On 7 December, EU finance ministers reached an agreement on the changes to the current rules governing VAT rates for goods and services. Further to the Commission’s 2018 proposal to reform the VAT Rates rules, aimed at giving Member States more flexibility in rates-setting, the agreed package...

This week’s edition of the CFE Tax Top 5 looks at the following: Commission Gentiloni Outlines European Commission Tax Plans for 2022 Public Country-by-Country Reporting Directive Published in the Official Journal of the EU EU VAT Committee Publishes Updated Guidelines Commission Takes Action Against Members...

The Office of the CfR has announced that access to the SFTP server by data providers for the purposes of upload of CRS, FATCA and CbCR reports will not be available. The server will be available again on the 20th December 2021 and access to the server...

The EU VAT Gap for 2019 has been published, showing a decrease in the overall EU VAT Gap by almost €6.6 billion to €134 billion. The VAT Gap study records the difference between the VAT due and the actual VAT revenues generated by Member States,...

Guidelines issued by the VAT Committee pursuant to the April 2o21 meeting have been added to the VAT Committee Guidelines. The new guidelines address: The return of goods placed under call-off stock arrangements The place of supply of interactive sessions filmed and broadcasted in real...

This week’s edition of the CFE Tax Top 5 looks at the following: France to Push EU Carbon Tax During Presidency of the Council of the EU FISC Hearing: Tax Avoidance & Evasion in the Pandora Papers CFE’s 14th European Conference on Professional Affairs: Professional...

The Commissioner for Revenue has announced that the electronic filing deadline for year of assessment 2021 income tax returns in respect of companies having a 31 December 2020 accounting year-end is being further extended to Wednesday 1st December 2021.​

Further to the publication of LN 461 of 2021 (see MIT news 28 November 2021), the Office of the CfR has published guidelines on the Income Tax and Stamp Duty Benefits on Certain Property Transfers announced in the Budget for 2022. The guidelines can be...

Further to the announcement in the Budget for 2022 of the introduction of a tax exemption on first €750,000 on transfers of certain property (property constructed over 20 years ago which has been vacant for 7 years, property in an UCA or property with traditional...