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08/11/24
EU Commission adopted a DAC9 proposal to ease filing obligat…

On 28 October 2024, the EU Commission put forward a directive proposal (the…

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05/11/24
Council of the EU finally agrees on VAT in the digital age p…

On 5 November 2024, the Council adopted new measures aimed at modernising t…

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Luxembourg Brexit Laws: 15 September 2019 final deadline for UK based managers to notify the CSSF

On 8 April 2019, Luxembourg adopted two laws ("Brexit Laws") on measures to be taken in relation to the financial sector in the event of a hard Brexit…

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Disclosure of cross-border arrangements by intermediaries: DAC 6 implementation in Luxembourg

On 8 August 2019, the Luxembourg government filed Bill of law No 7465 (''DAC 6 Bill'') implementing the provisions of the Council Directive (EU) 2018/…

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Luxembourg implementation of the EU Directive setting new transparency rules for intermediaries

On 8 August 2019, a draft law implementing the Council Directive (EU) 2018/822 of 25 May 2018 as regards mandatory automatic exchange of information i…

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CSSF Portal Open For Mandatory Notification for UK Firms and Funds – A Summary

Following CSSF press release 19/33 concerning firms licensed in the UK under CRD IV, MiFID II, PSD 2, EMD and CSSF press release 19/34&…

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New European Regulation on the Control of Foreign Investments

In order to help Europe defend its strategic interests and preserve European security and public order, Regulation 2019/452 of 19 March 2019, whi…

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The portal for Brexit notifications is live!

As from today, UK managers, firms and investment funds wishing to pursue their activities in Luxembourg, in the event a no-deal Brexit occurs on 31 Oc…

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Rent free period and lease contracts: new VAT developments

The rent free period commonly granted in office lease contracts has been the source of much heated debate with the Luxembourg VAT authorities. 

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Brexit: Mandatory notifications to the Luxembourg regulator for firms, UCIs and their managers established in …

In the event of a so-called “Hard Brexit”, these firms and entities will be considered as “third-country entities” meaning they will lose the benefit …

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Ratification of the new tax treaty between Luxembourg and France

Today, the Luxembourg parliament ratified the new double tax treaty signed on 20 March 2018 between Luxembourg and France, which will replace the curr…

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Luxembourg ratifies new France-Luxembourg double tax treaty

Today, the draft law ratifying the double tax treaty ("DTT") signed with France on 20 March 2018 was passed by the Luxembourg Parliament (first parlia…

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L'instauration d’un mécanisme de règlement des différends fiscaux bientôt en vigueur

Le 11 avril 2019, M. Pierre Gramegna, Ministre des Finances, a déposé le projet de loi n°7431 à la chambre des Députés qui vise à transposer en droit …

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Commitments MasterCard and Visa accepted by European Commission

The European Commission (the Commission) accepted commitments offered by MasterCard and Visa that would reduce inter-regional multilateral interc…

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Tax Dispute Resolution Mechanism: New Bill of Law

The Bill of Law 7431 ("Bill”) introduced by the Luxembourg government on 11 April 2019  implements the European Union (“EU”) Directive …

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Luxembourg Rules on Exchange of Information upon Request: A New Chapter

On 14 March 2019, less than one month after the law of 25 November 2014 on exchange of information upon request (the “2014 Law”) was amended in order …

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Luxembourg Ratifies the Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent Base Erosi…

On 9 April 2019, Luxembourg deposited its instruments of ratification for the Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prev…

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Tax Challenges of the Digitalisation of the Economy – new OECD work programme

On 31 May 2019, the OECD published its programme of work for developing a solution to the tax challenges arising from the digitalisation of the econom…

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Corporate Tax Reform 2019 – Part 2

On 25 April 2019, the law on the 2019 budget was passed by Luxembourg Parliament. The law mainly introduces the following corporate income tax measure…

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Approval of the 2019 Budget Law

On 25 April 2019, the Chambre des Députés approved the Bill of Law 7450 as part of the draft Luxembourg budget for the 2019 financial year w…

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Swiss Corporate Tax Reform approved to provide legal certainty

On 19 May 2019, the Swiss corporate tax reform package TRAF (Tax Reform and AHV Financing) was approved by referendum.

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2019 Budget Law | Important Tax Measures Foreseen

On 25 April 2019, the Luxembourg Parliament approved the budget law for 2019, which has been filed by the Luxembourg Government with the Luxembourg Pa…

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