Commission starts another State Aid investigation into Luxembourg’s tax rulings
The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation into Luxembourg's tax treatment of the GDF Suez group (now Engie). The Commission says that several tax rulings issued by Luxembourg may have given GDF Suez an unfair advantage over other companies, breaching EU State Aid rules.
The Commission will assess whether Luxembourg tax authorities selectively derogated from provisions of national tax law...
Andorra taxation agreement approved by EU
Andorra recently concluded an agreement with the European Union which will give tax authorities in the EU improved access to information on financial accounts held in Andorra by residents from the EU and vice versa.
The agreement upgrades a 2004 agreement that obliged Andorra to apply measures equivalent to those in an EU directive on the taxation of savings income. It...
Making Tax Digital – book your place now
Bookings are still being taken for the Institute’s member forum on Making Tax Digital which is being held next week on Tuesday 4th October. Come along to this session and have your say on the consultation proposals, which will involve most businesses having to file quarterly returns from 2018.
For the next few weeks in Chartered Accountants tax news, we’ll be...