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Future Tax Reform in Luxembourg “Investors should keep in mind the current international tax context and more especially

the on-going work aiming at fighting against base erosion and profit shifting” Samantha Merle, ATOZ

Luxembourg’s new Prime Minister, Xavier Bettel, recently presented a Government Declaration to the country’s Chamber of Deputies, in which he outlined details of plans to reform taxation in the country. The aim of the envisaged tax reform is to boost growth and to create jobs in Luxembourg, whilst simultaneously generating additional revenues for the state. To learn more of the impact of these future reforms, we spoke to Samantha Merle of ATOZ Tax Advisers and Marc Schmitz & John Hames of EY, Luxembourg. “Companies and investors should be prepared to a stricter monitoring of filing and payments deadlines, and consequently take appropriate measures to be able to meet them.” Marc Schmitz & John Hames, EY

New EU VAT Rules for 2015 On January 01st 2015, changes will be made to the European Union VAT place of supply of

services rules involving business to consumer supplies of broadcasting, telecommunications and e-services. To explore these changes and those affected, Grant Thornton’s Finbarr O’Connell discusses the extent of the reforms and what businesses should consider ahead of the imminent changes.

“These changes are known as ‘The VAT Package’. It’s very important that businesses operating across several countries are aware of these changes so that they can be incorporated into their business model.”

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