The European Union has recently amended the list of countries considered as non-cooperating for tax purposes. Following the assessment of the respective criteria in the tax area, the EU Council presented a new EU Blacklist. The changes affected two…
ECOFIN adopted a revised EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes (the EU blacklist). The EU Finance Ministers agreed to add two new jurisdictions to the list as well as to remove two jurisdictions from the list.
The European Commission approved temporarily waive of customs duties and VAT on the import of masks and protective equipment, testing kits and medical devices such as ventilators from the third countries.
OECD, European Commission as well as respective states continuously provide new information how to deal with tax and social security issues arising due to COVID-19 restrictions. A common attitude is that temporary changes due to the pandemic…
ECOFIN has adopted again a revised EU blacklist of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes. The EU Finance Ministers agreed to add four new jurisdictions to the list: Cayman Islands, Palau, Panama and Seychelles.
On 20 December 2019, the European Commission released final version of the Explanatory Notes on the VAT “Quick Fixes”, which were to be implemented by the EU Member States as of 1 January 2020.
From January 2020, employers, who employ Austrian tax residents will be required to register for Austrian taxes and withhold Austrian wage tax from their salaries. The new legislation could have an impact on Slovak companies employing persons living…
