Jan Stojaspal

Germany is moving to create a new national authority to overcome fragmentation in the country’s approach to combating financial crimes and money laundering under a draft bill the federal government approved Wednesday.

Germany is asking for feedback on updated draft guidance explaining new tax rules governing corporate restructurings.

Sweden’s Supreme Administrative Court backed Volkswagen Finans Sverige AB on using a turnover-based method for calculating the size of input value-added tax that can be deducted in relation to so-called mixed operations—a combination of taxable and exempt activities.

Restructuring an acquired company to preserve its core economic activity does not constitute a significant change in activity and can’t be used as grounds for disallowing the transfer of the company’s carry-forward losses, France’s top administrative court ruled.

Multinational companies seeking tax certainty under the OECD’s proposed rules for reallocating some profits to market jurisdictions can expect binding decision-making that’s faster than traditional tax audits, an official of the international organization said Thursday.

Italy’s draft transfer pricing provisions need to clarify the tax consequences of a local asset manager failing to demonstrate that its compensation conforms to the arm’s-length principle, according to practitioners.

Double taxation of profits from a minority interest in a German limited partnership – considered to be non-transparent under Dutch tax rules – can only be prevented through a mutual agreement procedure under the German-Dutch tax treaty, an official interpretative body

Norway aims to hold large domestic groups to the same minimum tax rules that will apply to large multinationals, under global minimum tax legislation submitted Friday for parliamentary approval.

Latvia wants to introduce mandatory electronic invoicing for all domestic companies from Jan. 1, 2026, according to a proposal released for public consultation Monday.

Companies within the scope of the global minimum tax rules can now sign up to the Belgian trade register, the country's federal finance authority