European Union Tax News

European Commission Launches Public Consultations for a Single European VAT Area

22 December 2016

Revised Directive for Proposed EU Public CbC Reporting

21 December 2016

European Commission Publishes Non-Confidential Version of Apple State Aid Decision / Ireland Publishes Grounds for Appeal

20 December 2016

Legislators Urge Public CbC Reporting at Tax Transparency Summit

13 December 2016

Eurodad Report on Transparency and Taxation Finds Some Improvements as well as Growing Problems

9 December 2016

Council of the EU Adopts Directive on Access to Beneficial Ownership Information

8 December 2016

European Commission Proposes VAT Measures to Support E-Commerce and Online Businesses in the EU

2 December 2016

WTO Rules Boeing Tax Breaks Illegal

30 November 2016

European Parliament Approves Automatic Exchange of Bank Account Information and Access to Beneficial Ownership Information

28 November 2016

Advocate General Opinion Published on Compatibility of Belgian Fairness Tax with EU Law

21 November 2016

Andorra Approves Financial Account Information Exchange Agreement with the EU

21 November 2016

EU Opens Consultation on the Mandatory Disclosure of Tax Planning Schemes

14 November 2016

EU Council Agrees on Access to Beneficial Ownership Information

11 November 2016

Council of the European Union Agrees on Criteria for List of Non-cooperative Jurisdictions

10 November 2016

European Commission Finds Hungarian Advertisement Tax in Breach of EU State Aid Rules

9 November 2016

Council of the European Union Publishes Note on the State of Play of the Financial Transaction Tax

3 November 2016

Advocate General Opinion Issued on Belgian Withholding Tax on Dividends Paid to Dutch Parent Subject to Zero Rate of Tax

28 October 2016

EFTA Surveillance Authority finds that Norway's Interest Deduction Rules Infringe Freedom of Establishment under EEA Agreement

27 October 2016

European Commission Issues EU Tax Reform Proposals including a Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base

26 October 2016

EU Council Approves Financial Account Information Exchange Agreement with Monaco

14 October 2016

EU Council Conclusions on Tax Transparency

13 October 2016

European Commission Extends State Aid Investigation into Gibraltar Tax Ruling Procedure

11 October 2016

Ireland's Minister for Finance Speaks to Upper House on Decision to Appeal Apple State Aid Decision

7 October 2016

European Parliament Members call for Commissioners’ Code of Conduct to be Tightened Up in Wake of "Bahamas" Leaks

6 October 2016

European Commission Asks Poland to Implement Financial Account Information Exchange Rules

3 October 2016

"EU Leaks" Platform Launched for Anonymous Whistleblowers on Tax and Other Issues

29 September 2016

EU Council Approves Financial Account Information Exchange Agreement with Andorra

22 September 2016

Amazon and McDonald's to be Next for EU State Aid Investigations

22 September 2016

European Commission Opens State Aid Investigation into Luxembourg's Tax Treatment of French Electric Company

21 September 2016

European Commission Issues Injunction Suspending Poland's Retail Sales Tax Pending a State Aid Investigation

20 September 2016