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Council of the European Union

EU VAT proposals for e-books, reverse charge fail

The Council of European Union at a meeting today failed to reach agreement on proposals to reduce the VAT rate for electronic publications and temporarily apply a generalised reverse charge mechanism; the EU VAT e-commerce proposal was also discussed, writes Davide Anghileri of the University of Lausanne . . .

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Africa

EU finance ministers adjust tax haven blacklist, approve tax transparency scheme for intermediaries

Davide Anghileri of the University of Lausanne discusses today’s proceedings at the European Union’s Economic and Financial Affairs Council, where the EU’s blacklist of non-cooperative jurisdictions in taxation matters was updated and the ministers voted to approve a Commission proposal requiring mandatory reporting by intermediaries involved with potentially aggressive tax planning schemes . . . 

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Americas

EU proposal to halt multinational tax avoidance through third-country hybrid mismatches stalls

EU finance ministers, during an ECOFIN meeting of the Council of the EU held December 6, were unable to reach agreement on new hybrid mismatch rules designed to prevent multinationals from avoiding tax by exploiting differences between the tax systems of EU and non-EU countries. The ministers disagreed with a Dutch proposal to extend the effective date of the rules and a UK proposal. . .