On 14 October 2020, the Luxembourg government submitted to the Parliament the budget bill for fiscal year 2021. It was approved by the Parliament on 17 December 2020 and published in the Official Journal on 23 December 2020 (the Law).
ON 14 OCTOBER 2020, THE LUXEMBOURG GOVERNMENT FILED BUDGET BILL 7666 WITH THE LUXEMBOURG PARLIAMENT
On 14 October 2020, the 2021 budget draft law was presented to Parliament. The Government decided that the time was not right to increase taxes and/or perform a big tax reform and decided to postpone the introduction of some expected tax measures
A new bill seeks to grant a one-year extension for claims whose collection is entrusted to the Luxembourg tax authorities (such as direct taxes and social security claims) that would otherwise expire by 31 December 2020
Further to the Luxembourg government’s decision to introduce several tax measures in favour of legal and natural persons, as announced on 17 March 2020, the Luxembourg Minister of Finance, Pierre Gramegna, submitted a bill of law N°7555
On 8 April 2020, Luxembourg Parliament released the draft law n°7555 addressing the extension of deadlines in fiscal, financial and budgetary matters in the context of the state of COVID-19 crisis
Tax payment deadlines been extended
Companies and self-employed individuals deriving their income from a commercial, agricultural, forestry, or liberal profession and experiencing liquidity problems as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic may submit a request to the tax authorities for the following:
On 17 March 2020, the Luxembourg tax authorities (LTA) published a newsletter with tax measures for businesses in the context of the COVID-19 crisis.
On 14 November 2019 the CJ issued a preliminary ruling in the (second) Dilly’s Wellnesshotel case (C-585/17). Austria decided to limit an existing energy tax rebate scheme to the manufacturing industry as of 2011.
Today, the budget law for 2020 and the law implementing into domestic law Council Directive (EU) 2017/952 of 29 May 2017 (“ATAD II”) have been passed by the Luxembourg Parliament.
