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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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Each day we publish several articles written by legal and tax specialists from law firms, notaries offices, the legal departments from payroll agencies and tax consultants.

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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Draft Law on the automatic exchange of Rulings and APAs

On March 22nd 2016, the draft law transposing EU directive 2015/2375/EU of October 6th2015 (the “Directive”) which introduces an automatic exchange of…

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2017 Luxembourg Tax Reform - Preliminary proposal

On February 29th 2016, the Luxembourg government released a set of preliminary proposals that forms part of the envisaged 2017 tax reform.

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New circular on taxation of capital gains or transfer of usufruct

On March 7th 2016, the Luxembourg Tax Authorities published a new circular regarding the taxation of capital gains stemming from the disposal of real …

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Travail au Luxembourg: l’administration doit motiver l’avis de rectification de la déclaration

Un résident belge était engagé dans les liens d’un contrat de travail à durée indéterminée auprès d’une société luxembourgeoise, comme gestionnaire de…

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EU Anti-Tax Avoidance package

On January 28th 2016, the European Commission unveiled new anti-tax avoidance measures, the most notable of which being a draft Anti-Tax Avoidance Dir…

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Panama Papers: les détenteurs de sociétés offshore seront-ils pris la main dans le sac à partir de 2017?

Depuis 2013, les particuliers belges sont tenus de déclarer la détention de « constructions juridiques », telles que des sociétés établies dans des pa…

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Director's fees are subject to VAT

The Luxembourg VAT Authorities recently confirmed to the Luxembourg Association of Company Directors that independent director’s fees are subject to V…

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Luxembourg tax update 2017

On 29 February 2016, the Luxembourg government set out the principles of fiscal reform that should be effective from 1 January 2017. Please note that …

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EU Anti-Tax Avoidance Package

On 28 January 2016, the European Commission introduced an “Anti-Tax Avoidance Package” including two legislative proposals, addressing certain anti-ba…

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Nouvelle procédure permanente belge de régularisation fiscale – DLU IV

Avec quelques mois de retard, le Gouvernement belge est sur le point de finaliser la nouvelle procédure de régularisation fiscale (et sociale) – …

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New Corporate Tax Measures applicable in 2016

The Luxembourg IP regime, which provides for an 80% exemption on income of certain intellectual property (“IP”) rights, is repealed as from 1 July 201…

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New tax measures applicable in 2016

On December 18th 2015, the Luxembourg Parliament voted Draft Law n°6891 and the 2016 Draft Budget Law.

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Tax Update

The Luxembourg government on 29 February presented the principles of the next tax reform which is expected to take effect as from 1 January 2017. The …

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Announcement by the Luxembourg Government of the key aspects of the 2017 Tax Reform

The Government announced the key elements of its 2017 tax reform. This Newsflash is limited to those measures which concern companies. We will return …

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New tax measures announced

The Luxembourg Government presented today a new set of tax measures to be implemented by 2017, known as the 2017 tax reform package. The new measures …

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Fighting tax evasion: The European Union and the Principality of Monaco initial new tax transparency agreement…

The EU and Monaco have today initialled a new tax transparency agreement marking another major step forward in the fight against tax evasion. The agr…

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European Commission proposal for a new securitisation framework

On September 30th 2015, the European Commission adopted its Securitisation initiative, consisting of a proposal for a Securitisation Regulation (the “…

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Luxembourg rules for exchange of information in the light of the EU Fundamental Rights chapter

Since December 1st 2014, Luxembourg applies new procedural rules regarding the exchange of information on request under inter alia the double tax trea…

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Elargissement de la taxe caïman: les SICAV dédiées luxembourgeoises dans la ligne de mire

La fameuse taxe Caïman (également dénommée taxe par transparence) prévoit en substance que les personnes physiques belges, fondateurs ou bénéficiaires…

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EBA recommends new prudential framework for investment firms

On December 14th 2015, the European Banking Authority (the “EBA”) published a reportwith recommendations, in response to the European Commission’s cal…

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