European Union Tax News

The Council of the European Union Adopts New Anti-Money Laundering Rules including Central Registers for Beneficial Ownership Information

21 April 2015

European Commission to Consider Changes to the VAT Mini One Stop Shop

10 April 2015

European Commission Launches Preliminary Inquiry into Luxembourg Tax Rulings for McDonald's

2 April 2015

European Parliament Passes Resolution Setting its Tax Work Agenda

26 March 2015

Luxembourg to Increase VAT Rate on E-Books While Other EU Countries Pushing to be Allowed to Use Reduced Rates

23 March 2015

Negotiations Concluded for Automatic Exchange of Information Agreement between the EU and Switzerland

20 March 2015

European Commission Presents Tax Transparency Package Including the Automatic Exchange of Information on Cross-Border Tax Rulings

19 March 2015

European Commission Publishes First Report of the Expert Group on the Implementation of Automatic Exchange of Financial Account Information

17 March 2015

EU Commission Launches Formal State Aid Investigation into Hungarian Advertising Tax

12 March 2015

The EU Parliament Group Releases Roadmap for the Committee on Tax Rulings

10 March 2015

CJEU Holds that France and Luxembourg Infringed EU VAT Law by Applying Reduced VAT Rates to E-Books

6 March 2015

European Commission to Propose Tax Transparency Package in March

19 February 2015

EC Launches State Aid Investigation into Danish Fat Tax

10 February 2015

European Parliament to Create Special Committee to Investigate Tax Rulings of EU Member States

6 February 2015

EU to Propose Measures Extending Automatic Exchange Of Information for Tax Rulings

5 February 2015

CJEU Dismisses European Commission's Challenge that UK Group Relief Rules are Incompatible with EU Law

4 February 2015

European Commission Announces State Aid Investigation into Belgian Excess Profit Rulings

3 February 2015

EU Council Adopts Parent-Subsidiary Directive Anti-Abuse Rule

27 January 2015

Austria and Germany Agree on Timeline for Implementation of EU Financial Transactions Tax

23 January 2015

European Commission Publishes Non-Confidential Version of Decision Letter for the State Aid Investigation Concerning Luxembourg and Amazon

16 January 2015

EU Council Adopts Directive for Automatic Exchange of Information and Approves Parent-Subsidiary Directive Anti-Avoidance Amendment

10 December 2014

Final Proposal on EU Financial Transactions Tax Likely Delayed

5 December 2014

European Commission Publishes Summary Report on the Public Consultation on the Use of an EU Tax Identification Number

24 November 2014

Update - European Commission Investigation into Alleged State Aid Provided by the Netherlands to Starbucks

20 November 2014

ECOFIN Meeting to Discuss Parent-Subsidiary Directive Anti-Abuse Clause, Financial Transactions Tax, and Other Matters

12 November 2014

EU General Court Annuls 2009 and 2011 European Commission Decisions that Spain's Financial Goodwill Amortization Rules Constituted Illegal State Aid

10 November 2014

French Finance Minister to Propose Revisions to Financial Transactions Tax

5 November 2014

European Commission Considering Options to Reform the EU VAT Regime for Intra-EU Trade

31 October 2014

EU Commission Orders Spain to Recover Deductions of Goodwill Arising From the Acquisition of Shareholdings in Non-Resident Companies

16 October 2014

Updated Guide on EU B2C Supplies of Telecommunications, Broadcasting and E-Services Available

15 October 2014