1. CFE General Assembly in Brussels: Croatia Admitted as Full Member CFE Tax Advisers Europe, the leading association of European tax institutes and tax advisers’ national associations, held its General Assembly and technical committee meetings on 7 June in Brussels. By unanimous vote of the CFE General Assembly, Croatia, represented by the Croatian Chamber of […]

1. OECD Programme on Digital Taxation The OECD has published the work programme on the next steps on taxation of the digital economy. The document sets out the organisation of the OECD work for the next while as well as modified proposals for profit allocation and nexus rules that take into account tax challenges of […]

1. UN Tax Committee to Discuss Amendments to the UN Model Tax Convention The 18th Session of the Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters (“UN Tax Committee”) will discuss on 23-24 April 2019 the update of the UN Nations Model Double Taxation Convention between Developed and Developing Countries, as well as the […]

1. EU Finance Ministers Informal Meeting & Digital Tax Developments The Romanian Presidency of the Council of the EU organised an informal ECOFIN (Financial and Economic Affairs Council) in Bucharest on 5-6 April, where ministers discussed the role of taxation in supporting inclusive and sustainable growth, the EU priorities in fighting tax evasion and avoidance […]

1.      Commission Publishes Analysis on CCTB Implementation             The EU Commission has published a taxation working paper containing a detailed analysis of the potential impact the introduction of the European Commission proposal for a Common Corporate Tax Base that was relaunched in 2016 would have on the tax burden of corporations. The executive summary […]

1.     OECD Publishes Submissions on Taxation Challenges of the Digital Economy                Ahead of the public consultation meeting to be held this week in Paris, on 13 and 14 March, as part of the meeting of the Task Force on the Digital Economy, the OECD has published the submissions received in response to the public consultation […]

The OECD has extended the deadline for the public consultation concerning potential solutions to issues surrounding taxation of the digital economy. The public consultation will now run until Wednesday, 6 March 2019. Thereafter, the Inclusive Framework will hold a public consultation on 13 and 14 March 2019 in Paris as part of the meeting of […]

1. EU Commission Clears Luxembourg of McDonalds’s State Aid Allegations The European Commission has formally closeda three-year long investigation that aimed to establish that the Luxembourgish tax treatment of McDonald’s amounted to State aid. The case was of paramount importance for the Commission aiming to showcase that double-non taxation can amount to State aid by […]