MEPs Call For EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Monday, February 15, 2021

Lawmakers sitting on an EU parliament climate committee have called for the introduction of a carbon border adjustment mechanism. Read Full Story

OECD Releases 2020 Tax Trends Report

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Thursday, December 10, 2020

Tax revenues fell across the OECD for the first time in a decade during 2019, but a much larger decrease is expected in 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the OECD's newly released annual Revenue Statistics report. Read Full Story

France To Cut Business Taxes

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Monday, October 5, 2020

French Minister of Finance Bruno Le Maire presented the 2021 Finance Bill to parliament on September 28, 2020, which includes provisions to reduced taxes on production and plans to reduce the corporate tax rate next year. Read Full Story

Netherlands Cancels Corporate Tax Rate Cut

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Tuesday, September 22, 2020

The Dutch Government has decided to cancel a planned decrease in the corporate tax rate in its 2021 Tax Plan. Read Full Story

UK Reviewing VAT Group Rules

by Jason Gorringe, Tax-News.com, London

Monday, September 14, 2020

The UK Government has recently issued a call for evidence from UK VAT groups on future policy reform. Read Full Story

Switzerland Prolongs Exemption For COVID-19 Essentials

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Wednesday, September 9, 2020

The Swiss Government has confirmed it will extend a tax exemption for surface disinfectants in light of COVID-19. Read Full Story

German Parliament Approves COVID-19 Tax Package

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Friday, July 3, 2020

Both houses of the German parliament have now approved the EUR130bn (USD146bn) COVID-19 economic stimulus plan, which includes numerous tax relief measures. Read Full Story

German Cabinet Approves COVID-19 Stimulus Package

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Thursday, June 25, 2020

A EUR130bn (USD148bn) fiscal stimulus package with numerous tax measures, intended to help revive the German economy following the COVID-19 pandemic, was approved by the Federal Cabinet on June 12, 2020. Read Full Story

German Cabinet Agrees Hike To Carbon Taxes

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Thursday, May 28, 2020

On May 20, 2020, the German Cabinet agreed on new regulations that will set higher carbon prices from 2021 than those originally envisaged in the Government's Climate Protection Program, which was partially approved by parliament in November 2019. Read Full Story

Italian Tax Agency Summarizes New COVID-19 Tax Support Measures

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Thursday, May 28, 2020

On May 21, 2020, the Italian Revenue Agency issued a summary of additional tax measures in Decree 34/2020, which are intended to further support taxpayers affected by the COVID-19 virus. Read Full Story

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