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With draft law No. 7390 (the “ Draft Law”), which was submitted to the Luxembourg Parliament on December 4 th 2018, Luxembourg aims at further expanding its already comprehensive double tax treaty network. If adopted, the Draft Law will ratify a new double tax treaty, replace an existing one and

The Chamber of Deputies of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg adopted on 1 August 2018 a law (hereinafter “ the Law”) modifying the law of 8 June 1999 on supplementary pension schemes. The Law aims at implementing a European Directive of 16 April 2014 on supplementary pension rights [1] (hereinafter “

By a decision of November 29 th 2018, the Luxembourg Higher Administrative Court ( Cour administrative) referred three questions to the European Court of Justice of (" ECJ") for a preliminary ruling concerning the former tax consolidation regime applicable in Luxembourg until 2015 and which provided

The Chamber of Deputies of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg adopted on 10 August, 2018 the law on the maintenance of the employment contract and the gradual return to work in the event of a long-term incapacity (“ the Law”). The modifications hereunder detailed will enter into force on 1 January, 2019

On December 13 th 2018, the OECD published the 2017 Peer Review Reports on the Exchange of Information on Tax Rulings. These reports reflect the outcome of the second peer review of the Implementation of Action 5 of the BEPS Project and cover the tax year 2017. The reports review the implementation

On October 17 th 2018, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the “ ECJ”) handed down a ruling (C-249/17) confirming the right to deduct, in full, input VAT paid on expenditure incurred in the context of a takeover bid, provided that the exclusive reason for that expenditure was to be found in