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• European Tax Report 04/2008

  May 16, 2008

  European Tax Report 04/2008

• CFE Opinion Statement on the review of existing legislation on VAT reduced rates

  The CFE agrees with the intention of the Commission to find out how far the reduction of
  VAT rates will have a positive effect on the labour market as well as on consumer behaviour.
  The CFE also addressed the impact of levies imposed on wages and salaries which requires
  a joint and sound strategy in order to reduce labour costs. Both VAT and social security
  contributions have to be revised in order to combat unemployment and to foster the labour
  market.

  CFE Opinion Statement on the review of existing legislation on VAT reduced rates

• CFE Opinion Statement on the FCE Case

  This is an Opinion Statement on the consequences of the ECJ interpretation of the VAT
  treatment of transactions between head Office and Branches (Case C-210/04, FCE Bank), prepared by the Fiscal
  Committee of the Confederation Fiscale Européenne (CFE) and submitted to the European Court of Justice in April 2008.

  CFE Opinion Statement on the FCE Case

• CFE Opinion Statement on the OECD International VAT/GST Guidelines

  April 30, 2008

  CFE welcomes the initiative of the OECD and supports the concept of the destination principle for the cross-border trade of services and intangibles. However, the CFE believes that there is a need to mitigate obvious sources of double taxation of royalties in the context of the importation of goods.

  CFE Opinion Statement on the OECD International VAT/GST Guidelines

• Next conference on Professional Affairs

  April 10, 2008

  BLOCK THE DATE IN YOUR AGENDA

  The next conference on Professional Affairs will be held on 26 November 2008 in Brussels. More information will follow soon.

• CFE Forum on 3 April 2008

  April 3, 2008

  The CFE Forum 2008 took place on Thursday 3 April 2008 in the Renaissance Hotel in Brussels. The morning session “The Taxpayer‘s Charter -a Model for Europe?” examined the recent thinking and it debated the role that Taxpayer’s Charters can play in improving the tax systems in all countries to the benefit of revenue authorities, taxpayers and tax advisers.

  The afternoon session “VAT formalities for electronic invoicing - a challenge for Europe‘s businesses” highlighted the overall technical and legal issues as today business suffer from legal uncertainty, non-compliance with requirements and a lack of confidence in the implementation of e-Business solutions.

  What about?

  Programme (EN)
  Programme (FR)
  Programme (DE)

  Presentations Panel 1

  • Philip Baker QC, Barrister, London
  • Michel Aujean, Associé of Counsel, TAJ Société d‘Avocats, Neuilly-sur-Seine
  • Harald Jatzke, Judge, Federal Fiscal Court, Munich
  • Stéphane Austry, Associé, CMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre, Paris

  Presentations Panel 2

  • Christian Amand, Avocat, Loyens&Loeff, Brussels
  • Anne Grousset, Associé, CMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre, Paris
  • Rémi Gouyet, Avocat Associé, Docteur en Droit, Spécialiste en Droit fiscal, Paris
    
  • Rémi Gouyet, Avocat Associé, Docteur en Droit, Spécialiste en Droit fiscal, Paris_English summary
  • Jean Daniel Rouvinez, Vice-Chair of the Indirect Tax Committee and Member of the European Chapter, Tax Executives Institute, Switzerland
  • Rolf Diemer, Head of Unit, VAT and other turnover taxes, European Commission, Brussels

  
  Maria Maria Lourdes Perez-Luque gave the opening speech of the CFE Forum 2008

  

  Philip Baker QC, Barrister, London moderated Panel 1

  

  Speakers in Panel 1 - morning session

  Harald Jatzke (Federal Judge, Munich), Moderator Philip Baker, Michel Aujean (former Director DG TAXUD, now TAJ France) and Stéphane Austry (CMS France)

  

  Panel 2 - Afternoon session

  from left to right: Jean-Daniel Rouvinez (Tax Executives Institute, Switzerland), Rolf Diemer (Head of Unit, DG TAXUD), Moderator Christian Amand (Loyens&Loeff Belgium), Rémi Gouyet (Avocat, Paris), Anne Grousset (CMS France)

  

  Rolf Diemer (Head of Unit, DG TAXUD)

  

  Stephen Bill (Head of Cabinet of Commissioner László Kovács) and Michel Aujean (TAJ Paris)
  (from left to the right)

  

  Active participation from the floor
  Gil Levy (Deputy President of AOTCA)

  

  The Executive Board of the CFE

  

  Reception Desk

  from left to right: Laetita Bois (CFE Brussels Office) and Marcela Vanatkova (Czech Chamber of Tax Advisors)
  

  Closing remarks
  Stephen Coleclough (CHairman of the CFE Fiscal Committee)

  

• CFE Dinner on 3 April 2008

  On 3 April CFE organised a dinner with the speakers of the CFE Forum, representatives from the European Institutions and the Executive Board of the CFE.

  Maria Lourdes Perez-Luque welcomes Gil Levy (Deputy President AOTCA)

  

  (f.l.t.r.): Henk Koller (Chairman CFE Professional Affairs Committee) and Christian Amand (Delegates CFE Fiscal Committee)

  

  (f.l.t.r.): Per Krogh (CFE Vice-President), Stephen Coleclough (Chairman CFE Fiscal Committee), Stéphane Austry (CMS Paris) and Gil Levy (Deputy Presdent AOTCA)

  

  (f.l.t.r.): Stella Willborn (CFE Public Affairs Coordinator), Stephen Bill (Head of Cabinet of Commissioner László Kovács) and Susanne Metzler (Director, CFE Brussels Office)
  

  Christine Cloquet (CFE Vice-President) and Dr. Heinrich Weiler (CFE Secretary General)

  

  Susanne Metzler (Director CFE Brussels Office) and Rolf Diemer (Head of Unit / DG TAXUD)

  

  Maria Lourdes Perez-Luque (CFE President) and Jiri Nekovar (CFE Vice-President)

  

• European Tax Report 03/2008

  March 28, 2008

  European Tax Report 03/2008

• Professional Law Report 1/2008

  March 25, 2008

  Professional Law Report 01/2008

• European Tax Report 02/2008

  February 29, 2008

  European Tax Report 02/2008