The European Commission sent a letter of formal notice the 14th of May 2020to Spain to the effect that the Spanish regulations are contrary to Regulation (EU) No. 260/2012 of 14 March 2012 establishing technical and business requirements for credit transfers and direct debits in euro and...
On 15 May 2020, the European Commission published a notice on EU rules in the field of prohibitions and restrictions of imports and exports, in particular, import and/or export licences following the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union. The importation or exportation of...
Interesting article on the last IBDF signed by Teresa Morales and Julie Rogers-Glabushat titled the "Emergency Tax Measures in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Full Picture in Europe" This article provides anoverview of the national measures adopted by 47 European countries so to deal...
The congress activity and, in general, the provision of services relating to events such as cultural, artistic, sporting, scientific, educational, entertainment or similar can be rather complex from their VAT regime point of view. Many of the circumstances likely to occur in this sector of...
The agenda and supporting documents concerning the most recent VAT Committee meeting have now been made available online. At its 116th meeting, the VAT Committee reviewed implementation of the Quick Fixes Package, issues surrounding the Voucher Directive, VAT aspects of centralized customs...
An importan initiative on this key sector has been presented Today the 13th of May by the European Commission. The tourism and transport package is composed of three guidelines and a recommendation to help EU countries gradually lift travel restrictions, allow businesses to reopen and ensure...
The European Commission has dedicated a specific site so to comment about those global and UE initiatives adopted so to address to the problems created by the COVID crusis. To access the site clich here
Pascal Saint-Amans, the Director of the Centre for Tax Policy and Administration at the OECD, announced that the negotiation timeline for new digital taxation proposals has been impacted by the pandemic. Previously, governments were expected to agree on a set of policies by early July in order...
The European Commission has decided today to postpone the entry into force of two EU taxation measures to take account of the difficulties that businesses and Member States are facing at the moment with the Coronavirus crisis. First, the Commission has proposed to postpone the entry into...
Royal Law-Decree 14/2020 of 12 April, (published at the Official Gazette of the 15th of April) establishes an extension for the filing and payment of those returns with pending deadlines at the date of its publication, which will be extended until the 20th of May. So, the new deadline for...
Royal Law-Decree 7/2020 of 12 March, (published at Official Gazette of the 13th March) adopting economic measures to answer the impact of the COVID-19 in the economy contemplated some specialities as regards the postponement regime of those tax debts which dead-lines for filing and payment...
The first Coronavirus Response Investment Initiative package adopted by the EU concentrated on the immediate mobilisation of structural funds, to allow for a prompt response to the crisis. A new package complements the first one by introducing extraordinary flexibility to allow that all...
