The French tax authorities on 6 October 2021 published the long-awaited amended administrative guidelines on the exemption from dividend withholding tax for nonresident collective investment vehicles (CIVs). The new guidelines
2022 draft finance bill released
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The French tax authorities have published new Trust forms
Following the transposition of the European Directive 2015/849 on anti-money laundering and terrorist financing in France by the Ordonnance of February 12th, 2020, Article 1649 AB of the French Tax
2021 finance law adopted by Parliament
The French parliament adopted on 17 November 2020 the 2021 finance law. This article summarizes some of the law’s key provisions applicable to companies, some of which are the same
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Finally and further to more than nine months of negotiations, the United Kingdom and the European Union have reached on December 24th, 2020 an agreement regarding their relationships post-Brexit, entitled
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Overview Agreements between France with Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, and Luxembourg, respectively, have been extended through March 31st, 2020. The agreement with Italy has not yet been extended beyond December 31st,
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Overview To comply with tax withholding requirements, companies must register with the tax authorities and obtain an ID tax number (SIRET). In addition, non EU entities must appoint a tax
Trusts – Your year-end “To Do List”
Trusts are still high priority for French tax authorities as evidenced by the recent publication of the Decree related to the Ordonnance published on February 12, 2020. As year-end is
Gifts up to EUR 100,000 temporarily exempted from tax
Version originale via de Tax@Hand On 24 September 2020, the French Tax Authority published the tax form needed to declare manual gifts (Cerfa n° 2035) and, notably, cash gifts up
French draft tax bill for 2021: non resident taxation and other provisions
The draft tax bill for 2021 has been presented by the government and will be going through the legislative process with a view to be adopted by the end of