CFE’s Global Tax Top 10 – September 2020
BRUSSELS | SEPTEMBER 2020 New CFE Executive Board Appointed by General Assembly CFE Tax Advisers Europe is pleased to announce that a new Executive Board for the period of 2021-2022 was elected at its online General Assembly on 25 September 2020. The new Executive Board will take up their duties on 1 January 2021. The General Assembly, the [...]
CFE’s Global Tax Top 10 – August 2020
BRUSSELS | AUGUST 2020 OECD Updates COVID-19 Tax Policy Database The OECD has published an updated version of the database containing the details of taxation and financial measures taken by governments around the world in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. The OECD also has a dedicated webpage concerning the COVID-19 outbreak, providing information and country profiles on the spread [...]
CFE’s Global Tax Top 10 – July 2020
BRUSSELS | JULY 2020 International Digital Tax Progress Update The OECD held a Tax Talks Webcast on 22 July to discuss progress on the Inclusive Framework project on taxation of the digitalising economy, the OECD Model Rules for Reporting by Platform Operators, the recently released Corporate Tax Statistics report and other recent tax developments. [...]
CFE’s Global Tax Top 10 – June 2020
BRUSSELS | JUNE 2020 1. US Withdraws from International Digital Tax Negotiations On 17 June US Trade Representative Robert E. Lighthizer confirmed that the US was withdrawing from OECD Inclusive Framework discussions on taxation of the digital economy. The decision was communicated to European Finance Ministers in a letter last week, igniting fears of a [...]
CFE’s Global Tax Top 10 – May 2020
BRUSSELS | MAY 2020 1.OECD Update on International Work Programme The OECD held a Tax Talks Webcast in May concerning the recent and upcoming developments in the OECD’s international tax work, not only in relation to the tax challenges presented by the COVID-19 crisis, but also as regards continuity on its programme of work. In [...]
CFE’s Global Tax Top 10 – April 2020
BRUSSELS | APRIL 2020 1.OECD Updates COVID-19 Tax Measures Response Database & G20 Tax Response Report The OECD has published an updated version of the database containing the details of taxation and financial measures taken by governments around the world in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. At the virtual G20 meeting held on 15 April, [...]
CFE’s Global Tax Top 10 – March 2020
BRUSSELS | MARCH 2020 1. Message from the CFE Executive Board on the COVID-19 Impact As each and every one of us is impacted by the alarming spread of COVID-19 and how it is affecting our lives, the CFE Executive Board had, regretfully, taken the difficult decision to cancel the CFE Annual Forum, the General [...]
CFE’s Global Tax Top 10 – February 2020
BRUSSELS | FEBRUARY 2020 1. OECD Release Digital Tax Economic Analysis In a webcast streamed on 13 February 2020, the OECD released details of an economic analysis and impact assessment concerning the Pillar 1 and Pillar 2 proposals for taxation of the digital economy being negotiated by the Inclusive Framework on BEPS. The preliminary findings [...]
CFE’s Global Tax Top 10 – January 2020
BRUSSELS | JANUARY 2020 1. Digital Tax: No Support for the US ‘Safe Harbour’ Approach Despite Trade War Threats The US proposition to make Pillar One optional by allowing companies to ‘opt out’ of the newly proposed profit allocation rules continues to create tensions among governments and “will not fly politically”, the OECD Tax Director [...]
CFE’s Tax Top10- September 2019
BRUSSELS SEPTEMBER 2019 1. New Digital Tax Proposals Due October Whilst many of us were on summer holidays, OECD officials and working parties were busy reconciling the key policy concerns of the members of the Inclusive Framework that aim for a broad agreement on international taxation. The in-tray remains full though, according to the Director [...]