The European Commission (“EC”) proposed a Council Directive on “Business in Europe: Framework for Income Taxation” (BEFIT) on 12 September 2023 [link to the EC’s legislative BEFIT-batch here].
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24
Jul
EACC & Member News
09
Jul
Lennart Crain, who specialises in public and private M&A, public company representation and private equity, has contributed to Lexology’s ‘Panoramic: Public M&A 2024’ with a chapter about the Netherlands.
In the chapter, edited by Contributing Editor Eric Swedenburg of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, Lennart discusses the framework and recent trends of public M&A in the Netherlands. He covers corporate, contractual, regulatory and other aspects of friendly and hostile public offers.
07
Jun
Since our first article about this topic in 2022, check fraud has been a massive issue in the United States for many incoming European businesses and can be a culture shock for many. The Covid-19 pandemic has contributed to the decline of check use, but it is still a vital currency, and most businesses cannot afford to decline checks. TABS has come up with its top ten tips for avoiding check fraud.
29
Apr
Duidelijke marktanalyses door onze top Bloomberg forecasters. Een podcast die u inzichten biedt om goed geïnformeerde beslissingen te nemen.
26
Apr
December 2020, the State Secretary of Finance (the State Secretary) informed the Lower House of the Dutch Parliament that an investigation would be carried out with respect to the question whether two of the non-fiscal tasks assigned to the Tax Administration (Belastingdienst) pursuant to the Registration Act 1970 (Registratiewet 1970) were still in keeping with its duties. These non-fiscal tasks are the registration of private deeds (onderhandse akten) and the supervision on the registration of notarial deeds (notariële akten).
25
Apr
Last Thursday we held our 2024 M&A Summit in London, where we were joined by over 100 market experts, corporates intermediaries and investors to discuss the global deal landscape.
25
Apr
Loyens & Loeff New York regularly posts ‘Snippets’ on a range of EU tax and legal topics. In a previous Snippet, we described hybrid financing arrangements (HFAs) under article 3.2.7 of the Pillar Two (P2) model rules. This Snippet describes the treatment of certain HFAs under the P2 guidance published by the OECD in December 2023 (the Guidance) for purposes of the transitional country-by-country reporting safe harbour (SH) rules.
25
Apr
The leading Dutch legal journal on private international law (NIPR) published a commentary written by members of our Litigation & Risk Management team.
24
Apr
Middels de EU Green Deal en het EU Fit for 55 pakket komen er een hoop klimaatmaatregelen op Nederland af. Dat klimaatmaatregelen nodig zijn is duidelijk – en het klimaat heeft niet alleen baat bij bij het extra beprijzen van vervuiling (door bijvoorbeeld een co2-heffing), ook kan de overheid groene investeringen stimuleren. Dit maakt groene investeringen en ontwikkelingen interessanter en lucratiever. Natuurlijk ook met als doel: zo snel mogelijk minder uitstoot, op een duurzame manier.
18
Apr
On 12 March 2024, the European Parliament approved the proposed Cyber Resilience Act (Proposal for a regulation on horizontal cybersecurity requirements for products with digital elements; “CRA“). The CRA now has to be formally adopted by the European Council in order to come into law. This is expected in April 2024.