Belgium: Constitutional Court announces the fairness tax unconstitutional

March 11, 2018

On 1 March 2018, The Constitutional Court of Belgium announced the fairness tax unconstitutional, thus nullifying it (judgment n° 24/2018). According to the Court’s ruling, however, the fairness tax is maintained until financial year 2017 (tax

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Poland: MoF publishes a statement regarding exemption for dividends

November 28, 2017

The Polish Ministry of Finance (the MoF) released a statement that identified cases of abuse of tax exemption for dividends by making their payments using intermediaries on 3rd November 2017. As of 1 January 2016, the Polish dividend withholding tax

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Belgium: Netherlands UCITS under EU Parent-Subsidiary Directive, Dividend withholding tax exemption

March 13, 2017

The EU Court of Justice issued a judgment in a case regarding application of the EU Parent-Subsidiary Directive, and specifically a withholding tax imposed by Belgium on dividends paid by a subsidiary company of Belgium to its Dutch parent companies

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Belgium: New changes in anti-hybrid and anti-abuse rule

December 20, 2016

According to official gazette published on 8 December 2016, in Belgium, legislation implementing changes to the “Parent-Subsidiary directive” and introducing a spread or installment payment regime relating to the exit tax liability. The law

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France-Approved Finance Bill 2016 and amended Finance Bill 2015

December 24, 2015

The French Parliament approved the Finance Bill for 2016 and and the amended Finance Bill for 2015 on 17 December 2015. The Finance Bill enacts the country-by-country (CbC) reporting requirement into the legislation of France. From 1 January 2016

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Luxembourg: Proposed Corporate Tax Changes For 2015-2016

September 01, 2015

Recent amendments was made to the EU Parent-Subsidiary Directive into Luxembourg tax law and published on 5 August 2015. It has already been submitted to the Luxembourg Parliament. The measures include the provisions to modify the domestic

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