On 28 June, the EU Commission published the 2021 Taxation Trends Report - a yearly snapshot of tax systems in EU Member States, as well as Iceland and Norway. The Report shows increased tax revenues for 2019, but these are expected to decrease in 2020 and 2021. source: ec.europa.eu...
This week's edition of the CFE Tax Top 5 looks at the following: Slovenia Sets Out Priorities for the EU Presidency: Mid-July Proposal on Digital Levy EU Taxation Trends: Stable Tax Revenues, Fall Expected in 2020-2021 EU Commission Seeks Feedback on Cooperative Compliance Project Global...
On 1 July 2021 a number of changes to VAT legislation will come into effect. These include: The new 'Small Undertaking' thresholds (article 11 registration) will enter into effect (see MIT News 27 May 2021) The VAT e-commerce package will come into effect, with changes...
The EU Commission is working on an EU cooperative compliance programme, the objective of which would be to allow tax administrations to resolve together, in a preventive manner, cross-border tax issues faced by small and medium-sized enterprises operating within the EU. Taxpayers will be able to...
This week's edition of the CFE Tax Top 5 looks at the following: CFE Discussion Paper: “If It Is Legal, Is It Acceptable?” – An Ethics Quality Bar for All Advisers EU: Addressing the Debt – Equity Tax Bias (DEBRA) EU Parliament: Exchange of Views with US...
As of 1 July 2021 the VAT exemption which applies to importation of goods of low value (eur22 or less) will no longer apply. Malta VAT will be due on all goods imported from third countries. Suppliers and electronic interfaces selling goods which are imported into...
This week's edition of the CFE Tax Top 5 looks at the following: ECOFIN Ministers to Discuss VAT Rates EU Commission June Infringement Package Platform for the Collaboration on Tax Workshop on the Role of Taxation in Achieving Gender Equality EU Commission Adopts Implementing Regulation...
The European Commission has published an inception impact assessment on the initiative to reduce the debt- equity tax bias in the EU. This initiative, which was announced as part of the corporate tax reform proposal in the recent Communication for Business Taxation of the 21 Century (See MIT...
The EU Commission has adopted an amendment to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/194 as regards the exchange of records held by taxable persons or their intermediaries and the designation of competent authorities responsible for coordinating administrative enquiries. The amendments, which concern rules for the exchange of records...
