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Luxembourg limits deduction of certain payments made to countries on the EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions

01 April 2020

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Tax Alerts, Legislation & Policy, National/Federal Taxation

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Luxembourg, European Union

Executive summaryOn 30 March 2020, a draft law (Draft Law) aimed at disallowing, under certain circumstances, the deduction of interest and royalties paid or owed by Luxembourg corporate taxpayers to associated enterprises that are corporations established in a country listed on the European Union (EU) list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes (the EU List), was transmitted to the Luxembourg Parliament. This legislative initiative constitutes a first step by Luxembourg to implement the guidance on further coordination of national defensive measures in the tax area towards non-cooperative jurisdictions, as detailed by the EU Code of Conduct Group for Business Taxation...