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03/12/25
Parliament’s finance committee passes amendments to the carr…

On 17 November 2025, the Luxembourg parliament published amendments to the …

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03/12/25
Are your crypto assets taxable in Luxembourg?

Crypto currencies and other crypto assets are increasingly being adopted by…

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It is the perfect way for lawyers at the Bar, in-house counsel, barristers, solicitors, notaries, bailiffs, paralegals and any other legal professional with an interest in Luxembourg and European law to keep informed of new legislative initiatives, case law, legal doctrine and all other legal developments on the Belgian legal scene!

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New taxonomy-related disclosures RTS published

Despite the delay to Level II1 announced by the European Commission (“EC”) at the beginning of the summer 2021, the last few months have been bus…

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Sustainable Finance update (asset management): Final Report on SFDR RTS regarding taxonomy-related disclosures…

On 22 October 2021, the European Supervisory Authorities or ESAs (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA)  presented the European Commission with their Final Report…

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The new EU toolbox to tackle soaring energy prices

The ongoing energy price crisis in the aftermath of COVID-19, which has curtailed industrial production and left consumers across Europe facing higher…

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Comparability of Investment Funds – another Finnish referral to the Court of Justice of the European Union – a…

Recently, an Advocate General’s opinion (the “Opinion”) on Finnish CJEU case C-342/20 (the “Case”) has been published.

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Agreement on Pillar One and Pillar Two global tax reform

On 8 October 2021, 136 out of 140 members of the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework officially agreed on certain key parameters to reallocate some taxing ri…

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The Arm’s Length Principle And Profit Participating Loans: First Decision By Luxembourg Courts - Tax Case Stud…

Our tax litigation team recently had the opportunity to assist a taxpayer in an appeal for the reversal of a decision issued by the Luxembourg tax adm…

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Property companies holding real estate assets in Germany – state of play on the input VAT deduction right

The case concerned a Jersey-based company, Titanium Ltd (‘Titanium’), involved in real estate and asset management activities.

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Direct taxation - AG Kokott opines on the ‘expected interest’-criterium (État luxembourgeois)

The French tax authorities made a request for exchange of information to the Luxembourg tax authorities aiming at the bene cial owners of the Lux…

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Clarification on losses carry forward and social security deductions

On 10 August 2021, the Luxembourg Tax Authorities issued a new circular I.C.C n° 31 clarifying the application of carried forward tax losses and the d…

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VAT deduction right of Lux PropCos owning/exploiting German real estate – VAT changes

In its decision C-931/19 (“Titanium case”), the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) ruled that a foreign company should not be considered …

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The CJEU extends Achmea to intra-EU Energy Charter Treaty arbitrations

In a judgment dated 2 September 2021 in Komstroy v Moldova (Case C-741/19), the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) has hel…

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Taxation of the Digital economy: What’s in the pipeline?

At the end of 2020, the OECD aimed at addressing and coming to a successful conclusion on tax challenges arising from globalisation and the digitalisa…

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Draft revised vertical regulation and guidelines

The European Commission takes a hard line against online platforms, dual distribution and MFNs

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General Court of the CJ annuls State aid decision in Amazon case

The case concerned the arm’s length nature of a royalty paid by a Luxembourg operating company (LuxOpCo) to a Luxembourg partnership (LuxSCS) – a…

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VAT e-commerce package for B2C transactions

A VAT e-commerce package for business-to-consumer (B2C) transactions came into force as from 1 July 2021.

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Favourable CJEU clarification on the VAT exemption for fund management services

On 17 June 2021, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) rendered its judgment in joined cases K (C-58/20) and DBKAG (C-…

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Further guidance from the ECJ on VAT exemption for the management of special investment funds

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled that the VAT exemption for the ‘management of special investment funds’ may under certain conditions also en…

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Future EU Directive tackling shell companies - ATAD 3

Gradually, economic substance has become a key element in an international context and is relevant for the application of national tax laws and double…

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Tribunal de l'Union européenne : lorsque le Parlement européen se départit de la hiérarchie des normes

Une affaire très intéressante concernant plusieurs modifications litigieuses du régime de pension complémentaire (volontaire) des députés européens a …

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New step towards the adoption of the public country-by- country reporting (CBCR) directive

On 1st June, the EU Council reached a provisional political agreement with the European Parliament’s negotiating team on the proposed directive on the…

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