Luxembourg Issues Guidance On DAC6 Tax Scheme Reporting

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Thursday, May 28, 2020

Luxembourg's Direct Tax Administration has issued guidance covering various aspects of the European Union sixth Directive on Administrative Cooperation, under which intermediaries are required to report cross-border tax planning arrangements. Read Full Story

EU Defers E-Commerce VAT Package In Light Of COVID-19

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Friday, May 15, 2020

The EU will postpone the entry into force of its VAT e-commerce package and will defer certain filing deadlines under the Directive on Administrative Cooperation due to the coronavirus pandemic. Read Full Story

Germany Issues Draft Guidance On DAC6

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Tuesday, March 17, 2020

On March 2, 2020, the German Ministry of Finance released a draft discussion document on new rules implementing the sixth European Union Directive on Administrative Cooperation, under which intermediaries are obligated to report certain tax planning schemes. 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

UK Reports On Adoption Of EU's DAC6 Tax Scheme Reporting Rules

by Jason Gorringe, Tax-News.com, London

Wednesday, January 15, 2020

On January 8, 2020, the UK Government released a policy paper setting out how the UK will temporarily adopt the "DAC 6" EU disclosure requirements on intermediaries that design or sell potentially harmful tax schemes. Read Full Story

German FinMin Outlines 2020 Tax Changes

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Tuesday, December 31, 2019

The German Ministry of Finance has outlined a number of tax changes that are due to take effect in 2020 and 2021. Read Full Story

Germany To Launch Special Anti-Tax Fraud Unit

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Tuesday, November 26, 2019

On November 18, 2019, the German Ministry of Finance published a question and answer section on its website to clarify the role of a new special unit within the tax authority designed to detect cases of tax fraud more quickly. Read Full Story

Ireland Publishes 2019 Finance Bill

by Jason Gorringe, Tax-News.com, London

Friday, October 18, 2019

The Irish Government has published its 2019 Finance Bill, which introduces changes to a number of SME-targeted tax incentives and implements a range of measures announced in this month's Budget. Read Full Story

German Government Submits 2020 Budget

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Friday, September 13, 2019

On September 10, 2019, German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz presented to the lower house of parliament, the Bundestag, the Government's draft Budget for 2020, which includes tax reduction measures. Read Full Story

Vietnam To Focus On Transfer Pricing Abuse, Tax Debtors

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

Thursday, July 25, 2019

Officials from Vietnam's General Department of Taxation (GDT) are to focus on challenging tax avoidance and evasion involving corporate groups, with an especial focus on transfer pricing. Read Full Story

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