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ETAF invited to a working group of the S&D IMCO Committee on the proposal for a Services e-Card at the European Parliament

Following an invitation of the S&D IMCO working group, Philippe Arraou, President of ETAF, participated in a lively debate on the Commissions’ proposal for a European Services e-Card at the European Parliament.

Mr. Arraou made clear that ETAF members strongly favor a deepening of the Single Market and support cross-border provision of business services, which are the main objectives of the proposed Services Package. Nevertheless, he pointed out some major concerns that were raised by ETAF members: The deadlines for the host Member States, for example, being too short to comprehensively examine an application for both temporary cross-border services and permanent establishment.

ETAF General Assembly confirms Philippe Arraou as President 

On 26 April 2017 the ETAF General Assembly elected the President and a new Board for the period of two years. Philippe Arraou has been unanimously reelected by the General Assembly as President of ETAF. Prof. Dr. Michael Korth and Volker Kaiser have been confirmed as Board members in office and Luigi Alfredo Carunchio will be replacing Gerardo Longobardi as a Board member.

ETAF participates in intermediaries’ tax planning consultation

As the scandals around LuxLeaks and Panama Papers are still present, the European Commission focuses its policies on tax transparency and tax intermediaries to fight harmful and illegal tax practices. With this in mind, DG TAXUD launched a consultation on “Disincentives for advisers and intermediaries for potentially aggressive tax planning schemes”.

ECOFIN-Council agrees on measures against corporate tax avoidance and hybrid mismatches

On 21 February 2017, the European finance ministers reached an agreement in the ECOFIN-Council on provisions to fight corporate tax avoidance implicating third countries. The proposal aims at closing down “hybrid mismatches” between the tax systems of EU-countries and third countries and thus preventing corporate groups from taking advantage of the disparities between several tax jurisdictions.

Commission on administrative cooperation between Member States in the field of VAT

The fight against VAT fraud is a top priority of the European Union and keeps the European Commission on its toes. On 28 February 2017 DG TAXUD published a road map for the legislative proposal on administrative cooperation between Member States in the field of VAT. The Commission aims at closing the so-called ‘VAT-gap’, which causes serious losses of Member States’ revenues, affects the EU budget in a negative way and distorts competition within the Single Market.

Commissioner Moscovici at the ETAF Launching Conference: „We are in a new tax era”

On 28 September 2016, the European Tax Adviser Federation – ETAF, which unites more than 230,000 tax advisers from Germany, France and Italy, presented itself for the first time to a broad international audience on the occasion of its launching conference “Europe’s tax agenda for the future"

ETAF Launching Conference on 28 September 2016, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

“Europe’s tax agenda for the future“ 

On 28 September 2016 the European Tax Adviser Federation - ETAF - will introduce itself to a broad international professional audience!

ETAF is a new member of the “Platform for Tax Good Governance” of the European Commission

In May 2016, ETAF was appointed by the European Commission as a new member of the “Platform for Tax Good Governance, Aggressive Tax Planning and Double Taxation”.

ETAF participates in the consultation on the reform of the notification procedure

On 18 April, ETAF submitted its contribution to the consultation on the reform of the notification procedure (Services Directive). This consultation stands in the framework of the internal market strategy of the European Commission

Data protection package ratified

On 14 April 2016, the European Parliament officially ratified the new data protection package, consisting of the General Data Protection Regulation and the Directive on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by competent authorities.