April 2025 Newsletter

Foreword

• Philippe Arraou, ETAF president

Professional law

• EU co-legislators set New Horizontal Single Market Strategy's priorities
• First Omnibus packages to simplify EU sustainability rules
• European Commission unveils its Union of Skills plan

Tax law

• Transatlantic trade tensions escalate amid chaotic US tariffs announcements
• Upcoming EU tax proposals to watch
• Member States push for tax simplification to boost competitiveness
• New simplified reporting rules for Pillar Two adopted
• ETAF recommendations for the future EU e-invoicing strategy
• Talks on a Joint Transfer Pricing Forum in dead-end
• EU stays the course on Pillar Two and adopts "wait and see" stance on Pillar One
• Main highlights from the 2025 EU Tax Symposium
• Key decisions from the first organisational session of a UN Tax Convention

ECJ tax case-law digest

• February 2025 - April 2025

ETAF news

• ETAF Annual Report 2024: last year's achievements
• Save-the-date: ETAF conference on 3 June 2025 in Brussels