Capital Gains Tax Rates in Europe, 2025
Source 2025 Capital Gains Tax Rates in Europe | Tax Foundation Europe
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EU Council Urges Belgium to Address Excessive Budget Deficit
The European Council adopted recommendations for seven countries to correct their excessive deficit situation within a set time period: Belgium, France, Italy, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Romania. The recommendations contain
EU ”Directive 2025/50: Streamlined Cross-Border Tax Relief Procedures” published (FASTER)
Council Directive (EU) 2025/50: Enhancing Efficiency and Security in Withholding Tax Relief Introduction On December 10, 2024, the Council of the European Union adopted Directive (EU) 2025/50, aimed at streamlining
European Commission issued the report ”’VAT after ViDA”
The European Commission has made the report ”VAT after ViDA – Reflections on the future of VAT” public. The report was discussed during the VEG meeting dd. December 13, 2024.
Council adopts new rules for withholding tax procedures (FASTER)
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New European Commission sets administrative burden reduction as a priority
The new European Commission (EC) started to work on its new priorities as of 2 December. One of the immediate actions of the new EC will be to deliver on
Commission closes State aid investigations into Fiat, Amazon and Starbucks tax rulings
The European Commission has closed three in-depth State aid investigations into transfer pricing tax rulings granted by Luxembourg to Fiat and Amazon, and by the Netherlands to Starbucks. Following judgments