Baker McKenzie Luxembourg is thrilled to announce that it has been named as the Luxembourg Tax Disputes Firm of the Year (2023) at the prestigious 18th International Tax Review (ITR) ceremony held in London on 28 September. This achievement serves as a testament to our dedicated cross-practice teams specializing in tax, transfer pricing and litigation.
– PRESS RELEASE – The Luxembourg and Polish offices of the global law firm DLA Piper have assisted the Polish Ministry of National Defence, the Polish Development Fund (PFR), and PFR Ventures in their investment within the NATO Innovation Fund.
General Members News Carlo Thelen, Director General of the Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce, recently shared his thoughts on how to make our tax system more attractive.
Last month, a new draft law was presented to the Parliament which amends the Luxembourg General Tax Law as well as some other laws on tax procedure in order to simplify and modernise the rules governing the tax procedure in Luxembourg. Afterwards, drafts of Grand-Ducal Regulations aiming at implementing various provisions of the draft law were released
General Members News Luxembourg introduced an exemption regime regarding the holding of shareholders and board members meetings during the COVID-19 pandemic through the law of 23 September 2020 relating to measures on the holding of meetings in companies and other legal entities (the “Law”). The exemption regime took an effective end on 1st January 2023.
ATOZ will be hosting on 23 March as of 8:30am their next breakfast conference, proudly co-hosted with Sedlo Law Firm and ILA, taking place at the Novotel Kirchberg Luxembourg.
Aurélie Clementz has joined the Ogier partnership to spearhead the international law firm’s tax offering in Luxembourg.
2022 Presentation slides are now available.
General Members News Sustainable Finance update (asset management): CSSF announces fast track procedure for Taxonomy Regulation compliance by 1 January 2022 The CSSF announced in its communication (available here) published on 2 December 2021 that it has put in place a fast track procedure to facilitate compliance with the taxonomy-related disclosure requirements of articles 5, 6 and 7
General Members News The European Commission has adopted on 18 May 2021 a Communication on Business Taxation for the 21st century to promote a robust, efficient and fair business tax system in the European Union. It sets out both a long-term and short- term vision to support Europe’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and to ensure adequate public
General Members News LUXEMBOURG— On 2 April 2021, the Accidental Americans Association (AAA) filed an appeal with the Luxembourg Administrative Tribunal against a decision of the Luxembourg tax authorities (ACD) to refuse to halt transfers of personal data under FATCA. The AAA considers such transfers to be illegal and asks the Administrative Tribunal to submit several preliminary questions
2020 Please be informed that on 21 September 2020 at 16h00, Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni will host an interactive online event “Fair and Simple Taxation“. The Commissioner will be joined by high-level speakers such as German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz and MEP Irene Tinagli, Chair of the European Parliament Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. The two-hour event will present ways of how EU policies can support recovery and improve