News archive February 2017

List of articles in category News archive February 2017
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Members of the European Parliament: “Citizens should get access to data on firm owners to fight money laundering”
New Zealand - Bill enabling legislation for New Zealand’s participation in the AEOI received Royal assent
Carousel Fraud with an airplane
The European Parliament publishes the responses received from the UK on its request for information regarding tax related offences
Uruguayan – Singaporean DTA to enter into force
The Protocol amending the existing Indian – Singaporean DTA entered into force
Singapore – CAAs for CRS with Australia, Korea, Italy, Canada and Latvia entered into force
Text of the Protocol amending the Dutch – Uzbek DTA has been published
Singapore and Lithuania conclude a Competent Authority Agreement on the Automatic Exchange of Financial Account Information
European Parliament publishes the responses received from Italy and Slovenia on its request for information regarding tax related offences

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INTERESTING ARTICLES

The UK Government released proposed changes to its provisional list of reservations and notifications under the MLI
The Danish Vestre Landsret filed a request for a preliminary ruling (VAT – Sale of building land?)
CJEU judges in Case C-8/17, Biosafe - Indústria de Reciclagens (VAT – Deduction of input tax)
CJEU judges in Case C-532/16, SEB bankas (VAT – Adjustment of deductions – Supply incorrectly subjected to VAT)
The opinion of the AG in Case C-154/17, E LATS (VAT – Notion of ‘second-hand goods’ – Notion of ‘precious metals or precious stones’)
The OECD’s Transfer Pricing Country Profile of Portugal seems also to be available
The OECD releases 13 additional country profiles focusing on key aspects of domestic transfer pricing legislation
The OECD released the second edition of its Common Reporting Standard Implementation Handbook
The Finanzgericht München lodged a request for a preliminary ruling regarding the freedom of movement of capital
Non-confidential version of the European Commission's decision to open an in-depth investigation into the transfer prices agreed upon in Dutch Inter IKEA tax rulings
The OECD releases additional guidance on the attribution of profits to permanent establishments (BEPS Action 7)
CJEU judges in joined Cases C-327/16 (Jacob) and C-421/16 (Lassus) (Interpretation of Article 8 of the Merger Directive – Deferred taxation)
Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent BEPS (MLI) will enter into force on July 1, 2018
The opinion of the AG in Case C-648/16, Fontana (VAT – The application of VAT to the overall turnover established by extrapolation)