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Jul 25, 2025Newsflash | Draft Law 8590 | Carried interest tax regime overhaul
On 24 July 2025, Draft Law No 8590 was submitted to the Luxembourg Parliament ( Chambre des Députés ) intending to update and render more attractive the tax regime for carried interest granted to managers of alternative investment funds (“ AIF”). The proposed changes aim at attracting more front
Jul 18, 2025ECJ Case law I VAT treatment of success fees charged by lawyer
On 8 May 2025, Advocate General Kokott (AG Kokott) handed down her Opinion in the case C-744/23, Т.P.T. v Financial Bulgaria’ EOOD on the Value-Added Tax (VAT) treatment of a contingency fee, paid in the event of a successful legal case. In the case at hand, a one-person law firm provided legal
Jul 16, 2025Luxembourg Case law I Characteristics to be retained for the purposes of the determination of the rental value of an accommodation
Key takeaways On 13 May 2025, the Luxembourg Higher Administrative Court ( Cour Administrative ) handed down a decision, within the context of an ex officio taxation (i.e. procédure de taxation d’office ), on the relevant characteristics that shall be retained for the purposes of the determination
Jul 14, 2025Double tax treaty I Luxembourg – Oman: Legislative update
On 16 October 2024, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Sultanate of Oman signed a convention for the elimination of double taxation with respect to taxes on income and on capital and the prevention of tax evasion and avoidance (the “ DTT”). For more information, please refer to our previous
Jul 10, 2025Tax measures in favour of the Luxembourg real estate sector I Legislative update
The l aw of 22 May 2024 provided for both short term tax measures (applicable for fiscal year 2024) in favour of the Luxembourg real estate market and long term tax measures applicable as from 2025 (please refer to our previous newsflash). To support the ongoing recovery of the real estate sector
Jul 09, 2025Investment funds non-authorised | New CSSF Circular 25/894
Background On 27 June 2025, the new circular Circular CSSF 25/894 – Information to be submitted to the CSSF in relation to investment funds non-authorised by the CSSF (the “ Circular”) entered into force . The Circular focuses on transparency, risk assessment, and oversight of investment funds that
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Latest Articles & Books
Oct 20, 2021Thomson Reuters Practical Law | Regulation of State and Supplementary Pension Schemes in Luxembourg: overview
A Q&A guide to pensions law in Luxembourg. The Q&A gives a high-level overview of the regulation of national government pensions and supplementary pensions. On national government pensions, it covers employer/employee contributions; national government pension age and monthly amount; and the public
Mar 11, 2021Paperjam News | On ne sera jamais à l’abri des critiques - Interview à Alain Steichen
OpenLux est-elle l’attaque de trop? L’avocat Alain Steichen ne voit pas ce que le Luxembourg pourrait faire de plus pour respecter les règles internationales. L’attaque OpenLux vous étonne-t-elle? «Non, cela dure depuis plus de 10 ans. Le succès crée des envieux et, quoi qu’on fasse, on ne sera
Feb 11, 2020Legitech | Précis de Droit Fiscal de l'Entreprise - 5ème édition
Le droit fiscal de l’entreprise est le droit fiscal appliqué à l’entreprise. Il se trouve au cœur de la vie des entreprises et des décisions qui y sont adoptées, car il faut gérer le « fiscal » de la même manière que le commercial, le financier, … Cependant, cette gestion du fiscal s’avère de plus
Feb 22, 2019Thin capitalisation Q&A: Luxembourg
This Q&A provides jurisdiction-specific commentary on Practice note, Thin capitalisation: Cross-border, and forms part of Cross-border loan financing and Cross-border joint ventures. Luxembourg tax law does not contain any thin capitalisation rules. A company's debt financing does not need to be
Dec 29, 2017The Executive Remuneration Review - Edition 6
Executive remuneration encompasses a diverse range of practices and is consequently influenced by many different areas of the law, including tax, employment, securities and other aspects of corporate law. This book is structured with the intention of providing readers with an overview of these areas
Oct 22, 2017New IP Regime | Draft Law
On August 4 th 2017, the Minister of Finance submitted a draft law to the Luxembourg Parliament, which intends to introduce a new intellectual property regime. The draft law introduces a new Article 50ter in the Luxembourg income tax law in order to fill the void caused by the staggered withdrawal
