The EU Council has adopted the Commission proposal for a mandate to start negotiations with Norway, with a view to concluding an international agreement on administrative cooperation in direct tax matters. The negotiations will seek to establish a cooperation framework between EU Member States and Norway...
The European Union signed four amending protocols to international agreements with Andorra, Liechtenstein, Monaco and San Marino which provide for automatic exchange of financial account information between the EU and the four jurisdictions. source: taxation-customs.ec.europa.eu...
The EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions was updated on 10 October 2025. There has been no change to Annex I, which lists the following: American Samoa, Anguilla, Fiji, Guam, Palau, Panama, the Russian Federation, Samoa, Trinidad & Tobago, US Virgin Islands, and Vanuatu. Vietnam has been removed from Annex...
This week's edition of the CFE Tax Top 5 looks at the following: Council Adopts Simplified CBAM Framework to Ease SME Burden EU Commission Seeks Mandate to Negotiate UN Tax Dispute Protocol CFE Opinion Statement on the European Commission Consultation Concerning a “28th Regime” for...
The EU Commission has published an implementation strategy which sets out the actions that it will deploy to support businesses and Member States with the implementation of the VAT in the Digital Age (ViDA) package. A reminder of the VIDA implementation timeline: 14 April 2025 Member States...
This week's edition of the CFE Tax Top 5 looks at the following: Pillar Two Developments, DAC Recast & Use of AI in the Profession: Insights from the 2025 CFE Tax Symposium FISC Hearing: US Tax Shifts & EU Policy Responses OECD to Publish 2025 Peer...
The MTCA has issued a notice to operators on the importation of goods from the Belarus and Russia pursuant to the additional duties recently imposed at an EU level on goods from these countries....
This week's edition of the CFE Tax Top 5 looks at the following: EU Imposes 2.95 Billion Euro Fine on Google for Dominant Online Advertising Position OECD Revises BEPS Action 5 Transparency Framework & XML Schema Final Registration Reminder: 2025 CFE Tax Symposium in Ghent...
To mark its 30th anniversary, the Institute is offering alumni of the MIT Course on Taxation, who completed the course between 2005 and 2019, the opportunity to supplement the knowledge obtained by enrolling for any lecture/s of the MIT Course on Taxation 2025/2026. The MIT Course...
