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Weekly Tax News – 4 October 2021

- Commission hosts 3 days conference on global tax avoidance and tax evasion

- Decisive week to come for the global tax deal

- Anguilla, Dominica and Seychelles to leave the EU blacklist of tax havens

- EU Council held its final vote on public CBCR

- EP is preparing recommendations for fair and simpler taxation

- Commission publishes a roadmap for a future EU withholding tax framework

- Maria Elena Scoppio appointed Director at DG TAXUD

Weekly Tax News – 27 September 2021

- Ireland readiness to participate to the OECD tax deal still unclear

- Developing countries want more income allocation in OECD tax deal

- European Commission clarifies the implementation of the OECD tax deal

- Stakeholders discuss public trust in tax

- Public CBCR’s legal basis still criticised

- Several infringements procedures launched in tax matters

- MEPs scrutinise the impact of national tax reforms on EU economy

- Five countries push for a 5 000 € EU cash payments limit

- European Commission launches TAXEDU

Weekly Tax News – 20 September 2021

- Ursula von der Leyen unveils its priorities for 2022

- Member States discuss Turkey’s inclusion on the EU blacklist of tax havens

- EP adopts its first implementation report on tax information exchange

- European Commission right to say that Belgian Tax Rulings are aid scheme

- OECD boss pleads for a global solution on carbon pricing

- Six countries offer to host the new EU AML Authority

ETAF General Assembly re-elects Philippe Arraou as President

On 14 September 2021, the ETAF General Assembly unanimously re-elected Philippe Arraou as President for another three years.

KSW to become a full ETAF member

On 14 September 2021 the Austrian Chamber of Tax Advisers and Auditors (KSW) decided to become a full member of ETAF as from 1 January 2022.

Weekly Tax News – 13 September 2021

- EU Finance Ministers discuss the future of taxation

- G7 Finance ministers discuss global tax reform

- Estonia still not convinced by the OECD tax deal

- MEPs quiz experts on tax transparency

- European banks still booking profits in tax havens

- Talks in the EU Council on VAT rates are progressing

- The 6th VAT Directive under scrutiny of MEPs

- S&D group calls for a European Net Wealth Tax

Weekly Tax News – 6 September 2021

- European Commission to present its digital levy no matter what

- Emmanuel Macron in Ireland to discuss global corporate tax reform

- Togo and Barbados joined the agreement on international corporate tax reform

- EU Court of Justice finds Portugal’s tax on imported second-hand cars illegal

- DSA: vote in IMCO committee planned on November 8

Weekly Tax News – 6 April 2021

- European Commission launches public consultation on excise duties for manufactured tobacco products

- Digital Services Tax: USTR closes proceedings against EU and Czechia but considers further tariff actions against Italy, Spain and Austria

- European Parliament unsatisfied of the tax provisions of the EU-UK agreement on financial services

- President Biden targets fair taxation of large corporations

Weekly Tax News – 29 March 2021

- ECON Committee adopts report on digital taxation

- The Council adopts DAC 7: new reporting obligations for digital platforms

- Report on post-COVID tax system discussed by FISC MEPs

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Weekly Tax News – 22 March 2021

- ECOFIN remains positive about an OECD agreement on international tax reform

- FISC Committee advances on its report on digital taxation

- The Parliament calls for an ambitious DAC reform

- Court of Justice of the EU validate Polish and Hungarian turnover taxes

- European Commission refers the UK to the Court of Justice for state aid in Gibraltar