ATOZ Blog

21/12/2016

The Santander Autogrill case: The end of round 1

What do a bank and a duty free shopping group have in common? Answer: they both invested abroad. In itself, hardly noteworthy, but in this case, these 2 Spanish companies…
- by Keith O’Donnell, Oliver R. Hoor

01/09/2016

The Misuse of EU Rules in the Name of Tax Justice: Comparing Apples to Burgers

The Apple case has shot EU state aid rules into the headlines. It finishes the metamorphosis of State Aid from what was seen as a somewhat dull back-room legal field into a…
- by Keith O’Donnell

30/06/2016

Unicorns: prized game for investors on the hunt

The popular website Airbnb gives travelers to Paris the possibility to stay a few nights in 40,000 different homes and apartments without a single Haussmanian building or…
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30/06/2016

The ideal investment platform for a new and hungry market

Earlier this month, Boeing, the American aerospace giant, won a 17 billion dollar contract with Iran. This contact comes after an even more impressive 25 billion dollar deal…
- by Jamal Afakir

24/06/2016

Ready, Steady, Brexit

Shockwaves from this morning’s announcement are still rippling through the media, the markets and foreign and UK government. The “leave” scenario that many business owners…
- by Keith O’Donnell

07/04/2016

5 minutes to bring you up to speed on the Common Reporting Standard

- by Jamal Afakir

17/03/2016

Transfer pricing documentation in Luxembourg – What’s your strategy?

Transfer pricing has become the hot topic in Luxembourg taxation over the last few years in an environment that relies increasingly less on tax rulings. In the past,…
- by Oliver R. Hoor

16/11/2015

VAT changes 2015: No regrets

Last week, the OECD Global Forum on VAT met in Paris to discuss International VAT/GST Guidelines, focusing heavily on VAT treatment of international trade in services and…
- by VAT Team