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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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It is the perfect way for lawyers at the Bar, in-house counsel, barristers, solicitors, notaries, bailiffs, paralegals and any other legal professional with an interest in Luxembourg and European law to keep informed of new legislative initiatives, case law, legal doctrine and all other legal developments on the Belgian legal scene!

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Fair taxation of the digital economy: a new tax challenge

On 21 March 2018, the EU Commission issued two directive proposals aiming to ensure that tax laws “fairly” tax digital business activities. The first …

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Additional transparency obligations for Luxembourg taxpayers: defensive measures in relation to the EU list of…

On 7 May, 2018, the Luxembourg tax authorities issued a new circular “Circular LG – A n.64 relating to the defensive measures in relation to the EU li…

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New Luxembourg intellectual property regime in force

Luxembourg new tax regime designed to increase intellectual property (“IP”) developments has entered into force in April 2018 and is effective as of 1…

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Deduction of input VAT on abort costs

On 3 May 2018, Advocate General (“AG”) Kokott delivered her opinion in the Ryanair case (C-249/17) concerning the deduction of input VAT on costs incu…

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New France-Luxembourg Double Tax Treaty

On 20 March 2018, France and Luxembourg signed a new Double Tax Treaty (“DTT”). The aim of the new DTT is to replace the existing treaty that was sign…

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EU Legislative Proposals to Facilitate the Cross-Border Distribution of Investment Funds

On March 12th 2018, in the context of the Capital Markets Union action plan, the European Commission issued legislative proposals to amend the ex…

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New IP Tax Regime

On 22 March 2018, the Luxembourg Chamber of Deputies adopted the new intellectual property box regime with effect from 1 January 2018 and which includ…

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New Luxembourg IP regime

Luxembourg introduces a new intellectual property ("IP") tax effective as of tax year 2018.

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The Luxembourg Double Tax Treaties Network

The Grand Duchy treaty partners are amongst the most industrialised countries with inter alia all of the states in the European Union but Cyprus, the …

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Brexit : Update

On 23 March 2018, the European Council approved the text of the Draft Agreement on the UK’s withdrawal from the EU as proposed by the Commission on 19…

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The Luxembourg VAT group is coming

On 13 April 2018, the Ministry of Finance communicated the draft bill n°7278 to the Parliament. This draft bill proposes to implement a VAT group regi…

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Luxembourg introduces VAT grouping regime

Bill of law: following existing VAT grouping regimes in other EU Member States, the Luxembourg Government has now proposed the adoption of a VAT group…

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Introduction of the Luxembourg VAT group regime (bill of law n°7278)

On 13 April 2018, the Luxembourg Government introduced the bill of law n°7278 before the Parliament. This bill will implement the VAT group into Luxem…

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Case Law on Private Wealth Management

The Luxembourg Income Tax Code assesses Luxembourg taxpayers differently, depending upon whether they realise business income or income from private f…

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New Luxembourg IP Box regime adopted

On 22 March 2018 the Luxembourg Parliament (Chambre des députés) adopted the new IP Box Law (see our newsflash “Tax changes for 2018 disclosed in th…

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New France-Luxembourg Double Tax Treaty

On 20 March, 2018, France and Luxembourg signed a new Double Tax Treaty (“DTT”), which was released yesterday. The aim of the new DTT is to replace th…

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Political agreement reached on EU proposal setting new transparency rules for intermediaries

Yesterday (13th March), the EU Finance Ministers reached a political agreement on the Proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 2011/16/EU a…

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New double tax treaty between France and Luxembourg: substantial impact on real estate investors

On 20 March 2018, the governments of France and Luxembourg signed a new double tax treaty (“New Treaty”) replacing the current treaty dated 1 April 19…

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EU Commission publishes proposals on digital economy taxation

On 21 March 2018, the European Commission (EU Commission) proposed two Council Directives addressing the taxation of the digital economy. The int…

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New EU Mandatory Disclosure Rules for intermediaries applying to cross-border tax advice and circumvention of …

On 13 March 2018, the Council of the European Union reached political agreement on a Council Directive (“Directive”) introducing mandatory disclosure …

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