This week's edition of the CFE Tax Top 5 looks at the following: ECJ: Certain Elements of DAC6 Incompatible with Primary EU Law EU Proposes DAC8 Directive: Crypto-Assets Reporting VAT in the Digital Age Proposals Published OECD Invites Input on Amount B (Pillar 1) CFE...
At its meeting of 15 December 2022 the Council of the European Union recalled the European Union’s determination to have both Pillar 1 and Pillar 2 implemented and called on the Commission to "monitor ongoing negotiations of the multilateral convention (MLC) on Pillar 1 and to...
The OECD has launched a public consultation on on the main design elements of Amount B under Pillar One in the context of the ongoing work of the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on BEPS (Inclusive Framework) to implement the Two-Pillar Solution to Address the Tax Challenges Arising...
The Czech Presidency of the EU has announced the unanimous agreement of the Member States to approve the Commission's proposal for a Directive ensuring a minimum effective tax rate for large multinational groups. The proposed Directive will be formally adopted by written procedure. source: ec.europa.eu...
On 8 December 2022 the European Commission proposed new amendments to the Directive on Administrative Cooperation to include exchange of information on crypto-assets (DAC8). The proposed revised Directive contains rules for reporting and exchange of information on crypto-assets for direct tax purposes applicable to service providers facilitating...
The CJEU has found, in case C-694/20 delivered on 8 December 2022, that Article 8ab(5) of Directive 2011/16, as amended, infringes the right to respect for communications between a lawyer and his or her client, guaranteed in Article 7 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights, in so...
On 1 December 2022, the MIT hosted an online event for Members - 2022: the Year in Review, during which representatives from the MIT's technical committees, Sarah Cassar Torregiani and Steve Gingell, took participants through the tax legislative highlights of 2022 and the work of...
The CJEU has ruled in joined cases C-37/20 & C-601/20 WM and Sovim SA v Luxembourg Business Registers that the amendment to the AML Directive (Directive 2015/849 as amended by Directive 2018/843) pursuant to which Member States must ensure that Beneficial Ownership information is made accessible to...
This week's edition of the CFE Tax Top 5 looks at the following: EU Seeks to Define Aggressive Tax Planning ECJ Rules Public Access to Beneficial Ownership Registry Information Invalid Hungary Continues to Oppose Minimum Tax at EU Level OECD Publishes Updated Mutual Agreement Procedure...
