(June 24, 2015)

In the section “Discover Parliament – How it works” of European Parliament’s EuroparlTV a short animation titled: “Want to avoid taxes? Try a tax ruling” was released on June 22, 2015. We have watched it a few times and we still don’t know whether to laugh or to cry?

(June 26, 2015)

On June 26, 2015 the section “Official Letters” of “Publications” of the European Parliament’s Special Committee on Tax Rulings and Other Measures Similar in Nature or Effect was updated. In the update the Special Committee published the responses it received from several Governments to the information requests the Special Committee has sent to them.

In today’s edition a.o.: European Parliament – Corporate tax: MEPs urge Commission to work faster and propose laws; OECD – Energy taxes misaligned with environmental impacts of energy use; Canada – Harper Government Welcomes Royal Assent of the Economic Action Plan 2015 Act, No. 1; CURIA – Opinion of Advocate General N. Jääskinen delivered in Case C-174/14 Saudaçor (VAT - Article 13, paragraph 1 of Council Directive 2006/112/EC); CURIA – Opinion of Advocate General N. Jääskinen delivered in Case C-10/14 Miljoen (Free movement of capital – Dividend withholding tax); Australia – The Australian Government opened a consultation on Reforms to Superannuation Governance; Singapore – IRAS e-Tax Guide - GST: Pre-registration Claims on Goods and Services (For Businesses Registered for GST on or after 1 July 2015); Singapore – IRAS e-Tax Guide - GST: Pre-registration Claims on Goods and Services (For Businesses Registered for GST before 1 July 2015); The United States – The Electronic Tax Administration Advisory Committee Issued Its 2015 Annual Report

(June 25, 2015)

On June 25, 2015 the European Court of Justice (CJEU) ruled in Case C‑187/14 Skatteministeriet versus DSV Road A/S, intervening party: Danske Speditører, (ECLI:EU:C:2015:421).

 

·        Is Article 203(1) of the Customs Code to be interpreted as meaning that there is removal from customs supervision in a situation such as that of the main proceedings, if it is assumed that (a) each of the two generated transits in 2007 and 2008 respectively concerned the same goods, or (b) it cannot be documented that they were the same goods?

(June 24, 2015)

On June 23, the OECD issued a press release announcing that Mauritius signed the Multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters and by doing so became the 87th signatory to the Convention and the 7th member from the African Tax Administration Forum (ATAF) that signed the Convention.

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