CFE’s Tax Top 5 – 9 November 2020
BRUSSELS | 9 NOVEMBER 2020 Joe Biden Elected 46th President of the United States The United States have elected the Democratic Party candidate Joe Biden as 46th President, while Kamala Harris has made history becoming the first woman elected Vice-President of the United States. After a contentious campaign, the Biden-Harris ticket won 290 Electoral College votes, thus [...]
CFE’s Tax Top 5 – 26 October 2020
BRUSSELS | 26 OCTOBER 2020 CJEU Decision in Cross-Border Exchange of Information Cases The Court of Justice of the EU has handed down its decision in Cases C-245/19 and C-246/19, concerning cross border exchange of information in tax matters between tax authorities. The Resumé sets out that as concerns the right of either a taxpayer or third party [...]
CFE’s Tax Top 5 – 19 October 2020
BRUSSELS I 19 October 2020 Save the Date: CFE Professional Affairs Virtual Conference on Taxpayers Rights – 30 November Save the date for the 13th European Webinar Conference on Tax Advisers’ Professional Affairs, to be held virtually on Monday, 30 November 2020 from 3:30pm to 5pm CET, on the topic of “Taxpayer Rights and Legal [...]
CFE’s Tax Top 5 – 12 October 2020
BRUSSELS I 12 October 2020 OECD Digital Tax Webcast Update & Pillar 1 and 2 Consultation The OECD has launched a consultation concerning blueprints for Pillar 1 (review of profit allocation and nexus rules to reflect digital business models) and Pillar 2 (global anti-base erosion rules for a minimum effective taxation rate). Details of the consultation and progress in the negotiations [...]
CFE’s Tax Top 5 – 28 September 2020
BRUSSELS I 28 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, [...]
CFE’s Tax Top 5 – 21 September 2020
BRUSSELS I 21 September 2020 State of the Union Address – Own Resources & Environmental Taxes European Commission President Von der Leyen delivered her first State of the Union address on 16 September 2020, setting out the Commission’s vision on EU recovery from COVID-19 and the strengthening and advancement of the EU. Taxation was central to many [...]
CFE’s Tax Top 5 – 7 September 2020
BRUSSELS I 7 september 2020 Germany: EU Must Form a Fiscal Union The EU must work towards forming a fiscal union, in addition to the monetary one, in order to better deal with the consequences of the health crisis and the post-virus economic recovery, Germany’s Federal Finance Minister and Chair of the ECOFIN, Olaf Scholz [...]
CFE’s Tax Top 5 – 31 August 2020
BRUSSELS I 31 AUGUST 2020 EU Commission Publishes ATAD Implementation Report The European Commission published a Report to the European Parliament and Council on the implementation of ATAD and ATAD2, the EU Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive, a factual document outlining the status of the implementation of the directive in Member states pursuant to Article 10 of the Directive. [...]
CFE’s Tax Top 5 – 10 August 2020
BRUSSELS I 10 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 [...]
CFE’s Tax Top 5 – 3 August 2020
BRUSSELS I 3 AUGUST 2020 CFE’s EU Tax Policy Report – Semester I 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic conditions that developed in the first six months of 2020 led to extreme public health and economic challenges, shifting the focus of the wider community into contending the impact of COVID-19. The first semester of 2020 has therefore [...]