October 2020 Newsletter

Introduction

•  Philippe Arraou, President of ETAF

Professional Law

•  What is illegal offline should be illegal online – the Digital Services Act

Tax Law

• Gentiloni opens the FISC Committee’s work
• ETAF gives feedback to climate related tax files
• The German Presidency pushes for an FTT
• VAT: Implementing powers for the European Commission?
• MEPs push for an ambitious reform of the own resources
• OECD postpones international tax reform deal to mid-2021
• State aid and tax: it is not just about Apple
• The latest change to the EU Tax Blacklist

Miscellaneous

• The strategy for European SMEs – an attempt to guide the economy through the green and digital transformation
• ETAF Tax Conference on “The role of tax advisers in strengthening tax compliance”