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Mar 27, 2019NEWSFLASH | Luxembourg Government approves additional leave days
On March 27 th 2019, the Chamber of Deputies of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg adopted the draft law amending (1) articles L.232-2 and L.233-4 of the Labour Code and (2) article 28-1 of the amended law of April 16 th 1979 establishing the general status of civil servants (hereinafter the “ Law”). The
Mar 20, 2019EU Transfer Pricing Forum's Report on the Profit Split Method
In March 2019, the EU’s Joint Transfer Pricing Forum (“ JTPF”) published a report (the “ Report”) on the application of the Profit Split Method (“ PSM”) within the EU. The PSM is one of the five transfer pricing methods recommended by the OECD’s transfer pricing guidelines to establish whether
Mar 15, 2019Commission opens Investigation into Tax Rulings granted to Huhtamaki Group
On March 7 th 2019, the European Commission (“ Commission”) announced it was opening an in-depth investigation into the tax treatment of the Huhtamaki group in Luxembourg in order to determine whether Huhtamaki, a multinational consumer packaging manufacturer, was granted an unfair advantage
Mar 13, 2019Law of March 1st 2019 amending the law of August 1st 2001 on the circulation of securities
As announced in a previous information letter dated September 25 th 2018, the Luxembourg legislator was working on a bill of law ( PL7363) aimed at modernising the law of August 1 st 2001 (the 2001 Law) on the circulation of securities and other financial instruments, which had already made
Mar 11, 2019Exchange of Information | New Request for Preliminary Ruling from the ECJ
In 2017, the Luxembourg tax authorities, on the basis of a request for exchange of information from the Spanish tax authorities, issued two injunctions against a Luxembourg company and a Luxembourg bank in order to oblige them to provide a certain amount of information on a Spanish taxpayer
Mar 11, 2019Amendment of the Exchange of Information upon Request Law
The law of 1 March 2019, amending the law of 25 November 2014, providing for the procedure applicable to the exchange of information upon request in tax matters, has been voted on February 14 th 2019 by the Luxembourg parliament and published on March 5 th 2019 (hereinafter the “ 2019 Law”). The
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