Current EU withholding tax procedures are costly, inefficient and prone to fraud. Is the Commission’s ‘FASTER’ proposal the answer? Paul Radcliffe, Reinhart Devisscher and Ramzan Bashir (EY) investigate.
The judgment reads as something of a ‘whitewash’, supporting the Commission on every ground, write Paul Davison and Helen Buchanan (Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer).
1 December 2019 marks the start of the new European Commission led by incoming President Ursula von der Leyen. Jordan Serfati and Nikolaas Van Robbroeck (Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer) consider what's in store for tax policy.
Brussels is doing a few more twists and turns before entering summer hibernation mode. Johan Barros (Accountancy Europe) examines what has been going on in recent weeks.