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European Union Adopts Black List of 17 jurisdictions

On 5 December 2017, European Union (EU) finance ministers adopted a list of “non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes” also known as  ‘The Black List’. The list is part of the EU's work to counter worldwide tax evasion and avoidance. According to the EU, it will...

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Dutch Fiscal Unity Emergency Remedial Measures

On October 25 2017 the Advocate General (“AG”) at the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) published his opinion on the preliminary ruling request of the Dutch Supreme Court in two corporate income tax cases concerning the applicability of the so-called...

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Changes To Dutch Dividend Withholding Tax in 2018

On 19 September 2017, the Dutch government announced several bills containing tax law proposals. Under the legislative proposal (the “Proposal”) changes to the Dutch dividend tax act and the substantial interest taxation rules have been announced. This Tax Update will...

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Changes Dutch Dividend Withholding Tax Announced

On 20 September 2016, The Dutch Ministry of Finance (“ the MF”) announced to be working on a new tax act (ultimately entering into force per 1 January 2018) which will have impact on the Dutch dividend withholding tax legislation. In general Dutch public and private...

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Ecofin Reaches An Agreement On The ATAD

On 20 June 2016 the EU’s Economic and Financial Affairs Council (“ECOFIN”) agreed on a draft Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive (“ATAD”). Rules in five different fields have been laid down: a) interest limitation rules; b) exit taxation rules; c) general anti-abuse rule...

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Proposal For UBO Register Adopted By Parliament

On 20 May 2015, the European Parliament adopted the Fourth Money Laundering Directive. This directive obligates EU member states to adopt a UBO-register of corporate and legal entities. Such register should include at least the name, the month and year of birth, the...

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