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On 23 February 2025, almost 60 million German voters will elect a new federal parliament in snap elections after the collapse of the governing coalition of Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats (S...
Author(s): Alex Schmidtke
Like climate change, while the corporate tax disputes landscape in the UK changes relatively slowly, distinct trends can be observed when standing back and taking stock. Awareness of those trends help...
Author(s): Sarah Bond, Helen Buchanan, Laura Western
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has recently issued a judgment (Case C-601/23) on the entitlement of a non-resident taxpayer in a loss-making position to recover withholding taxes bo...
Author(s): Maria Mera, Álvaro Fernández, Carmen Delgado
We are continuing to see a significant number of large-scale tax investigations and disputes internationally, and with governments across the world under pressure to raise revenues without increasing ...
Author(s): Laura Western
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