Formal adoption of the EU Directive on ensuring a global minimum level of taxation
What has happened? The EU Member States have reached an agreement to implement Pillar 2 to ensure a global minimum taxation for large groups. Political support is confirmed now that Pillar 2 has been enshrined legislatively in an EU Directive which was adopted unanimously by all EU Member States. The Directive should be implemented into
Hungary lifts veto on Pillar 2 – Council reaches unanimity
Last night the EU Council reached an agreement to implement Pillar 2 (press release) after Hungary dropped its veto on the matter. The next step is to start the written procedure and to publish the Pillar 2 Directive in the Official Journal of the EU. The envisaged timeline to implement Pillar 2 into domestic
Automation of statutory and tax reporting: the time to act is now
Are you dealing with statutory and tax reporting? Is your reporting spreadsheet-based, with many human interventions, causing mistakes or frustrations from time to time? Is your reporting due in a very short-timeframe, whilst you have no sufficient resources in your department to keep up with ever increasing finance and tax requirements? Then the time to
Draft program law on corporate income tax budget measures tabled in the Chamber
In October, the Belgian Government reached an agreement on the federal budget. The draft program law including these measures has just been tabled in the Chamber of Representatives. From a corporate income tax perspective, the relevant provisions of the draft law are: Minimum tax A temporary reinforced minimum tax would be applicable until the law
Upcoming changes to the copyright regime
On 24 October 2022, the cabinet approved the draft of the program law which includes the changes to the copyright regime. This approval has been added to the draft law and filed with the Chamber of Representatives. With this approval, drastic changes to the regime, as we currently know it, are coming closer. The legislator
PwC’s Workforce Podcast – Equal pay and the upcoming reporting directive. Are you ready?
The European Unequal Pay Day is set this year on November 15th. As from this day, women will work “for free” in comparison to men until the end of the year. But what are the main challenges if we speak about the gender pay gap and how can companies deal with it? During this podcast,
PwC’s Workforce Podcast – The importance of ESG for you and your workforce
The importance of ESG for you and your workforce ESG plays a key role in the employee value proposition of companies, to attract talent and retain employees. In this context, ESG is an important topic for human resources (HR) and reward practitioners to consider. It also matters because HR and reward directors have a key
PwC as your guide in the changing Flemish incentive landscape
From the 1st of October 2022, establishing a climate plan and submitting a summary thereof became a new mandatory admissibility requirement for large companies and / or energy-intensive companies applying to most VLAIO subsidy programmes. The climate plan itself is an explanatory document containing the key actions a company will take in the coming years
