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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 26 July 2016, a bill of law introducing the 2017 tax reform was submitted to Luxembourg Parliament. The bill proposes a series of tax measures rele…
On 26 July 2016, bill of law N° 7020 on the implementation of the 2017 tax reform package was filed by the Luxembourg Government with the Parliament (…
Le “paquet fiscal” que vient de dévoiler le gouvernement comprend d’abord la création d’une nouvelle infraction fiscale : la fraude fiscale aggravée.
Most of the rules relating to the new European market abuse regime, consisting of two main sets of rules namely Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014 of 1…
Recently a set of BEPS related draft legislation/guidance has been published: (i) on 21 June 2016, the Council of the European Union (“EU”) agreed on …
The United Kingdom voted by referendum to leave the European Union. The turmoil resulting from this historical news will most likely lead to uncertain…
The Brexit has implications for organisations active in the Benelux. To give a quick overview of these implications, we have formulated FAQ's for vari…
On 22 June 2016, a bill of law (the Law) aiming to combat double non-taxation situations under the Luxembourg - US Treaty for the Avoidance of Do…
On March 22nd 2016, the draft law transposing EU directive 2015/2375/EU of October 6th2015 (the “Directive”) which introduces an automatic exchange of…
On February 29th 2016, the Luxembourg government released a set of preliminary proposals that forms part of the envisaged 2017 tax reform.
On March 7th 2016, the Luxembourg Tax Authorities published a new circular regarding the taxation of capital gains stemming from the disposal of real …
Un résident belge était engagé dans les liens d’un contrat de travail à durée indéterminée auprès d’une société luxembourgeoise, comme gestionnaire de…
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…
Depuis 2013, les particuliers belges sont tenus de déclarer la détention de « constructions juridiques », telles que des sociétés établies dans des pa…
The Luxembourg VAT Authorities recently confirmed to the Luxembourg Association of Company Directors that independent director’s fees are subject to V…
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 …
On 28 January 2016, the European Commission introduced an “Anti-Tax Avoidance Package” including two legislative proposals, addressing certain anti-ba…
Avec quelques mois de retard, le Gouvernement belge est sur le point de finaliser la nouvelle procédure de régularisation fiscale (et sociale) – …
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…
On December 18th 2015, the Luxembourg Parliament voted Draft Law n°6891 and the 2016 Draft Budget Law.
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