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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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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 …
The Government announced the key elements of its 2017 tax reform. This Newsflash is limited to those measures which concern companies. We will return …
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 …
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…
On September 30th 2015, the European Commission adopted its Securitisation initiative, consisting of a proposal for a Securitisation Regulation (the “…
Since December 1st 2014, Luxembourg applies new procedural rules regarding the exchange of information on request under inter alia the double tax trea…
La fameuse taxe Caïman (également dénommée taxe par transparence) prévoit en substance que les personnes physiques belges, fondateurs ou bénéficiaires…
On December 14th 2015, the European Banking Authority (the “EBA”) published a reportwith recommendations, in response to the European Commission’s cal…
Further to the verification by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that Iran has implemented the agreed nuclear-related measures as set out …
On November 27th 2015 the Luxembourg Council of Government approved the draft law relating to Reserved Alternative Investment Funds (the “Draft Law”).…
According to the Council Directive 98/59/EC dated July 20th1998 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to collective redundanc…
Now that the holidays are behind us, with the exception of a belated New Year's drink here and there, it's business as usual and thus time to dig a li…
On November 30th 2015, the European Commission published its proposal for a Prospectus Regulation (the “Regulation”), which will, if adopted, replace …
The law introduces the “step-up” on important participation within the meaning of Article 100 Income Tax Law (i.e. broadly a participation exceeding 1…
Les sociétés luxembourgeoises sont en principe soumises à l’impôt sur le revenu des collectivités (ci-après « IRC ») de 21 % majoré par une contributi…
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…
On 9 December 2015, the CJEU delivered its judgement in the case “Fiscale Eenheid X NV cs” C-595/13. The CJEU has decided that the management of prope…
The country’s 2016 state budget draft law, which is currently under discussion in the Luxembourg Parliament, includes a certain number of tax measures…
On 1 September 2015, the Luxembourg tax authorities replaced the Circular L.I.R. 104/1 of 10 March 2015 on the valuation of certain benefits…
On August 13th 2015, the Luxembourg Administrative Court (tribunal administratif) (the “Court”) took the first decision in the matter of exchange of i…
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