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Pillar One – Amount B

Amount B attempts to streamline and simplify the process of pricing baseline marketing and distribution activities in accordance with the arm’s length principle. The aim of this new approach is […]

7 November 2024 – Exclusive Brazil roundtable session – Indirect tax reform in Brazil

On 7 November 2024, and in close cooperation with Brazilian tax specialists from Alma Law, Atlas Tax Lawyers proudly hosts an exclusive roundtable session on the latest indirect tax developments […]

Indirect Tax webinar – VAT highlights 2024 – 29 October 2024

On the 29th of October from 14:00 – 15:00 CET we will host our third VAT Webinar of this year. During this webinar we will touch upon the VAT highlights […]

Adjustment of earnings stripping rule for real estate entities likely off the table

To prevent real estate entities from splitting up to make use of the € 1 million threshold multiple times, the Dutch government intended to tighten the earnings stripping rule for […]

Publications

The ATAD general anti-avoidance rule in the Netherlands

The Dutch legislator decided not to implement the General Anti-Avoidance Rule (“GAAR”) of the EU Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive (“ATAD”) and to rely on the court developed fraus legis doctrine.    As there are several […]

Economic Analysis and Impact Assessment of the Pillar 1 & 2 Proposals

On 13 February 2020, the OECD published a (first) economic analysis / impact assessment of the (combined) Pillar 1 & 2 proposals). Background The OECD recently published the proposals for […]

OECD releases Transfer Pricing Guidance on Financial Transactions

On February 11, 2020 the OECD released the highly anticipated report “Transfer Pricing Guidance on Financial Transactions” (“the report”), which deals with the follow-up work in relation to Actions 8-10 […]

Abuse of Law under EU Directives – Derivatives & Financial Instruments, 2019 (Volume 21), No. 6

In this article the authors Frederik Mulder and Yves Cattel discuss the ruling of the European Court of Justice in the so-called “Danish cases” (T Danmark – Case C-116/16 and […]




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