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Is the EU ready for a Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base?
June 12th, 2018
In 2011, an ambitious Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base (CCCTB) directive was proposed by the European Commission. It sought to harmonise the 28 different corporate tax codes of the Member States into one set of rules while retaining the ...
Brexit legal text signals greater EU urgency
March 8th, 2018
Brussels is not waiting around anymore for the U.K. to get its act together on Brexit. The European Commission’s publication of a 120-page draft withdrawal treaty will signal a new approach in the Brexit process that might best be ...
8 countries removed from EU tax haven blacklist
January 24th, 2018
Eight jurisdictions have been removed from the EU’s list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes, following commitments made at a high political level to remedy EU concerns. Barbados, Grenada, the Republic of Korea, Macao SAR, Mongolia, Panama, Tunisia and ...
What Donald Tusk said after meeting with Donald Trump
May 25th, 2017
The Council of the European Union has issued today a press release to publish remarks by President Donald Tusk after meeting with President Donald Trump. Below is the press release as it was published: During my meeting with President ...
All you need to know about Article 50 and the Brexit process
March 29th, 2017
The formal two-year process governing Britain’s departure from the European Union (EU) begins when Article 50 of the Treaty of Lisbon, which became law in 2009, is triggered on Wednesday. Here, CNBC breaks down all the issues as the ...
EU to battle corporate tax scams
February 22nd, 2017
European Union finance ministers have agreed on new measures to close some tax loopholes that have enabled multinational companies operating in both EU and non-EU countries to avoid paying taxes… but not right away. EU finance ministers meeting in ...
Is Europe Headed For A Political And Financial Crisis In 2017?
January 23rd, 2017
Is Europe Headed For A Political And Financial Crisis In 2017? While most eyes are on the dramatic shifts possible for U.S. economic policy as Donald Trump is sworn in as president on January 20, similarly deep political currents ...
Dollar up on higher yields, euro hit by ECB’s ‘less for longer’ decision
December 9th, 2016
The dollar rose broadly on Friday as U.S. bond yields rose, while the euro sank after the European Central Bank’s decision to extend its debt-buying program even as it cut the size of its purchases disappointed currency bulls. The ...
EU Agrees Criteria for the establishement of ‘Tax Haven’ Blacklist
November 14th, 2016
Taxation: European Council agrees criteria for the screening of third country jurisdictions On 8 November 2016, the Council agreed on the criteria and the process for the establishment of an EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions in taxation matters. It ...
EU To UK: No Free Trade A La Carte
July 4th, 2016
“There will be no single market ‘á la carte'” for the UK when it leaves the European Union (EU), according to Donald Tusk, President of the European Council. Tusk made the comment after an informal meeting on June 29 ...
