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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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Budget Law 2018: Changes for corporate tax payers

The most important tax-related changes for corporate taxpayers under the  Budget Law ("Law") can be summarised as follows: Extension of the…

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CJEU does not allow too general anti-abuse and substance provisions for holding companies (Deister Holding an…

On 20 December 2017, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued its judgment in joined cases Deister Holding AG (C-504/16) and…

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Tax Treatment of the Reversal of an Impairment

In a decision handed down on August 9th 2017 (docket No. 38981C), the Higher Administrative Court (Tribunal administratif) ruled on the tax treatment …

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Human rights also applies on VAT litigations

The ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) of 5 December 2017 on case C-42/17 "M.A.S. and M.B." is remarkable, as it went as far …

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New IP Regime | Draft Law

On August 4th 2017, the Minister of Finance submitted a draft law to the Luxembourg Parliament, which intends to introduce a new intellectual pro…

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CJEU Upholds Prohibition on the Sale of Luxury Goods via Branded Third-party Internet Platforms

The Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) has just ruled, in the context of a selective distribution system for luxury goods, that contractual clauses pro…

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EU adopts list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes (black list)

On 5 December 2017, the Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) determined a list of 17 non-cooperative jurisdictions, i.e. the EU black list.…

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New Circular Letter on stock option plans

As announced by the Luxembourg Finance Minister in his presentation of the 2018 budget bill, the tax regime of stock option plans has been amended. On…

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Luxembourg Released its Opinion on MLI

On June 7th 2017, Luxembourg took part in the first signing session of the Multilateral Convention developed by the Organisation for Economic Co-…

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Year-End Tax Bulletin 2017

The Tax Bulletin for 2017, which you will find below (and which is available for download), gives an overview of the most significant tax developments…

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New Luxembourg IP Tax Regime

Intellectual property (hereinafter "IP") is a key factor in economic growth. In this respect, draft law n°7163 was tabled on 4 August (hereinafter "Pr…

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VAT | The IGP Exemption does not apply to the Financial and Insurance Sector

On September 21st 2017, the European Court of Justice (the “ECJ”) rendered its judgements in three different cases regarding the interpretation o…

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Small Claims Procedure - Regulation (EU) 2015/2421

Regulation (EU) 2015/2421 of 16 December 2015 (the “Regulation”) amending Regulation (EC) No. 861/2007 establishing a European Small Claims Proce…

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Tax changes for 2018 disclosed in the new budget bill

On 11 October 2017, and for the last time before next year’s parliamentary elections, the Luxembourg Finance Minister presented the budget bill for 20…

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State Aid update – European Commission says Luxembourg granted unlawful aid to Amazon and wants Ireland to spe…

On 4 October 2017, the European Commission (Commission) announced its decision that a 2003 advance pricing agreement, prolonged in 2011, enabled …

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Ecofin agrees that ‘digital economy’ companies should pay more tax in the EU

The EU Council of Economy and Finance ministers (Ecofin) agreed at their meeting in Tallinn on 16 September 2017 that companies active in the ‘digital…

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CJEU renders landmark judgment in competition case against Intel

On 6 September 2017, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) rendered a highly anticipated judgment in case C-413/14 P, opposing t…

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Bad news for the Luxembourg legislator: The Luxembourg law on the exchange of tax information on request calle…

The judgement of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) of 16 May 2017 challenges the Luxembourg law of 25 November 2014 laying down the pr…

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The EU Commission publishes proposal to develop an EU Single market for personal pension products

How tackling in one go both the funding gap of the existing pension provisions, which has become a challenge due to the ageing populations in Europe a…

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A clear reinforcement of the rights of defence of the citizens in relation to procedures of exchange of inform…

In the Berlioz Investment Fund SA v. Director of Administration of Direct Contribution decision dated 16 May 2017, the Court of Justice of the EU…

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