Tag: CFE’s Tax Top 5

BRUSSELS | 15 NOVEMBER 2021 European Parliament Adopts Public Country-by-Country Reporting Legislation The European Parliament has now adopted legislation introducing public country-by-country reporting obligations for multinationals to declare the amount of tax paid in EU Member States. Under the legislation, multinationals and their subsidiaries which have an annual revenue over €750 million and are active in more than one EU [...]

BRUSSELS | 8 NOVEMBER 2021 World Leaders Endorse Global Tax Deal Following the agreement on global minimum corporate tax and the partial reallocation of profit to market countries, endorsed on 8 October by G20 Finance Ministers, the G20 political leaders issued a political declaration setting out their commitment to implement the deal as agreed with the OECD-endorsed timeline. The leaders [...]

BRUSSELS | 25 OCTOBER 2021 US, UK & EU Countries Agree Transitional Repeal of Unilateral Digital Taxes Following the agreement reached by 136 jurisdictions on global minimum corporate tax and the partial reallocation of profit to market countries, endorsed last week by G20 Finance Ministers, Austria, France, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom have now [...]

BRUSSELS | 18 OCTOBER 2021 G20 Endorse International Taxation Agreement On 13 October, G20 Finance Ministers endorsed the agreement reached by 136 jurisdictions on global minimum tax and partial reallocation of profit to market countries, stating in its Communique that “This agreement will establish a more stable and fairer international tax system. We call on the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on BEPS [...]

BRUSSELS | 11 OCTOBER 2021 Historical Agreement on International Taxation Under OECD Auspices Following years of difficult discussions, under the auspices of the OECD and G20, 136 jurisdictions reached an agreement on global minimum tax and partial reallocation of profit to market countries, marking the most significant reform of international tax rules in history. The Statement released [...]

BRUSSELS | 4 OCTOBER 2021 Withholding Taxes – New EU System to Avoid Double Taxation   The European Commission has now published a Roadmap concerning a new EU system on withholding taxes, designed to avoid double taxation. The publication precedes a public consultation questionnaire which will also be launched in Q4 2021 on the Have Your Say website. [...]

BRUSSELS | 27 SEPTEMBER 2021 Member States Challenge Legal Basis for Public CbCR In statements issued at the EU Council’s first reading of the draft public CbCR directive, several Member states have rejected the legal basis of the legislative proposal, namely Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta and Sweden. The countries all set out in the [...]

BRUSSELS | 20 SEPTEMBER 2021 State of the Union: EU Prioritises Global Tax Deal & Fair Taxation In the 2021 State of the Union Address, EU Commission President von der Leyen highlighted the most important current key tax priorities for the European Union. In particular, Von der Leyen noted that fair taxation was key in [...]

BRUSSELS | 6 SEPTEMBER 2021 OECD’s International Tax Agreement to Eliminate Double Taxation In a recent interview, Pascal Saint-Amans, Director of the Center for Tax Policy and Administration said that the technical agreement being finalised by the Members of the Inclusive Framework in the Two-Pillar agreement on taxation of the digital economy and minimal global corporate [...]

BRUSSELS | 30 AUGUST 2021 Macron Discusses Ireland’s Support for OECD’s International Tax Agreement French President Emmanuel Macron visited Ireland last week to discuss taxation and Brexit, hoping to persuade his Irish counterparts to support the OECD proposals to reform the international tax rules. Macron has publicly denied any pressure on Ireland, but the Irish government acknowledged that Irish [...]