
EU Approves New Tonnage Tax Schemes
The EU has approved under state aid rules the introduction of a tonnage tax scheme in Estonia and the prolongation of a tonnage tax scheme in Cyprus. To address the
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The EU has approved under state aid rules the introduction of a tonnage tax scheme in Estonia and the prolongation of a tonnage tax scheme in Cyprus. To address the

The Office of Malta’s Commissioner for Revenue has updated guidelines in relation to the Notional Interest Deduction rules. The NID regime was introduced to equalize the tax environment for businesses

The Swiss Federal Council has agreed on the outline of the new tax reform package that will be presented to Parliament next month. The Council said that it agreed on

Those exporting goods from the European Union are overpaying trade tariffs by about EUR72bn, according to a new report from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and

Liechtenstein introduced comprehensive changes to its value-added tax regime, which will come into force from January 1, 2018. The GOV amended the existing VAT laws on November 10, 2017, and

The Swiss Federal Council has approved proposed changes to the common transit procedure. The CTP is an international procedure used for the movement of goods between the EU’s member states,

The Swiss Federal Department of Finance (FDF) has launched a consultation on the introduction of the automatic exchange of information (AEOI) in tax matters with 20 new countries. The implementation

The German Government has adopted draft anti-avoidance legislation intended to make it more difficult for domestic taxpayers to avoid tax through the use of “mailbox companies in tax havens.” The

The double taxation agreement (DTA) between Switzerland and Liechtenstein will enter into force on December 22, 2016, and will be effective from January 1, 2017. The DTA was signed on

Germany’s upper house of Parliament, the Bundesrat, has approved a bill to tighten the eligibility criteria for inheritance tax exemptions for family-owned companies. The changes mean that inheritance tax exemptions
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