5/31/2019 12:00:00 AM OECD's update on the digital economy By Tanja Velling Earlier today, the OECD's G20 Inclusive Framework on BEPS published a Programme of Work to Develop a Consensus Solution to the Tax...
5/31/2019 12:00:00 AM A turning point for environmental taxes By Jorge Carlos De Mercado Santamarta There are currently hundreds of taxes throughout the European Union that are intended to be “environmental”. These taxes force European...
5/24/2019 12:00:00 AM Is a digital services tax State aid? By Slaughter and May A feature of all the DSTs described in Deeksha Rathi’s earlier post is that they apply only to digital businesses that generate global...
5/22/2019 12:00:00 AM Taxing the digital economy: my way or the highway will not lead to a longer-term solution By Slaughter and May There is a common recent development in the tax systems of the UK, France, Austria, Poland, Czech Republic, Italy, and Spain. All of...
5/21/2019 12:00:00 AM German RETT reform underway By Matthias Scheifele The German Federal Ministry of Finance recently unveiled a long-awaited draft bill for reform of the German Real Estate Transfer Tax...
5/17/2019 12:00:00 AM Tax and climate action: the UK's proposed plastic packaging tax By Tanja Velling Clearly, the pressure on governments to take climate action is increasing: each Friday, students all over the world strike to demand such...
5/17/2019 12:00:00 AM Decisions to be made on UK CFC State aid challenge By Slaughter and May Now that they have had a chance to digest the decision in the EU State aid investigation into certain aspects of the UK CFC rules,...
5/16/2019 12:00:00 AM Recovery of Greek VAT on bad debts By Slaughter and May In February, the Greek Supreme Administrative Court delivered a landmark decision (Decision 355/20.02.2019) in a test case, concluding...
5/10/2019 12:00:00 AM Raising the bar for obtaining Dutch tax rulings By Maarten van der Weijden It is likely that the number of international tax rulings granted in the Netherlands will reduce significantly as a result of a new...
5/8/2019 12:00:00 AM Economic substance requirements in the Crown Dependencies By Zoe Andrews Companies resident for tax purposes in Guernsey, the Isle of Man or Jersey are subject to economic substance requirements if they have...
5/7/2019 12:00:00 AM Repatriation of Italian dividends made simple. Or not? By Andrea Manzitti BEPS legacies and ECJ recent decisions on the abuse of EU tax directives have increased the complexities around repatriating profits from...
5/2/2019 12:00:00 AM French Digital Services Tax: is this interim measure compliant with higher legal standards? By Franck Morhain Introduced as a temporary measure designed to deal promptly with one of the main challenges faced by international tax law - coping with...