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Jun 30, 2018Prospectuses | Draft Law
On June 29 th 2018, the Chamber of Deputies of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg issued a draft law 7328 on prospectuses (the “ Draft Law”) for the purposes of implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 on the prospectus to be published when securities are offered to the public or admitted to trading on a
Jun 25, 2018Circular on VAT Treatment of Virtual Currencies
On June 11 th 2018, the director of the Luxembourg indirect tax authorities ( Administration de l’enregistrement et des domaines, “ AED”) issued a circular, which confirms that the position held by the ECJ, in its court ruling Hedqvist of October 22 nd 2015 (C-264/14), should apply in Luxembourg and
Jun 25, 2018Draft Law on the VAT Group Regime
The Luxembourg Minister of Finance submitted to the Parliament on April 13 th 2018 a new draft law No. 7278, introducing the VAT group regime in Luxembourg (the “ Draft Law”). This follows the repeal on November 23 rd 2017 of the Grand-Ducal Decree dated January 21 st 2004 regarding the VAT
Jun 22, 2018Draft Law for the ATAD 1 Implementation
On June 18 th 2018, the Luxembourg government published a draft law implementing the first Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive (hereafter “ ATAD”) into Luxembourg law (please see our Newsletter of April 2016 on the topic of the ATAD). The draft law still needs to go through the Luxembourg legislative
Jun 19, 2018BEPS Related Amendments to the Luxembourg Law
In the framework of the June 18 th 2018 draft law implementing the first Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive (hereafter “ ATAD”) into Luxembourg law, the Luxembourg government decided to propose additional changes to the Luxembourg tax law that were not required by the ATAD but nonetheless fall, in the
Jun 18, 2018New Circular on Input VAT Deduction
On June 11 th 2018, the Luxembourg VAT authorities issued a circular letter No. 765-1 (the “ Circular”), extending the scope of application of the circular letter No. 765, released in 2013, to VAT taxable persons carrying out both economic and non-economic activities. Through the Circular, the VAT
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