Compliance

Common Reporting Standard, Compliance, Europe, Germany, Italy, Law enforcement, MNE Profits, Tax transparency, United Kingdom

(Temple Tax Chambers; King’s College London)/ /Leave a comment

Tax authorities have relied on informers for investigative leads perhaps since taxes were first imposed. In the 21st Century high profile cases of theft of taxpayer information by employees of service providers including banks and professional firms have provided data not only of interest to tax authorities but also as a driver of international tax…

Abuse of law, Compliance, Corporate income tax, Estonia

(RASK Attorneys-at-Law)/ /Leave a comment

One objective of Estonian Tax and Customs Board (ETCB) is to provide simple and convenient services to taxpayers. To achieve this, the ETCB has invested significant amount of resources to enable taxpayers, both companies and natural persons, to submit their tax returns online and communicate with the ETCB via electronic means to the largest extent….

Administrative obligations, Compliance, Digital platforms, Distance selling, EU law, EU/EEA, Supplies, VAT

(Maastricht University, PwC Netherlands, ‘s-Gravenhage Court of First Instance)/ /Leave a comment

Last month, the second edition of the book ‘Fundamentals of EU VAT Law‘ was published.[1] It was written by Herman van Kesteren, Simon Cornielje, Frank Nellen and me. The second edition received a major update and contains – among other things – new key CJEU case law and new EU VAT legislation (such as the…

Administrative obligations, CJEU, Compliance, Excise duties, Harmonized taxes, Italy, Subsidies

(PhD – University of Brescia/Bergamo; Tax Lawyer in Milan)/ /Leave a comment

The Court of Cassation (the Italian Supreme Court), in recent judgment no. 14983 of 15 July 2020, has set forth the principle of law that, as regards excise duties, the omission of a formal compliance requirement (notably, sending a monthly declaration to the Italian Customs Agency) does not preclude the application of a subsidized tax…