FASB adds income tax accounting topics to its agenda
During its Agenda Prioritisation meeting on 13 August, 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) added the following two income tax accounting topics to its agenda as part of its broader simplification initiative: Possible elimination of the exception for recognising deferred taxes on certain intercompany transactions under ASC 740-10-25-3(e); and Possible classification of all deferred tax
BASC published final advice 2014/8 on the Belgian GAAP treatment of the Fairness Tax
Following the draft advice published on 2 April 2014, the Belgian Accounting Standards Commission (BASC) issued advice 2014/8 on the Belgian GAAP treatment of the Fairness Tax. This advice confirms what was stated in the draft version of the advice. In brief, the final version of the advice confirms that the Fairness Tax should follow
Telework: The National Social Security Office brings its position into line with the tax authorities
In the Practice Note of 16 January 2014, the Belgian tax authorities announced that a monthly tax-free lump-sum of EUR 20 as a compensation for the business use of a privately owned computer and internet connection (i.e. a total of EUR 40 per month) could be granted under certain conditions. Where for a while a doubt
Court of Appeal of Ghent: no interest withholding tax exemption without certificate
In a recent – severe – judgement, the Court of Appeal of Ghent (18 March 2014) ruled that no interest withholding tax exemption can be claimed by lack of a properly dated certificate. Under Belgian domestic tax law, interest payments in principle are subject to a 25% withholding tax. However, based on the implementation of
European Commission launches public consultation on IFRS
The European Commission is holding a public consultation to seek views from all interested parties on their experience of Regulation 1606/2002 (“the IAS Regulation”). The results of this public consultation will feed into the European Commission’s evaluation of the IAS Regulation. The IAS Regulation states that the IFRS must be applied to the consolidated financial
OECD releases request for input on BEPS Action 11
Background The Action 11 work of the BEPS (base erosion and profit shifting) action plan aims to produce an overview of several different economic analyses of BEPS using different data and methodologies that will give a potential range of the scale (i.e. magnitude of the change in overall tax receipts) and economic impacts (i.e. effects on total
The UCITS V Directive is now adopted
On 23 July 2014, the Council of the European Union formally approved the proposal for a “Directive of the European Parliament and of the council of amending Directive 2009/65/EC (the UCITS IV Directive) on the coordination of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities as regards depositary functions,
Circular letter on the deductibility of car costs
In a circular letter dated 15 July 2014 (see link below), the Belgian Minister of Finance, Koen Geens, has elaborated on the tax deductibility of the costs relating to cars being put at the disposal of third parties in the hands of whom the corresponding benefit in kind is considered to be taxable. For Belgian
