During yesterday’s ECOFIN meeting, the EU Council adopted the Council Directive, called “DAC8”, amending Directive 2011/16/EU on administrative cooperation in the field of taxation. DAC8 notably introduces new reporting obligations for crypto-asset service providers, automatic exchange of information on advance cross-border rulings for individuals and also extends the list of income subject to mandatory automatic exchange between Member States and amends DAC6 which relates to reportable cross-border arrangements.
The EU Council also updated the EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes. This update is an important step as it directly impacts the scope of application of three different Luxembourg tax measures.
In this Alert, Tax Partner, Petya Dimitrova, and Chief Knowledge Officer, Marie Bentley, describe the nature of these measures and their implications.