In today’s edition a.o.: Austria Adaptierung des Doppelbesteuerungsabkommens mit Luxemburg unterzeichnet; Luxembourg Réunion de travail entre Pierre Gramegna et Hans-Jörg Schelling; Germany - Umsatzsteuer; Vordruckmuster für den Nachweis für Wiederverkäufer von Erdgas und/oder Elektrizität für Zwecke der Steuerschuldnerschaft des Leistungsempfängers

(June 18, 2015) 

The U.S. Department of the Treasury on its webpage that is dedicated to FATCA has published the FATCA Agreement that was concluded between the Government of the United States and the Government of the United Arab Emirates.

 

The agreement is a so-called Model 1 IGA.

(June 18, 2015)

On June 18, 2015 the European Commission issued a press release announcing that it refers Belgium to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) of its tax legislation which provides for different methods of assessing income from property. As a result of this, the income which a Belgian resident earns from property located abroad is assessed at a higher value than that from comparable property in Belgium.

(June 18, 2015)

On June 17, 2015 we already reported on the response of the Liechtenstein Government to the publication of the European Commission’s list of so-called “non-cooperative jurisdictions” (see our article of June 17, 2015). However, Liechtenstein is not the only country that has responded. According to a news release issued by the States of Guernsey on June 17, 2015, Guernsey's Chief Minister and its Commerce & Employment Minister expressed their “astonishment that Guernsey has been included on a list of 30 so-called 'non-cooperative' non-EU jurisdictions”.

(June 18, 2015)

On June 18, 2015 the OECD released the public comments it received on the Revised Discussion Draft it published regarding BEPS Action 6 (Prevent treaty abuse).

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