CFE’s Tax Top 5 – 31 August 2020

BRUSSELS I 31 AUGUST 2020 EU Commission Publishes ATAD Implementation Report The European Commission published a Report to the European Parliament and Council on the implementation of ATAD and ATAD2, the EU Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive, a factual document outlining the status of the implementation of the directive in Member states pursuant to Article 10 of the Directive. [...]

CFE’s Tax Top 5 – 10 August 2020

BRUSSELS I 10 AUGUST 2020 OECD Updates COVID-19 Tax Policy Database The OECD has published an updated version of the database containing the details of taxation and financial measures taken by governments around the world in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. The OECD also has a dedicated webpage concerning the COVID-19 outbreak, providing information and [...]

CFE’s Tax Top 5 – 20 july 2020

BRUSSELS I 20 JULY 2020 European Commission Unveils New Tax Package The European Commission has now published its Tax Package for “fair and simple taxation”, designed to address issues experienced in EU taxation arising in the course of “a ‘taxpayer's journey': from registering your business, to reporting, payment, verification, dealing with disputes.” The Tax Package [...]

CFE’s Tax Top 5 – 13 july 2020

European Tax Professionals Call for Better Tax Governance: Joint statement of CFE Tax Advisers Europe and Accountancy Europe Ahead of the European Commission Anti-fraud tax package, Accountancy Europe and CFE Tax Advisers Europe, leading European associations for tax professionals, highlight three areas for policymakers in which the current tax system could be improved whilst longer term [...]

CFE’s Tax Top 5 – 29 JUNE 2020

DAC6 Optional Deferral Enters Into Force The proposal as agreed by Member States in early June to defer deadlines for exchange of information under the administrative cooperation directive as a result of the coronavirus crisis has now been published in the Official Journal of the European Union and has entered into force.   The Directive [...]