(October 16, 2014)

On October 15, 2014 The Dutch Ministry of Finance announced that in September 2014, the competent authorities of the United Kingdom and the Netherlands reached a mutual agreement regarding the application of the Convention between the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with respect to Taxes on Income and on Capital Gains and the related Protocol signed on September 26, 2008 to UK pension scheme and Charity investors in UK Common Investment Funds.

(October 16, 2014)

On October 16, 2014 the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled in case C-605/12 Welmory sp. z o.o. versus Dyrektor Izby Skarbowej w Gdańsku (ECLI:EU:C:2014:2298).

(October 15, 2014)

On October 15, 2014 the Swiss Federal Council adopted the dispatch on the double taxation agreement (DTA) with Argentina and submitted the agreement to parliament for approval. The DTA replaces the existing agreement of 1997, which was terminated by Argentina on January 16, 2012.

(October 15, 2014)

On October 15, 2014 the European Commission issued a press release in which it announces that is has ordered Spain to recover additional aid granted through tax benefits for acquisitions of indirect shareholdings in foreign companies.

(October 15, 2014)

The Council of the European Union released a press release announcing that during the October 2014 ECOFIN meeting, the EU Member States agreed on a proposal to revise the Directive on Administrative Cooperation (Council Directive 2011/16/EU). According to the press release the Council agreed on a draft directive extending the mandatory automatic exchange of information between tax administrations, thereby enabling them to better combat tax evasion and to improve the efficiency of tax collection.

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