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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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Regulation (EU) 2015/2421 of 16 December 2015 (the “Regulation”) amending Regulation (EC) No. 861/2007 establishing a European Small Claims Proce…
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…
On 4 October 2017, the European Commission (Commission) announced its decision that a 2003 advance pricing agreement, prolonged in 2011, enabled …
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
With the development of the European Union (“EU”) and its four freedoms (i.e. capital, goods, services, and labour) cross-border movements have become…
Yesterday (on 13 June 2017), the Court of Justice of the European Union dismissed Dextro Energy’s appeal against the General Court's decision upholdin…
On 9 June 2017, the Swiss government confirmed the main parameters of a revised Swiss corporate tax reform package, the Tax Proposal 17 (TP 17). The m…
Situated at the crossroad of Europe, the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg is based on a dynamic and open economy which actively promotes the development of c…
Further to the adoption of the Anti-Tax Avoidance Package including the first Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive (EU) 2016/1164 of 12 July 2016 (“ATAD”), th…
On 7 June 2017, the OECD BEPS project reached its next milestone with the signing of the multilateral instrument (“MLI”) by 68 jurisdictions during a …
Since the introduction of a law dated 21st December, 2007, a privileged Luxembourg tax regime exists for income and capital gains in relatio…
On Tuesday 23 May 2017 the Council reached an agreement on the future adoption of the Council Directive on Double Taxation Dispute Resolution Mec…
The question of the scope of the cost-sharing VAT exemption,also referred to in the Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006 a…
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) will soon rule on the compliance of the Luxembourg law of 25 November 2014 laying down the procedure…
On 10 January 2017, the European Commission adopted a proposal for a Regulation1 to modernise rules on privacy protection in electronic communica…
On 14 February 2017 the Luxembourg direct tax authorities (Administration des contributions directes – “ACD”) issued on a new circular no 45/2 – 152/1…
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