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Weekly Tax News – 13 June 2022
- Tax authorities step up tax enforcement efforts in support of the ‘Freeze and Seize' Task Force
- Overview of the progress made under the French Presidency on tax matters
- More work needed on the Energy Taxation Directive
- Final vote on CBAM postponed in the European Parliament
- State of play of the discussions on the AML package in the EU Council
- One day to go before the ETAF conference
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Weekly Tax News – 7 June 2022
- EU Member States agree on a sixth package of sanctions against Russia
- Greenlight of Poland’s recovery plan raises hopes for an agreement on Pillar II
- EU withholding tax procedures expected in first half of 2023
- Final negotiations in the European Parliament before the vote on CBAM
- MEPs ready to start working on AMLA
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Weekly Tax News – 30 May 2022
- Commission unveils its plan to help countries confiscate Russian oligarch’s frozen assets
- France optimistic an agreement on Pillar II can be reached on 17 June
- OECD Pillar I implementation now expected in 2024
- OECD consults on tax certainty aspects of Amount A under Pillar I
- Belgo-German colloquium on the global tax reform
- MEPs want to strengthen the AML Directive
- EP starts its work on the UNSHELL Directive
- Labour taxation rebounded in most OECD countries in 2021
- European Commission welcomes the successful implementation of EU VAT rules for e-commerce
- MEPs from tax subcommittee travel to Washington DC
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Weekly Tax News – 16 May 2022
- European Commission unveils its proposal for a debt-equity bias reduction allowance
- European Commission to phase out the State Aid COVID Temporary Framework
- Experts and MEPs discuss Russian oligarchs’ hidden wealth
- MEPs ask the Commission to add the United Arab Emirates to its AML blacklist
- Conference on the Future of Europe: which tax proposals?
- ETAF conference “Professional regulation: a cornerstone for curbing down abusive tax avoidance"
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Weekly Tax News – 9 May 2022
- European Commission proposes a 6th package of sanctions against Russia
- OECD consults on the regulated financial services exclusion under Pillar I
- EP gives its greenlight to the extension of the Reverse Charge Mechanism
- New study on the offshore real estate in Dubai
- ETAF responds to the European Commission consultation on VAT in the digital age
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Weekly Tax News – 2 May 2022
- European Commission announces its plan to regulate tax advice in the EU
- Commission issues guidance on energy tax cuts
- MEPs adopt their opinion on Pillar II
- European Commission’s seminar on tax compliance costs for SMEs
- European Commission’s recommendation to strengthen the VAT cooperation with Norway
- ECJ rejects Airbnb plea on Belgian information for tax authorities
- ETAF annual report 2021
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PRESS RELEASE - ETAF welcomes the FISC hearing on reinforcing the regulation of tax intermediaries
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Weekly Tax News – 25 April 2022
- Implementing Directive for Pillar II: MEPs finally agree to stick to the OECD tax deal
- EPPO takes stock of its activities in 2021
- ICRICT calls on G20 to establish a global asset registry
- FATF agrees on its priorities for 2022-2024
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Weekly Tax News – 19 April 2022
- EU studying how to make Russia pay for the war bill
- Russian oligarchs escape EU sanctions with shell companies
- OECD consults on extractives carveout under Pillar I
- MEPs look at the impact of new technologies on taxation
- European Commission evaluates the current excise duty rules on alcohol
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Weekly Tax News – 11 April 2022
- ETAF gives feedback to the Commission on the UNSHELL Directive
- Poland blocks agreement on the Implementing Directive for Pillar II
- OECD consults on the scope under Amount A of Pillar I
- New public consultation on Withholding Taxes
- Germany requested to bring its tax rules on dividends and interest paid to charities in line with EU law
- European Commission reports on tax compliance costs for SMEs
- Definitive adoption of the VAT rates reform
- European Commission’s recommendations on VAT collection
- VAT fraud: new detailed rules on CESOP
- Commission consults on its digital euro
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Weekly Tax News – 4 April 2022
- Implementing Directive for Pillar II: a new attempt at compromise on 5 April
- Joe Biden proposes replacing the BEAT by the UTPR rule
- Experts say tax advisors in the Netherlands should be regulated
- European Commission considering relaxing energy taxation rules
- European Commission urges Member States to withdraw golden passports granted to Putin’s allies
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