LN 120 of 2022 has amended the Schedule to the Income Tax Exemption Order, adding to the list of benefits and allowances eligible for an exemption from income tax: benefits in respect of injury at work, sickness benefits, unemployment and special unemployment benefits and orphans...

This week’s edition of the CFE Tax Top 5 looks at the following: EU Parliament Tax Subcommittee: Hearing on Regulating Intermediaries Register Now: CFE Forum 2022 on 12 May 2022 in Brussels OECD Public Consultation Meeting on Minimum Tax Implementation Framework Irish Tax Institute & Harvard...

The European Commission has launched a Public Consultation on an initiative to improve withholding tax procedures for non-resident investors. This initiative aims to introduce a common EU-wide system for withholding tax on dividend or interest payments. It will include a system for tax authorities to exchange...

On 14 April the OECD launched a public consultation on the Extractives Exclusion under Amount A of Pillar One. Comments on the Working Document should be sent electronically (in Word format) by email to tfde@oecd.org by 29 April 2022.   source: OECD.org

This week’s edition of the CFE Tax Top 5 looks at the following: ECOFIN: Poland Vetos Pillar 2 Minimum Tax Implementing Proposal AG Opinion in Belgian DAC6 Legal Privilege Challenge Case: C-694/20 Orde van Vlaamse Balies  Register Now: CFE Forum 2022 on 12 May 2022 in...

At the ECOFIN Meeting of 5 April 2022 (view recording), Poland invoked its veto on the compromise text of the proposal for an EU Directive on the implementation of the OECD’s Pillar 2 minimum corporate income tax.

This week’s edition of the CFE Tax Top 5 looks at the following: EU Commission Launches Public Consultation on a New EU System for Withholding Taxes CFE Tax Advisers Europe Opinion Statement: Pillar 2 Proposal Requires Further Revision Before Entry Into Force OECD Release Reporting Format...

The European Commission has published its Screening and Diagnostic Report of Value-Added Tax (VAT) Administration in the EU containing a series of recommendations to help Member States improve their VAT revenue collection, control procedures and processes.   source: ec.europa.eu

With effect from 1 January 2024 payment service providers who are established or provide payment services in the European Union are to keep certain records of cross-border payments originating from payers within Member States and certain information of the payees, and transmit those records to...