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Jan 21, 2021Higher Administrative Court Judgement on the Treatment of Revaluation Reserves
In its judgment of 10 December 2020, the Luxembourg Higher Administrative Court ( Cour administrative) had to assess whether revaluation reserves booked in the annual accounts of a Luxembourg resident company should be included in the taxable income. The case submitted to the Court concerned a
Jan 21, 2021Lower Administrative Court: Excess of Power by the Tax Authorities in the Panama Paper Investigations
On 29 September 2020, the Lower Administrative Court ( Tribunal administratif) handed down several decisions in cases involving requests for information that the Luxembourg tax authorities (hereafter the “ LTA”) had addressed to several Luxembourg lawyers and law firms whose names had appeared in
Jan 21, 2021Circular issued by the Luxembourg Tax Authorities on the Interest Deduction Limitation Rule
On 8 January 2021, the Luxembourg tax authorities issued a circular ( Circulaire du directeur des contributions L.I.R. n°168bis/1 du 8 janvier 2021) (the “ Circular”) on the interest deduction limitation rules (“ ILR”) as foreseen in Article 168bis of the Luxembourg income tax law (“ LITL”)
Jan 21, 2021Judgement of the ECJ on the Right of Adjustment in Case of Unduly Paid VAT
On 2 July 2020, the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) issued its judgment in case C‑835/18, SC Terracult SRL on the possibility for a taxable person to adjust an invoice and claim a refund of unduly paid VAT despite a final VAT assessment having been issued. The case concerned a Romanian commercial
Jan 21, 2021Guidance on the Non-Application of the Parent-Subsidiary Directive to Gibraltar Companies
In an administrative circular dated 1 December 2020 (the “ Circular”), the Luxembourg tax administration confirmed that, following the judgment of the European Court of Justice (hereinafter the “ ECJ”) in GVC Services (Bulgaria) EOOD (C-458/18), the Parent-Subsidiary Directive (hereinafter “ PSD”)
Jan 21, 2021CSSF updates UCITS and AIFMD FAQs
Data Transfer On 24 November 2020, the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) published an updated version of its Frequently Asked Questions concerning the Luxembourg Law of 17 December 2010 relating to undertakings for collective investment schemes (the “ UCITS FAQ”) and an updated