austrian Parliament Approves Digital Tax

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Friday, September 27, 2019

On September 19, 2019, the lower house of the Austrian parliament approved the first part of a package of tax reforms that will introduce a digital tax as well as bring about changes to certain value-added tax rules. Read Full Story

Austria To Introduce New Angel Investor Tax Breaks

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Thursday, August 8, 2019

The European Commission has approved an Austrian tax incentive for mid-sized business financing companies. Read Full Story

Austria To Cut Corporate Tax To 21pc By 2023

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Friday, May 10, 2019

Austria's Chancellor, Sebastian Kurz, has announced plans for significant tax cuts for businesses and individuals. Read Full Story

Austria Announces Five Percent Digital Tax

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Monday, April 15, 2019

The Austrian Government announced on April 3, 2019, a package of tax measures aimed at the digital economy, including a five percent tax on revenue derived from the sale of digital advertising services and the removal of the low-value VAT exemption threshold. Read Full Story

Singaporean BEPS Treaty Amendments Become Effective

by Mary Swire, Tax-News.com, Hong Kong

Friday, April 5, 2019

The Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore has announced that the BEPS multilateral instrument entered into force for several of its double tax treaties on April 1, 2019. Read Full Story

EU Drops Digital Tax Plans

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Thursday, March 14, 2019

The EU will not proceed with plans for a digital services tax, after finance ministers again failed to agree on the proposals. Read Full Story

France Hoping For Deal On EU Digital Tax Soon

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Monday, January 28, 2019

France's Finance Minister has said that an agreement on an EU-wide digital services tax could be reached by the end of March. Read Full Story

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