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Pillar II in Luxembourg: What Investment Funds Need to Know

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The implementation of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD’s) Pillar II rules in Europe, and in the Luxembourg law on 22 December 2023 (the Pillar II Law) in particular, has been a major...more

A&O Shearman

What Does 2025 Hold for the Global Minimum Tax (Pillar Two)?

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Rewriting the international tax framework to introduce a Global Minimum Tax (also known as Pillar Two) was always going to be a battle against the odds. However, despite various obstacles and setbacks, we closed out 2024 with...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Your Homework Will Be Graded: The ECJ’s Apple Decision and Its Implications for International Tax

On September 10, 2024, the European Court of Justice (ECJ or Court) sided with the European Commission (Commission) and ruled that two Irish subsidiaries of Apple Inc. received unlawful state aid from Ireland in the form of a...more

Conyers

Economic Substance Regime Overview

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The International Tax Co-operation (Economic Substance) Act (2024 Revision) (the “ES Act”) was brought into force to demonstrate the commitment of the Cayman Islands as a member of the Organization for Economic Co-operation...more

A&O Shearman

Amount B or not to be? The OECD’s Pillar One Amount B report

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The application of the arm's length principle (ALP) is not always easy or free from conflict between taxpayers and tax authorities and this is especially true for countries with low resources and limited reliable sources of...more

Conyers

Guiding Captives Through Global Developments

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Bermuda formed the first modern captive in 1962 and remains the leading offshore captive domicile, with approximately 700 licenced captives on its register. Bermuda’s captive industry has remained resilient in the face of...more

Conyers

British Virgin Islands Removed from EU Tax Blacklist

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Following a meeting of the Council of the European Union on 17 October 2023, the British Virgin Islands (“BVI”) was removed from the EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes (Annex I), the EU’s so-called...more

Holland & Knight LLP

New Multilateral Tax Treaty Implements the Subject to Tax Rule

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More than 135 jurisdictions since October 2021 have joined a groundbreaking plan to address certain tax challenges of the new digital and global economy. The plan consists of a Two-Pillar Solution to update key rules of the...more

Walkers

Guernsey Guide: legal, regulatory, transparency and supervisory framework

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This briefing explains Guernsey’s adoption of rigorous international tax and regulatory standards, which, in conjunction with its local tax law, make it an ideal location for investment funds and other investment vehicles....more

Ius Laboris

Telework from abroad: tax consequences for employers?

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As employers face growing calls to allow employees to ‘work from anywhere’, they should also consider the possible tax consequences of inadvertently creating a permanent establishment in another country. But what counts as...more

Hogan Lovells

New tax obligations for platform operators as Spain transposes DAC7

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Pursuant to the transposition in Spain of the Council Directive (EU) 2021/514 of 22 March 2021 (so-called “DAC7”) and the implementation of the Model Rules for Reporting by Platform Operators developed by the OECD/G20 BEPS...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

EU List of Non-Cooperative Jurisdictions Expanded

On 14 February, the EU Council added four jurisdictions (the British Virgin Islands, Costa Rica, Marshall Islands and Russia) to the list of non-cooperative jurisdictions (Annex I) (the “EU Blacklist”)....more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

EU Court of Justice Faults European Commission for Expansive Interpretation of State Aid in Tax Rulings

On November 8, 2022, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), overturning the first instance EU General Court (General Court), annulled the European Commission’s (EC’s) decision that a Luxembourg tax ruling on...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

UK Tax Round Up - May 2022

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Welcome to May's edition of the UK Tax Round Up. This month has seen a number of interesting court decisions, an important opinion of the European Commission’s Advocate General and the commencement of a Treasury consultation...more

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EU’s Proposal on Implementing Pillar Two

The European Commission has published its proposal for a Directive to implement the OECD Pillar Two Global Anti-Base Erosion rules (the “OECD GloBE Model Rules”)....more

White & Case LLP

ATAD III: Is the tide turning on shell companies?

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The European Commission (the "Commission") published a draft Directive on 22 December 2021, known as the anti-tax avoidance Directive III ("ATAD III"), aimed at preventing the use of shell companies for tax evasion and...more

A&O Shearman

The global minimum tax rate: Are we nearly there yet?

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On 20 December 2021, the OECD published keenly awaited model rules designed to implement Pillar Two of its ambitious plans to reform international taxation. ...more

A&O Shearman

OECD Pillars, the digital economy and minimum taxes

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To date, 132 jurisdictions have committed to the OECD’s two-pillar plan to reform international tax rules, as set out in its statement of 1 July 2021. Although the genesis of the proposed reforms relates to the taxation of...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

UK Tax Round Up - February 2021

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UK Case Law Developments - EIS relief not available for shares carrying preferential rights - The Upper Tribunal (UT) in Foojit v HMRC dismissed the taxpayer’s appeal against the First-tier Tribunal’s (FTT’s) decision...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Plus Ça Change ... Reframing the Tax Influences of the European Union

Takeaways - While the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) includes new commitments by the parties on tax, certain EU-derived tax rules will remain relevant in the UK. - That is actually a good thing in one respect: UK...more

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Cayman Islands removed from the EU blacklist of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes

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The European Council has announced its decision to remove the Cayman Islands from the EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes. In February we reported on Cayman’s inclusion on the list and our expectation...more

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Coronavirus (COVID-19) | Summary of Key International Tax Measures

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Taxpayer-friendly changes in tax law are fast becoming key weapons in governments’ arsenals for tackling the economic fallout of COVID-19. ...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Impermanent establishments, COVID-19, and the OECD’s response

At the request of concerned countries, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Secretariat has weighed in on tax considerations that are important both to businesses and to their employees as they...more

BCLP

Importance of conformity to international tax standards – Cayman Islands added to the EU blacklist of non-cooperative...

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The EU’s Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) maintains a list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes; the purpose of which is to contribute to ongoing efforts to promote tax good governance worldwide....more

Hogan Lovells

Tech Tax – Looking Forward to 2020

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Following-up from our previous blogs on Tech Tax, we thought it would be useful to take a whirlwind tour of what to expect in tax and transfer pricing related topics in 2020. But for those that are curious, why are such...more

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