Brussels, 7 May 2018   1.ECJ Clarifies ‘Selectivity’ of Tax Measures in ANGED v Asturias The First Chamber of the Court of Justice of the European Union (“ECJ”) rendered a judgment on 26 April 2018 on the interpretation of Articles 49 and 54, and Article 107(1) Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (“TFEU”), […]

Brussels, 30 April 2018   1.EU Finance Ministers Discuss Corporate Tax Reform in Sofia The Bulgarian EU presidency organised an informal meeting in Sofia on 27 and 28 April, where the EU finance ministers discussed a renewed approach for corporate taxation in the Single Market and the tax challenges of the digital economy. At the […]

Brussels, 27 April 2018 1.OECD Updates The OECD’s Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes, has published 9 peer review reports which assess the compliance of a country with international tax transparency standards. The Global Forum includes 150 members, including all G20 and OECD countries, as well as international financial institutions. […]

Brussels, 23 April 2018 1.EU Commission Publishes Proposed Whistleblower Directive The European Commission has today published a proposed directive concerning the protection of those persons reporting on breaches of European Union law. The directive proposes EU-wide protection to be adopted for whistleblowers reporting on breaches of EU legislation in the fields of public procurement, financial […]

Brussels, 16 April 2018 1.EU Commission Fiscalis 2020 Survey The Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs Union of the European Commission (DG TAXUD) have compiled a survey in order to evaluate the progress of the Fiscalis 2020 programme. The Fiscalis programme aims to tackle tax fraud, evasion and aggressive tax planning, reduce administrative burden and compliance […]

 Brussels, 9 April 2018   1.CFE Tax Advisers Europe Rebranding & New Website Launch In order to increase the public outreach and to better reflect the work of our organisation, CFE has recently undergone a rebranding and will be known as CFE Tax Advisers Europe. The rebranding initiative is part of our strategy to increase […]

Brussels, 3 April 2018 1.TAX3 Inquiry Committee on Financial Crimes, Tax Evasion and Tax Avoidance The European Parliament Special Committee on Financial Crimes, Tax Evasion and Tax Avoidance (TAX3) met on 22 March in Brussels for its inaugural meeting, after members were elected by Parliament on 14 March. Petr Ježek (ALDE/ CZ), co-rapporteur on the […]

Issue 3 2018 – Brussels, 30 March 2018   1.OECD Interim Report on Tax Challenges Arising from Digitalisation The OECD has published its Interim Report on Tax Challenges Arising from Digitalisation, which concludes that no agreement can presently be reached among the Inclusive Framework countries on either the implementation of short-term interim measures to tax […]