Wim Gohres, Chair of the CFE Professional Affairs Committee, on behalf of CFE Tax Advisers Europe, recently co-signed a letter with the European Contact Group (ECG) and the European Group of International Accounting Networks and Associations (EGIAN) sent to the Council Secretariat of Working Party IV, a working group of the European Council formed [...]

In order to help you keep informed of recent EU & international tax policy developments, please see below the “CFE’s Tax Top 5” for a summary of the main developments. This week’s edition looks at the following: • EU Council Adopts VAT Quick Fixes Legislation; • Anti-Money Laundering Action Plan Adopted by EU Council; [...]

This Opinion Statement discusses the implications of the European Commission VAT Committee Guidelines resulting from its 108th Meeting held on 27-28 March 2017 concerning the notion of “minimal human intervention” in “electronically supplied services” and CFE’s view as to whether they conform with the intended effect of Article 58 of the VAT Directive. In [...]

CFE President Piergiorgio Valente has had an article published on Kluwer International Tax Blog, a publication of Kluwer Law International which provides analysis on international tax law. In the article entitled “McDonald’s Fiscal State Aid Clearance: Questions Still Pending”, the CFE President spoke about the outcome of the McDonald’s case and its impacts for [...]

In order to help you keep informed of recent EU & international tax policy developments, please see below the “CFE’s Tax Top 5” for a summary of the main developments. This week’s edition looks at the following: • G20 Leaders Adopt Declaration at Summit in Argentina; • Germany & France Expected to Reveal New [...]

Please see below Edition 11 of 2018 of CFE’s monthly publication “CFE’s Global Tax Top 5”. CFE’s Global Tax Top 5 builds on a long-standing tax technical and policy cooperation between CFE, AOTCA (Asia-Oceania Tax Consultants Association and WAUTI (West African Union of Tax Institutes), which are the leading tax professionals’ organisations of the [...]

CFE President Piergiorgio Valente gave an interview on 26 November 2018 to the Italian journal "Milano Finanza" on Blockchain and cryptocurrency, finance, and how digital is changing businesses industries worldwide. To that end, in 2018 CFE estrablished the new Tax Technology Committee (TTC), which came as a response to the manifest importance of digital taxation [...]

CFE Tax Advisers Europe is a Brussels-based association of European tax advisers, bringing together members from 30 national organisations in 24 European countries, representing more than 200,000 tax advisers. CFE strives to contribute to the co-ordination and development of tax law in Europe by sharing the unique insight of our members with European institutions, and [...]

In order to help you keep informed of recent EU & international tax policy developments, please see below the “CFE’s Tax Top 5” for a summary of the main developments. This week’s edition looks at the following: • EU27 Leaders Endorse Brexit Withdrawal Agreement; • OECD Releases Report on Automatic Exchange of Information; • [...]

This Opinion Statement details practical difficulties encountered by members of the CFE in cases heard by the Court of Justice of the European Union. The CFE is appreciative of the significant contribution that the Court of Justice has made to develop European jurisprudence and, in particular, in protecting citizens’ rights and ensuring that measures [...]