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Jul 10, 2024ECJ Case Law I VAT - Adient Case - Notion of fixed establishment
Key takeaways On 13 June 2024, the European Court of Justice (“ ECJ”) issued its ruling in case C-533/22 ( Adient case) pertaining to whether an affiliated undertaking may be regarded as a fixed establishment of another foreign group company for VAT purposes. Facts of the case Adient group is a
Jul 10, 2024FASTER | Council of the European Union reaches political agreement
Background As a reminder, on 19 June 2023, the European Commission released a proposal for a Council Directive on Faster and Safer Relief of Excess Withholding Taxes (“ FASTER Proposal”) laying down rules on the issuance of a digital tax residence certificate by EU Member States and the procedure to
Jul 08, 2024Luxembourg Case Law | Abuse of law in the context of permanent establishments and interest free loans qualification
On 8 May 2024, the Luxembourg Lower Administrative Tribunal (the “ Tribunal”) (n° 47267) ruled on the tax qualification of interest-free loans (“ IFLs”) granted by a parent company to a Luxembourg subsidiary (the “ Company”) as well as the non-existence of a Malaysian permanent establishment (the “
Jul 05, 2024Luxembourg Pillar Two Law | Proposed amendments
Update to Pillar Two legislation On 12 June 2024, draft law No. 8396 has been submitted to the Luxembourg Parliament ( Chambre des Députés ) (the “ Draft Law”) proposing amendments to the Luxembourg law on Pillar Two (see our previous newsflash on the Pillar Two law). Council Directive (EU) 2022
Jul 05, 2024State of the Nation | Tax measures announced during the Prime Minister’s general policy statement
On 11 June 2024, Prime Minister Luc Frieden delivered before the Luxembourg Parliament ( Chambre des Députés) his first general policy statement on the state of the nation (the “ Statement”). In his Statement, the Prime Minister announced specific and general tax measures to be adopted within the
Jul 04, 2024Relibi Law I Higher Administrative Court rules on the limits of the applicability of the law
In a decision dated 21 March 2024 (no. 49678C), the Higher Administrative Court upheld a decision by the Director of the Luxembourg tax authorities (“ LTA”), who in a specific case refused to apply the final withholding tax on savings income in the form of interest payments made in Luxembourg to
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Oct 20, 2021Thomson Reuters Practical Law | Regulation of State and Supplementary Pension Schemes in Luxembourg: overview
A Q&A guide to pensions law in Luxembourg. The Q&A gives a high-level overview of the regulation of national government pensions and supplementary pensions. On national government pensions, it covers employer/employee contributions; national government pension age and monthly amount; and the public
Mar 11, 2021Paperjam News | On ne sera jamais à l’abri des critiques - Interview à Alain Steichen
OpenLux est-elle l’attaque de trop? L’avocat Alain Steichen ne voit pas ce que le Luxembourg pourrait faire de plus pour respecter les règles internationales. L’attaque OpenLux vous étonne-t-elle? «Non, cela dure depuis plus de 10 ans. Le succès crée des envieux et, quoi qu’on fasse, on ne sera
Feb 11, 2020Legitech | Précis de Droit Fiscal de l'Entreprise - 5ème édition
Le droit fiscal de l’entreprise est le droit fiscal appliqué à l’entreprise. Il se trouve au cœur de la vie des entreprises et des décisions qui y sont adoptées, car il faut gérer le « fiscal » de la même manière que le commercial, le financier, … Cependant, cette gestion du fiscal s’avère de plus
Feb 22, 2019Thin capitalisation Q&A: Luxembourg
This Q&A provides jurisdiction-specific commentary on Practice note, Thin capitalisation: Cross-border, and forms part of Cross-border loan financing and Cross-border joint ventures. Luxembourg tax law does not contain any thin capitalisation rules. A company's debt financing does not need to be
Dec 29, 2017The Executive Remuneration Review - Edition 6
Executive remuneration encompasses a diverse range of practices and is consequently influenced by many different areas of the law, including tax, employment, securities and other aspects of corporate law. This book is structured with the intention of providing readers with an overview of these areas
Oct 22, 2017New IP Regime | Draft Law
On August 4 th 2017, the Minister of Finance submitted a draft law to the Luxembourg Parliament, which intends to introduce a new intellectual property regime. The draft law introduces a new Article 50ter in the Luxembourg income tax law in order to fill the void caused by the staggered withdrawal