CFE Tax Top 5 – 14 October 2019

This week's edition of the CFE Tax Top 5 looks at the following: • OECD Seeks Comments on ‘Unified Approach’ Proposals; • Vestager: State Aid Enforcement Won’t Give Us Fair Tax Systems; • Foreign Losses and Territoriality: CFE Statement on C-575/17 Sofina; • EU Considering Stricter Anti-Money Laundering Rules; •...

VAT “Quick Fixes” – CfR Guidelines

Further to the publication of Legal Notices 249 - 253 of 2019 amending the VAT Act and the Recapitulative Statement of Intra-Community Transactions Regulations (see MIT Tax News of 7 October 2019) the office of the CfR has published Guidelines on the new provisions of the legislation. A...

CFE Tax Top 5 – 7 October 2019

This week’s edition of the CFE Tax Top 5 looks at the following: CFE Celebrates 60th Anniversary in Torino; OECD to Issue New Digital Tax Proposals on Wednesday; Global Tax Advisers Platform Issues Torino-Busan Declaration; EU Commissioner-Designate for Economy Approved at European Parliament Hearing; Platform...

Changes to the VAT Act published

On 4 October 2019, amendments to the VAT Act implementing the provisions of Council Directive (EU) 2018/1910 (part of the package introducing the so-called “Quick Fixes”), were published. These amendments enter into effect on 1 January 2020. The changes introduced are summarised below: Chain Transactions LN 250 of...

MIT attends GTAP Conference 2019

The Global Tax Advisers Platform's (GTAP) inaugural conference was held in Torino last week. GTAP, which was formed in 2014, provides a framework for co-operation and dialogue amongst tax advisors. The theme of the conference was "Tax & the Future", addressing the evolution and future of...

MIT re-appointed to the EU VAT Expert Group

The Malta Institute of Taxation has been re-appointed to the EU VAT Expert Group for another 3-year term, commencing 1 October 2019. The VAT Expert Group assists and advises the European Commission on VAT matters, in particular, on the development and implementation of VAT policies. It...

CFE Global Tax 10 (Sept 2019)

This month’s edition of the CFE Global Tax 10 looks at the following: New Digital Tax Proposals Due October; OECD Publishes Energy Taxation Report; Tax Transparency: Significant Progress Noted on Country-by-Country Reporting; Guinea, Namibia and Honduras Join the Global Forum on Tax Transparency; Reminder: 12th...

CFE Tax Top 5 – 30 September 2019

This week’s edition of the CFE Tax Top 5 looks at the following: EU Court Delivers Fiscal State Aid Judgments; Tax Administration European Union Summit; Tax Inspectors Without Borders Publish Annual Report; Iceland Deposits MLI Ratification Instrument; Global Tax Advisers Platform Conference – Torino, 3...

VAT “Quick Fixes” – Draft Explanatory Notes published

In the run-up to 1 January 2020, the date of entry into force of Council Directive (EU) 2018/1910, Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1912, and Council Regulation (EU) 2018/1909, the EU Commission services is in the process of preparing Explanatory Notes which are intended to clarify...