Have you heard about the growing focus of the Luxembourg tax authorities (LTAs) on the value added tax (VAT) and transfer pricing (TP) positions of Luxembourg’s taxpayers? In fact, the global trend is for tax authorities to require more and more information about the local and cross-border intragroup transactions to …
As a private customer when you purchase a good or a service from your supplier, value-added tax (VAT) is generally included in the price. The supplier is collecting and then remitting the amount of VAT to the relevant corresponding country’s tax authorities. For companies operating in the financial services industry …
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On 1 January 2018, Value-Added Tax (VAT) will come into effect for the first time in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait and Oman will follow shortly. So far, these countries have benefitted from significant oil-related income. Yet, a drop in …
VAT is the most widespread form of indirect tax around the world with 162 economies having such a system. And, it continues to mainstream with more countries introducing such systems within the next couple of years. In our new series, we have a monthly look at the countries which have recently introduced …
The world becomes more connected. The digital economy comes of age through mobile technology, cloud computing, business intelligence and real time reporting. So, we see an increasing number of tax authorities and businesses around the world adopting or reforming their VAT compliance systems thanks to technological developments. We examined how …
The European Court of Justice has recently ruled that Luxembourg’s legislation on the cost-sharing exemption has been transposed too widely. This VAT exemption is widely used by the country’s financial services industry. And the impact of this decision for bankers, assurers and asset managers would likely to be severe. Frédéric Wersand, …
The Luxembourg VAT authorities have just released their 2016 annual activity report. While this document discloses last year’s milestone figures, it also sets their objectives for 2017. In the light of the tax reform, VAT authorities will particularly beef up penalties and introduce personal liability of directors while intensifying electronic …
Now that the tax reform has entered into force and the late 2016 announcements are effective, we have a better picture of what 2017 has in store for you. In this post, we analyse the five main VAT changes in Luxembourg and explain in detail what they mean to you.
As from 1 January 2017, Luxembourg taxpayers* will have to file their periodical and annual VAT returns on the eCDF platform. The eCDF is the existing platform for electronic gathering of financial data, particularly used to file annual accounts online.
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