REQs 2021

The 2021 Risk Evaluation Questionnaires (“REQs”) will be available for completion by subject persons as from 1st March 2021 on the Compliance and Supervision Platform for Assessing Risk (CASPAR) System. The submission deadline for Tax Advisors is 21st April 2021. A copy of the revised 2021 REQs per...

CFE Tax Top 5 (8 February 2021)

This week's edition of the CFE Tax Top 5 looks at the following: OpenLux: Tax Investigation into Luxembourg by Le Monde EU Commission Launches Consultation on VAT Rules for Financial & Insurance Services Grounds of Appeal in Apple State Aid Case Published EU Commission Publishes...

VAT rules for FSI – public consultation

The European Commission has launched a public consultation on the VAT rules for Financial Services and Insurance. The objective of this public consultation is to obtain the views of stakeholders on the current VAT rules on financial and insurance services and their functioning as well as...

Tax exemption threshold for voluntary organisations increased

Pursuant to LN 39 of 2021, the Enrolled Voluntary Organisations (Tax Exemption) Rules (SL 123.190) have been revised. In terms of the changes, which apply as of year of assessment 2022, the tax exemption in terms of Rule 3 applies to enrolled organisations whose turnover for...

CFE Tax Top 5 (1 February 2021)

This week's edition of the CFE Tax Top 5 looks at the following: OECD BEPS Action 14 Public Consultation EU Court of Auditors Assesses 70 Billion Lost Annually Through Corporate Tax Avoidance EU Commission Extends Scope of Temporary State Aid Framework Chair of EU Business...

Highly Qualified Persons rules amended

LN 29 of 2021 introduced changes to the HQP Rules [SL 123.126], namely: Allowing persons who apply to benefit under the HQP Rules to be eligible for two further extensions (instead of one, as previously applied) of 5 years (EEA and Swiss nationals) or 4...

DAC 6 Reporting Deadlines update

The Office of the CfR has announced an update to the upcoming reporting deadlines: Cross-border arrangements where the trigger point for reporting took place between 1 July 2020 and 31 December 2020 -  Monday 1 February 2021. Reportable cross-border arrangements the first step of which was...

DAC6 Reporting Excel Spreadsheet now available

The Office of the CfR has announced that the personalised excel spreadsheet enabling submission of DAC6 reports by reporting entities not having the facility to upload an XML data file is now available for download. Persons duly registered for DAC6 reporting can access the excel spreadsheet...