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German tax resident investors holding fund units as private assets must prepare for the introduction of a supplementary exit taxation. The expected new rules are described below where the (limited) si...
Author(s): Dr. Tanja Walter-Yadegardjam, Prof. Dr. Norbert Schneider, Dr. Sebastian Röger, Franziska Leich
In the first Budget delivered by the Labour Party since 2010 (and the first given by a female Chancellor since the role came into existence over 800 years ago), Rachel Reeves announced an extensive ar...
Author(s): Alison Dickie, Laura Western
Yesterday, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, unveiled this year’s Autumn Budget. Announcing a package of reforms aiming to raise £40bn in tax revenues, the Chancellor stated that the Aut...
Author(s): Dawn Heath, David Mendel, Jane Wolstenholme, Anika Prasad
After being re-elected for a second mandate in July 2024, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has now announced the Commissioner-Designates who should sit in her new College of Commissioners ...
Author(s): Nikolaas Van Robbroeck, Lea Bareil
Almost all corporate taxpayers will have sought the advice of tax lawyers at one time or another – be it in the context of a transaction, a tax dispute, or otherwise – and the question may then arise ...
Author(s): Helen Buchanan, Laura Western
How the newly unveiled structure could deliver Europe’s next 5-year political ambitions The wait, at least for now, is finally over. Summer this year saw the trickling in of names for von der Leyen’s...
Author(s): Natalie Pettinger Kearney, Victor Garcia Lopez, Lea Bareil, Jimena Gonzalez
Applicable to financial years starting on or after 22 June 2024, large multinational companies and standalone companies with activities in the EU will be required to provide greater tax transparency b...
Author(s): Nikolaas Van Robbroeck, Bo Debreuck
Tax has been a hot topic for all political parties in the run up to the UK general election on 4 July 2024 with numerous tax assurances and proposals included (to varying levels of detail) in the rece...
Author(s): Peter Clements, Alison Dickie