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1. 18.11.2024

   ECJ to decide on failure of Germany to eliminate discriminat ...

   The European Commission decided to refer Germany to the European Court of Justice for having failed to remedy the infringement of the free movement of capital (Article 63 TFEU and Article 40 of the EEA Agreement) due to its discriminatory tax treatment of reinvested capital gains upon sale of real estate located in Germany.

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   Keywords: replacement reserve, sale of real estate
2. 06.11.2024

   EU Council agrees on VAT in the digital age package

   On 5 November 2024 the Council reached an agreement on new measures that will bring the EU’s value added tax (VAT) rules into the digital age. With new rules on electronic invoices and real-time data reporting, as well as business carried out through digital platforms, this package of legislation will fight tax fraud, support businesses, and promote digitalization.

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   Keywords: Taxation of digital economy, digitalizat ...
3. 13.09.2024

   EU Customs Reform – the state of play

   The EU is planning a comprehensive reform of its customs legislation that will fundamentally change the way goods are imported and exported in the single market. The necessary steps were initiated in 2023. One of the most important changes is the replacement of the current status of Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) with the new designation of Trust & Check Trader (T&C Trader).

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   Keywords: Customs simplifications
4. 10.09.2024

   Update: General Court of the EU annuls the European Commissi ...

   See the Newsalert from our EU Direct Tax Group on the decision of the General Court to annul the European Commision's decision in Apple.

   Categories: From Europe

   Keywords: Steuern / Tax
5. 09.08.2024

   EU Commission provides further clarifications on EU corporat ...

   The Commission has recently published a set of frequently asked questions (FAQs) to support stakeholders in the implementation of the EU corporate sustainability reporting rules. The publication is part of the Commission's continuous effort to make the EU sustainable finance framework more usable for companies and reduce the administrative burden on them.

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   Keywords: Corporate Sustainability Reporting Direc ...
6. 13.06.2024

   Data protection: Council agrees position on GDPR enforcement ...

   The Council of the EU reached an agreement on a common member states’ position on a new law which will improve cooperation between national data protection authorities when they enforce the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

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   Keywords: Data Protection
7. 27.05.2024

   Infringement proceedings regarding the implementation of tax ...

   The Commission calls on Germany and a number of other countries to fulfil their obligation to cooperate with other Member States on tax transparency of income realized through digital platforms.

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   Keywords: digital data
8. 24.05.2024

   Corporate sustainability due diligence: Council gives its fi ...

   The Council has today formally adopted the corporate sustainability due diligence directive. This is the last step in the decision-making procedure.

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   Keywords: Corporate Sustainability Reporting Direc ...
9. 16.05.2024

   EU Council agrees on new rules for withholding tax procedure ...

   On 14 May 2024 the Council reached an agreement (general approach) on safer and faster procedures to obtain double taxation relief, which will help boost cross-border investment and help fight tax abuse.

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   Keywords: withholding tax, double tax relief
10. 07.02.2024

    Commission calls on Germany to comply with EU VAT rules rega ...

    The European Commission decided to send a reasoned opinion to Germany for not properly applying EU rules on exempting private tuition services from VAT as laid out in the VAT Directive and clarified by the Court of Justice of the European Union.

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    Keywords: VAT Exemption, school and university tui ...
11. 26.01.2024

    EU-Commission: Measures to strengthen economic security and ...

    The Commission adopted a package of infringement decisions due to the absence of communication by Member States of measures taken to transpose EU directives into national law. In a further measure the Commission adopted five initiatives to strengthen the EU's economic security at a time of growing geopolitical tensions and profound technological shifts.

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    Keywords: EU-Directive
12. 18.01.2024

    Anti-money laundering: Council and Parliament strike deal on ...

    The Council and Parliament reached a provisional agreement on stricter EU anti money laundering rules. The new rules will harmonize the existing framework and close possible loopholes used by criminals to launder illicit proceeds or finance terrorist activities through the financial system.

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    Keywords: Geldwäschebekämpfung / Anti Money Launde ...
13. 02.01.2024

    New rules to combat fraud on cross-border payments in the EU ...

    New transparency rules came into force on 1 January 2024 that will help EU Member States to crack down on Value-Added Tax (VAT) fraud.

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    Keywords: VAT fraud
14. 02.01.2024

    A new era for corporate taxation in the EU enters into force

    Ground-breaking new EU rules come into effect from 1 January 2024 introducing a minimum rate of effective taxation of 15% for multinational companies active in EU Member States.

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    Keywords: minimum tax
15. 23.11.2023

    EU-Commission fines Rabobank over Euro-denominated bonds tra ...

    The European Commission has fined Rabobank for participating in a cartel concerning the trading of certain Euro-denominated bonds, together with Deutsche Bank. Deutsche Bank was not fined as it revealed the cartel to the Commission under the leniency program.

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    Keywords: fine, cartel
16. 22.11.2023

    Banco Popular: Shareholders and creditors not entitled to co ...

    The General Court of the EU decided today that affected shareholders and creditors in the course of winding up Spain's ailing Banco Popular in 2017 were not entitled to compensation from the Single Resolution Fund, as they would not have received better treatment in the event of the liquidation of the bank than that resulting from its resolution.

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    Keywords: Liquidation, resolution
17. 16.11.2023

    European Commission to refer Belgium to the European Court o ...

    Today, the European Commission decided to refer Belgium to the European Court of Justice for its failure to comply with the Treaty principle of free movement of workers, as regards taxation of non-resident taxpayers with modest income.

    Categories: From Europe

    Keywords: free movement of workers
18. 26.10.2023

    European Green Bonds: Council adopts new regulation to promo ...

    The European Council adopted a regulation creating a European green bond standard. The regulation lays down uniform requirements for issuers of bonds that wish to use the designation ‘European green bond’ or ‘EuGB’ for their environmentally sustainable bonds.

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    Keywords: EU SF Green Bonds Standard
19. 25.10.2023

    VAT compliance: EU Member States made progress in 2021

    According to a new report released by the European Commission on 24 October 2023 most EU Member States made progress in the enforcement of Value-Added Tax (VAT) compliance in 2021. The annual VAT Gap study, which measures the difference between theoretically expected VAT revenues and the amount actually collected, shows that Member States lost around €61 billion in VAT in 2021, compared to €99 billion in 2020.

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    Keywords: collection of VAT
20. 17.10.2023

    EU-Council adopts directive to boost cooperation between nat ...

    Today, the Council adopted a directive amending EU rules on administrative cooperation in the area of taxation. The amendments mainly concern the reporting and automatic exchange of information on revenues from transactions in crypto-assets and on advance tax rulings for the wealthiest (high-net-worth) individuals.

    Categories: From Europe

    Keywords: cooperation, exchange of information
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