At the commencement of the new mandate of the European Commission’s Platform for Tax Good Governance, Aggressive Tax Planning and Double Taxation, CFE Tax Advisers Europe is taking the opportunity to set out the tax and professional affairs policy issues it identifies...
The Platform for Collaboration on Tax, a joint initiative of the IMF, OECD, UN and World Bank Group, issued a draft toolkit on tax treaty negotiation for developing countries in July 2020 in order to further capacity-building support. The Global Tax Advisers Platform,...
BRUSSELS | 21 SEPTEMBER 2020 State of the Union Address – Own Resources & Environmental Taxes European Commission President Von der Leyen delivered her first State of the Union address on 16 September 2020, setting out the Commission’s vision on EU recovery...
BRUSSELS | 14 SEPTEMBER 2020 Informal ECOFIN Meeting: 11 & 12 September An informal ECOFIN meeting was held in Berlin from 11 to 12 September, with finance ministers meeting for the first time in person since March, received by German Finance Minister Olaf...
BRUSSELS | AUGUST 2020 OECD Updates COVID-19 Tax Policy Database The OECD has published an updated version of the database containing the details of taxation and financial measures taken by governments around the world in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. The OECD...