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Weekly Tax News – 11 October 2021
- 136 countries reached an agreement on a new framework for international corporate taxation
- The Pandora Papers: new tax avoidance revelations
- EU updates its Blacklist of tax havens
- EP calls for rewrite of EU Code of Conduct on business taxation
- European Court of Justice delivers its verdict on the Spanish tax case
- ECON rapporteurs on AML files have been appointed
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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