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News article21 June 2017Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs Union

Commission forges ahead on new transparency rules for tax planning intermediaries

The European Commission has today proposed tough new transparency rules for intermediaries - such as tax advisors, accountants, banks and lawyers - who design and promote tax planning schemes for their clients.

Cross-border tax planning schemes bearing certain characteristics or 'hallmarks' which can result in losses for governments will now have to be automatically reported to the tax authorities before they are used.

Member States will automatically exchange the information that they receive on the tax planning schemes through a centralised database, giving them early warning on new risks of avoidance and enabling them to take measures to block harmful arrangements.

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Q&A on new transparency rules for intermediaries
Factsheet
DG TAXUD page on the new transparency rules for intermediaries

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Publication date
21 June 2017
Author
Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs Union