October 2024 Newsletter

Foreword

• Philippe Arraou, ETAF president

EU elections

• 2024 – 2029 College of European Commissioners: structure, portfolios and confirmation process
• European Commission President-elect presents her political guidelines for the next five years

Professional law

• Legal professional privilege must be protected in tax information request, CJEU say

Tax law

• European Commission unveils its DAC9 proposal
• Resolving Estonia’s opposition to the ViDA package
• Towards an EU non-binding Joint Transfer Pricing Forum
• ETAF participates in the European Commission's ATAD evaluation
• European Commission refers four Member States to CJEU over non-transposition of Pillar Two rules
• Antigua and Barbuda removed from the EU Blacklist of tax havens
• MEPs and tax experts discuss simplification of the tax system
• Mario Draghi’s tax recommendations for the future of European competitiveness
• State of play of UN tax negotiations

CJEU tax case-law digest

• August - October 2024

ETAF news

• ETAF appointed to European Commission Platform for Tax Good Governance
• ETAF meets new FISC Chair
• ETAF hosts back-to-business reception at its Brussels offic