After the silent collapse of Pillar One earlier this summer, as it now seems, the question as to what’s next seems to be moving up business agendas and political agendas. On an informal meeting of tax practitioners from business and consultancy in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, on 24 September 2024, the author of the current blog…
Felix Desmyttere[1] and Juan Manuel Vazquez[2] It has been over three years and a half since the release of the OECD Model Rules for Digital Platforms[3] and a few days since the expiration of the first reporting deadline under the European variant of such reporting framework: Directive 2021/514[4] (commonly known as ‘DAC7’). Despite different guidelines…
We are happy to inform you that the latest issue of the journal is now available and includes the following contributions: Axel Cordewener, We Need to Know When Previous Case-Law Has Been ‘Overruled’! – A Plea for More Legal Certainty in EU Tax Law In its recent judgment inW AG the Court of Justice of…
DAC7 The Seventh EU Directive on Administrative Cooperation in the field of taxation (“DAC7”)[1] introduced new reporting obligations for Platform Operators. Although these reporting obligations entered into force as of 1 January 2023 already and the first reporting deadline is 31 January 2024, the concept of Platform is not always clear. Thus, determining whether software…
Today, there is an exponential increase in new forms of commercialization of goods and the provision of services that make use of digital platforms. This situation is altering the functioning of the transport, delivery and digital services markets, among others. The rise of the sharing and gig economy, powered by digital platforms, has triggered the…
Nevia Čičin-Šain and Joachim Englisch* The sixth amendment of the Directive on administrative cooperation has just been adopted by Council, on 22 March. Earlier drafts of DAC 7 have received certain attention mostly for the new regime of documentation and reporting obligations imposed upon digital platforms. However, the new Directive also features numerous other important…
