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OECD Releases Seven Dispute Resolution Peer Review Reports
by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels
Wednesday, April 15, 2020
The OECD has released new stage two peer reviews on seven countries' implementation of the BEPS Action 14 minimum standard, on improving tax dispute resolution, covering Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, and Sweden. Read Full Story

France Confirms No Changes To VAT Rules Amid COVID-19
by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels
Wednesday, April 15, 2020
In a set of frequently asked questions and answers clarifying recent changes to tax obligations as a result of the COVID-19 virus, the French tax authority stressed that tax payment relief does not extend to value-added tax. Read Full Story

Coronavirus Won't Delay Digital Tax Work, OECD Says
by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels
Monday, March 30, 2020
The OECD has said that it is continuing to forge ahead with the development of new international tax rules for the digitalized economy. Read Full Story

France Announces Tax Support Measures For Businesses
by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels
Tuesday, March 17, 2020
The French General Directorate of Public Finance has announced that companies and self-employed taxpayers will be able to postpone without penalty upcoming tax payments due to the public health emergency. Read Full Story

EU Finance Ministers Issue Joint Statement On Digital Taxation
by Lorys Charalambous, Tax-News.com, Cyprus
Tuesday, March 3, 2020
The finance ministers of France, Germany, Italy, and Spain have put their names to a statement calling for countries to reach an agreement on solving the tax challenges of the digital economy by the end of 2020. Read Full Story

Austria May Pull Out Of European Financial Transactions Tax Talks
by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels
Tuesday, March 3, 2020
On February 19, 2020, German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz issued a statement to say that he remains "committed" to the introduction of a financial transactions tax at European Union level along the same lines as that proposed by the German Government last month, despite opposition from within the EU, notably from Austria. Read Full Story

France Confirms Postponement Of DST Payments
by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels
Thursday, February 20, 2020
France's Directorate General of Public Finance confirmed in a statement issued on February 10, 2020, that companies liable for the country's digital services tax can delay payment of upcoming installments of the tax until December 2020. Read Full Story

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

EU Member States Slow To Implement VAT Quick Fixes
by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels
Thursday, February 6, 2020
The European Commission has launched infringement proceedings against 14 member states for failing to implement the so-called value-added tax quick fixes. Read Full Story

Many EU States Tardy In Adopting Anti-Tax Avoidance Directives
by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels
Thursday, February 6, 2020
On January 24, 2020, the European Commission issued formal notices to numerous European Union member states with regards to lapses in the implementation of various EU anti-tax avoidance directives. Read Full Story
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