Tax & Legal

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1. 06.03.2025

   Five Member States to pay financial penalties for failing to ...

   Following a failure to fulfil their obligations, five Member States are held liable by the European Court of Justice to pay financial penalties for failing to transpose the Whistleblowers directive. They must pay a lump sum to the Commission; Estonia, if it has still not transposed the directive, must also pay a daily penalty payment.

   Categories: From Europe

   Keywords: Whistleblowing, penalty
2. 14.02.2025

   ECJ referral: Federal Court of Justice requests preliminary ...

   The Federal Court of Justice has asked the European Court of Justice (ECJ) for a preliminary ruling whether Art. 101 TFEU precludes a provision in national law according to which a company that has been fined for a breach of antitrust law can take recourse against its managing directors or board members.

   Categories: From Europe

   Keywords: fine, penalty
3. 03.12.2020

   Germany: Higher penalties for organized tax evasion?

   The representatives of the German provinces (the upper chamber of parliament - Bundesrat) would like higher penalties for organized tax evasion and further suggest improving the investigation of such crimes. On 27 November 2020 the upper chamber decided to introduce a corresponding bill in the German Bundestag to amend the German Fiscal Code.

   Categories: From Europe

   Keywords: cum-ex, Tax evasion, penalty