Austria Rejects German Financial Transactions Tax Plan

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Thursday, February 6, 2020

Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has said that Austria does not agree with new German proposals for a European financial transactions tax. Read Full Story

Netherlands Postpones Tax Deadline For Small Traders

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Thursday, February 6, 2020

The Dutch Ministry of Finance has announced that around 24,000 small traders will be able to defer their wage tax declarations this year due to problems with the Government's new online portal for businesses. Read Full Story

Austria Announces Personal Income Tax Cuts

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Thursday, February 6, 2020

The Austrian Ministry of Finance has announced its decision to proceed with personal income tax cuts. Read Full Story

German Businesses Call For 25pc Corporate Tax Rate

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Thursday, February 6, 2020

The Federal Association of German Industry, the BDI, has urged the German government to forge ahead with corporate tax reforms, warning that Germany's corporate tax regime is becoming increasingly out of step with the country's competitors. Read Full Story

EU Financial Transactions Tax Agreement Close, Says Scholz

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Monday, January 27, 2020

German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz has said he is confident that an agreement can be reached on a European Union financial transactions tax. Read Full Story

France Confirms Digital Tax Delay

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Monday, January 27, 2020

On January 22, 2020, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire confirmed that France will suspend collection of its digital services tax this year to prevent the United States from applying retaliatory tariffs on a range of French goods. Read Full Story

Netherlands Sets Out 2020 Tax Treaty Goals

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Monday, January 27, 2020

On January 20, 2020, the Dutch Ministry of Finance announced the list of countries with which the Netherlands intends to negotiate new or amended double tax treaties in 2020. Read Full Story

Norway Ready To Implement Digital Tax

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Monday, January 27, 2020

Norway's Minister of Finance, Siv Jensen, has said that Norway will adopt a national digital services tax if negotiations towards an international digital tax framework fail to materialize this year. Read Full Story

Switzerland Simplifies Process For German WHT Refunds

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Wednesday, January 15, 2020

The Swiss Government has said that from January 31, individuals and legal entitles domiciled in Germany will be able to use an online Swiss application to request a refund of Swiss withholding tax. Read Full Story

Netherlands To Split Tax Agency

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Wednesday, January 15, 2020

On January 11, 2020, Dutch Minister of Finance Wopke Hoekstra informed the House of Representatives about the Government's plans to restructure the tax authorities. Read Full Story

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