France News

France Exits EU's Excessive Deficit Procedure

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Sunday, July 1, 2018

France has made adequate fiscal consolidation efforts to exit the EU's excessive deficit procedure, the EU Council recently agreed, while calling on Hungary and Romania to adopt tax or expenditure measures to shore up their finances. Read Full Story

Germany, France Issue New EU Common Corporate Tax Proposals

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Tuesday, June 26, 2018

France and Germany have put forward new proposals for a common corporate tax base in Europe. Read Full Story

G7 Committed To Digital Tax Consensus

by Mike Godfrey, Tax-News.com, Washington

Thursday, June 14, 2018

G7 countries are committed to working towards a consensus-based solution to the tax challenges of the digital economy, according to the final communique issued at the conclusion of the G7's summit in Charlevoix, Canada. Read Full Story

Germany To Provide Tax Relief In 2019

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Friday, May 11, 2018

German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz has indicated that the Government may provide limited personal income tax relief by adjusting tax brackets next year, with tax revenues expected to be higher than targeted over the next few years. Read Full Story

Swiss Tax Agency Exchanges Information On Advance Tax Rulings

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Friday, May 11, 2018

The Swiss Federal Tax Administration has confirmed that it has transmitted its first spontaneous information reports on advance tax rulings to exchange of information partner states. Read Full Story

OECD Releases More Transfer Pricing Country Guides

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Thursday, April 12, 2018

The OECD has published new transfer pricing country profiles for Australia, China, Estonia, France, Georgia, Hungary, India, Israel, Liechtenstein, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Sweden, and Uruguay, bringing the number of such overviews published by the OECD to 44. Read Full Story

500,000 Pre-Filled French Tax Returns Wrong

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Friday, April 6, 2018

Taxpayers in France have been urged to carefully study their tax returns for 2017 after a computer glitch caused erroneous information to be included on around half-a-million tax returns. Read Full Story

OECD's Global Forum Releases New Tax Transparency Reports

by Mike Godfrey, Tax-News.com, Washington

Friday, April 6, 2018

The OECD's Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes has published nine peer review reports assessing territories' compliance with international standards on tax transparency. Read Full Story

France, Luxembourg Sign New Tax Treaty

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Thursday, March 22, 2018

A new tax treaty incorporating the latest international tax standards was signed by France and Luxembourg on March 20. Read Full Story

German Coalition Tax Plan 'Disappointing'

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Thursday, March 22, 2018

The Ifo economic institute, which advises the German Government, has said that the corporate tax cuts in the United States appear to have provided a short-term boost to the German economy, but criticized the lack of significant tax measures in Germany's coalition agreement. Read Full Story

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