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New Luxembourg-UK Double Tax Treaty Will Introduce Key Changes Including Access to Treaty Benefits for CIVs / Investment Funds

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Following the Luxembourg parliament’s ratification of the new Luxembourg-UK double tax treaty (“DTT”) on 19 July 2023, the new DTT should take effect in 2024. The UK ratified the new DTT on 7 June 2022....more

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Delay to Luxembourg-UK treaty changes - impact on UK real estate

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Unexpectedly, it is likely the changes to the Luxembourg-UK double tax treaty will not be effective until 2024 at the earliest. Where that is the case, some Luxembourg investors in UK property rich entities will have another...more

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The new Luxembourg/United-Kingdom tax treaty has been signed.

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More than four years after the announcement of negotiations, the new tax treaty between Luxembourg and the United Kingdom was finally signed on 7 June 2022, together with a Protocol adding further detail. As expected, the new...more

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The UK and Luxembourg Signed A New Double Tax Treaty

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On 7 June 2022, a new Double Tax Treaty (the “DTT”) has been signed between Luxembourg and the United Kingdom (UK) to reflect the most recent OECD tax standard. An additional protocol will replace the tax treaty signed in...more

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Tax changes to Luxembourg structures investing in UK real estate

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The UK and Luxembourg have renegotiated their double tax treaty. The new treaty has been published, but is not yet in force. Significant changes have been made to the capital gains tax article amongst other provisions....more

Freeman Law

FDAP Income

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The United States generally taxes nonresident aliens and foreign corporations on their U.S.-source income. A foreign taxpayer’s U.S.-source income falls into one of two general categories: (i) “fixed or determinable annual...more

Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP

U.S. Tax Laws: A Review of 2021 and a Look Ahead to 2022

Review of U.S. Tax Developments in 2021- Last year, we predicted that the biggest U.S. tax news in 2021 would be revenue-raising legislation that the Democrats would put forward after the election of Joe Biden as the 46th...more

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Supreme Court of Canada Upholds Treaty-Based Canadian Holding Structure

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On November 26, 2021, the Supreme Court of Canada (the SCC) released its highly anticipated decision in Canada v Alta Energy Luxembourg SARL, 2021 SCC 49 [Alta Energy Lux], that addressed treaty-based holding structures and...more

Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP

Top Court Blesses Treaty-Shopping Arrangement: The Alta Energy Decision

The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) recently rendered its eagerly awaited decision in Canada v Alta Energy Luxembourg S.A.R.L., 2021 SCC 49 (Alta Energy). Six of the nine justices held that the Canadian statutory general...more

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.

Israeli-UAE Tax Treaty – Client Update

On May 31, 2021, Israel and the United Arab Emirates signed a tax treaty. This is the first tax treaty between the states. It is expected to go into effect on January 1, 2022, after passing the necessary ratification...more

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Bennett Jones LLP

Federal Court of Appeal Upholds Treaty-Based Canadian Holding Structure

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On February 12, 2020, the Federal Court of Appeal (FCA) in Canada v Alta Energy Luxembourg S.A.R.L., 2020 FCA 43 [Alta Lux] concluded that the Canada-Luxembourg tax treaty (Can-Lux Treaty) was not abused when a Luxembourg...more

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Bennett Jones Speaks before Senate Committee on Tax Issues for Energy Investments

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On May 29, 2019, Darcy Moch, Greg Johnson and Jared Mackey of Bennett Jones participated on a witness panel before the Standing Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade to discuss the application of Bill...more

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New Ratifications of the OECD's Multilateral Instrument Put Canadian Resource Holding Structures at Risk

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Tax-efficient holding structures commonly used by multinational enterprises and private equity firms investing in the Canadian resource sector could soon become subject to anti-treaty shopping measures contained in the...more

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Belgian draft law ratifying the MLI: A new paradigm in international tax law

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On February 4th, 2019, the Belgian government released a draft law ratifying the Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (the "Convention") and the...more

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Tax Court Affirms Treaty-Based Canadian Holding Structure

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The Tax Court of Canada recently held, in Alta Energy Luxembourg SARL v R, 2018 TCC 152, that a Luxembourg S.A.R.L was entitled to treaty benefits on capital gains and that the general anti-avoidance rule ("GAAR") did not...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

UK to Tax Real Estate Capital Gains of Non-UK Investors

On 6 July 2018, the UK Government published draft legislation to extend the territorial scope of UK tax by bringing capital gains realised by non-UK resident investors from UK real estate within the scope of UK taxation with...more

Proskauer - Tax Talks

UK Finance Bill 2019 published – UK commercial property tax regime for non-resident investors to change, but some relief for...

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On 6 July 2018 the UK Finance Bill 2019 was published by the UK Government. The draft Finance Bill contains the details of the new regime on taxation of non-UK resident investors in UK real estate that had been proposed in a...more

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New France-Luxembourg Double Taxation Treaty

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A new double taxation treaty between France and Luxembourg was signed on 20 March 2018 (the “New Treaty”). This New Treaty will replace the current tax treaty dated 1 April 1958, as amended several times and for the last time...more

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Major Changes Proposed to UK Tax Regime for Non-resident Investors in UK Commercial Property

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The UK Government has announced in today’s Budget (22 November) that it is launching a consultation on extending the scope of UK tax on real estate. Currently, non-UK residents who are investors in UK land and buildings...more

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Investor-Friendly Tax Treaty Set for Mexico and Spain

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The Situation: A Tax Treaty developed to avoid double taxation, negotiated between Mexico and Spain in late 2015, was just recently published in the official gazettes of both nations. The new protocols are effective September...more

Morgan Lewis

Amendment Protocol to the India-Singapore Tax Treaty Inked

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Capital gains on alienation of shares to be taxable by India. The India-Mauritius tax treaty was amended by way of a protocol signed by the two countries on May 10, 2016—marking a landmark shift in India’s taxation...more

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U.S.-India Newsletter - Vol. 2016, Issue 3

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Summer 2016 was a season of change. In Europe, we saw the "Brexit," with the United Kingdom voting to withdraw from the European Union. The June referendum sent shockwaves through the business and finance communities and...more

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Recent Changes to the India-Mauritius Tax Treaty: What Does This Mean for American Investors?

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The amendments may cause some uncertainty and anxiety for U.S. investors as they consider how these changes will impact business, income, profitability and the benefits or drawbacks of investing in India through Mauritius....more

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Minimizing Tax on Gain from the Sale of Stock of Latin American CFCs

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The United States currently has only two income tax treaties in effect with Latin American jurisdictions: Mexico and Venezuela. As a result, most individual taxpayers who recognize gain from the sale of stock of a controlled...more

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