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VAT reporting obligations in the Digital Age: any risk for personal data processing?

13 July 2023 by Baker McKenzie - Luxembourg : Florence D’Ath – Senior Associate, IPTech; Antonio Merino – Senior Tax Associate, VAT

On 3 March 2023, the European Data Protection Supervisor (hereafter, the “EDPS”) responded to the EU Commission’s consultation dated 10 January 2023 on the legislative proposal on VAT reporting obligations, assessing the potential impact on the right to personal data protection, within the package “VAT in the Digital Age”.
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Baker McKenzie announces the promotion of Olivier Dal Farra as a tax partner

05 July 2023 by Baker McKenzie - Luxembourg

Baker McKenzie Luxembourg is thrilled to announce the promotion of Olivier Dal Farra to Partner in our tax practice group, effecting from 1 July 2023.
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Baker McKenzie Luxembourg announces new Counsel’s promotion

05 July 2023 by Baker McKenzie - Luxembourg

It is with immense pleasure that Baker McKenzie Luxembourg announces the promotion of two counsel in the Tax and Transfer Pricing Practice Group, effecting from 1 July 2023.
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Luxembourg: Clarifications on reverse hybrid entities

28 June 2023 by Baker McKenzie - Luxembourg: Diogo Duarte De Oliveira, Amar Hamouche and Antonio Weffer

On 9 June 2023, the Luxembourg tax authorities issued a long awaited circular1 ("Circular") on reverse hybrid provisions as set forth under Article 168quater of the Luxembourg Income Tax Law (LITL). The purpose of the Circular is to provide guidance on determining the net income and tax due by taxpayers falling under the scope of Article 168quater LITL, i.e., being reverse hybrids.
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Luxembourg: Transfer pricing documentation requirements and new advance pricing procedures - highlights of the main changes

15 June 2023 by Baker McKenzie - Luxembourg: Diogo Duarte de Oliveira, Amar Hamouche and Antonio Weffer

On 28 March 2023, the government presented Bill of Law 8186 ("Bill"), which provides a set of amendments to the General Tax Law (Abgabenordnung, AO) dated 22 May 1931. Amongst others, the bill introduces new bilateral and multilateral advance pricing agreement procedures, together with the possibility to issue, withdraw or amend a tax assessment further to a mutual agreement procedure (MAP) or an arbitration decision.

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Evolution of TP case law in Luxembourg — from zero to 100 in record time

08 June 2023 by Baker McKenzie - Luxembourg: Antonio Weffer, Elodie Schmidt

In the past few years, the Luxembourg tax authorities (LTA) have shown a growing interest in the examination of transfer pricing (TP) aspects of transactions carried out by multinational groups.
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Interactions between transfer pricing and customs rules further to the Hamamatsu case: a potential turmoil in Luxembourg?

04 May 2023 by Baker McKenzie - Luxembourg - Antonio A. Weffer, Antonio Merino

More than five years ago, the Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU") ruled in the Hamamatsu Photonics Deutschland GmbH (“Hamamatsu”) case that, according to the former EU customs legislation , a taxpayer cannot make ex post adjustments to customs value based on an intercompany agreement for goods under an advance pricing agreement (“APA”) concluded with the tax authorities.

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Luxembourg: New Bill of Law on simplification and modernization of certain procedural aspects in tax matters

13 April 2023 by Baker McKenzie - Luxembourg

On 28 March 2023, the government presented Bill of Law 8186 ("Bill"), which provides a set of amendments to the General Tax Law (Abgabenordnung, AO) dated 22 May 1931 and introduces new procedural aspects applicable to taxpayers.[1] The Bill also introduces new bilateral and multilateral advance pricing agreement procedures, together with the possibility to issue, withdraw or amend a tax assessment further to a mutual agreement procedure (MAP) or an arbitration decision. Lastly, the Bill proposes a transfer pricing (TP) documentation requirement for transactions between associated enterprises, while further details regarding the scope, exact content and magnitude will be unveiled soon in a coming grand ducal decree.
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Baker McKenzie welcomes new partner in Los Angeles

29 July 2019 by Paola Aurisicchio

New addition joins the team from Reed Smith
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Baker McKenzie expands London tax offering

08 July 2019 by Jon Moore

New appointment further boosts the strong transactional practice at the firm
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