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On 28 October 2026, the Luxembourg Parliament adopted Draft Law No. 8676: from 1 January 2028, tax classes 1, 1a and 2 are replaced by a single tax class “U”, with a 25-year transi…
On 16 July 2026, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the “CJEU”) delivered its decision in Case C-158/25 on the relationship between national mechanisms for the joint and s…
With the Council and Parliament positions settled and trilogues expected to open on 22 October 2026, SFDR 2.0 is taking shape: three product categories, a binding 70% threshold, ma…
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Two EU delegated regulations published on 21 September 2026 finalise the re…
The General Court has upheld the European Commission's prohibition of Booki…
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On 20 December 2017, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) decided on two cases involving German anti-abuse legislation that denies a (par…
On 21 March 2018, the EU Commission issued two directive proposals aiming to ensure that tax laws “fairly” tax digital business activities. The first …
On 7 May, 2018, the Luxembourg tax authorities issued a new circular “Circular LG – A n.64 relating to the defensive measures in relation to the EU li…
Luxembourg new tax regime designed to increase intellectual property (“IP”) developments has entered into force in April 2018 and is effective as of 1…
On 3 May 2018, Advocate General (“AG”) Kokott delivered her opinion in the Ryanair case (C-249/17) concerning the deduction of input VAT on costs incu…
On 20 March 2018, France and Luxembourg signed a new Double Tax Treaty (“DTT”). The aim of the new DTT is to replace the existing treaty that was sign…
On March 12th 2018, in the context of the Capital Markets Union action plan, the European Commission issued legislative proposals to amend the ex…
On 22 March 2018, the Luxembourg Chamber of Deputies adopted the new intellectual property box regime with effect from 1 January 2018 and which includ…
Luxembourg introduces a new intellectual property ("IP") tax effective as of tax year 2018.
The Grand Duchy treaty partners are amongst the most industrialised countries with inter alia all of the states in the European Union but Cyprus, the …
On 23 March 2018, the European Council approved the text of the Draft Agreement on the UK’s withdrawal from the EU as proposed by the Commission on 19…
On 13 April 2018, the Ministry of Finance communicated the draft bill n°7278 to the Parliament. This draft bill proposes to implement a VAT group regi…
Bill of law: following existing VAT grouping regimes in other EU Member States, the Luxembourg Government has now proposed the adoption of a VAT group…
On 13 April 2018, the Luxembourg Government introduced the bill of law n°7278 before the Parliament. This bill will implement the VAT group into Luxem…
The Luxembourg Income Tax Code assesses Luxembourg taxpayers differently, depending upon whether they realise business income or income from private f…
On 22 March 2018 the Luxembourg Parliament (Chambre des députés) adopted the new IP Box Law (see our newsflash “Tax changes for 2018 disclosed in th…
On 20 March, 2018, France and Luxembourg signed a new Double Tax Treaty (“DTT”), which was released yesterday. The aim of the new DTT is to replace th…
Yesterday (13th March), the EU Finance Ministers reached a political agreement on the Proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 2011/16/EU a…
On 20 March 2018, the governments of France and Luxembourg signed a new double tax treaty (“New Treaty”) replacing the current treaty dated 1 April 19…
On 21 March 2018, the European Commission (EU Commission) proposed two Council Directives addressing the taxation of the digital economy. The int…
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