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Luxembourg Issues Circular on Accounts in Foreign Currency

30 June 2016

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On 21 June 2016, Luxembourg published Circular L.G. - A n° 60, which concerns the tax treatment of accounts kept in a foreign currency. The Circular supersedes and replaces previous circulars on the issue. The key aspects of the Circular include: Taxpayers wishing to declare taxable income in a foreign currency must submit a written request for authorization to the tax authority at least three months prior to the end of the tax year concerned; Converted amounts must be rounded up or down to the nearest multiple of one hundred in the foreign currency (up if exactly in the middle);...