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The European Commission proposals to modernise the current legislation for financial services and insurance

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • European Union
  • -
  • December 26 2007

The EC has adopted proposals for a directive and a regulation aimed at modernising and simplifying the VAT rules for financial and insurance services

Review of 2009 and preview of 2010

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • European Union, United Kingdom
  • -
  • January 15 2010

The transition from 2009 to 2010 sees some significant legislative chapters closing, notably the Companies Act 2006, Rome I and II, the Banking Act 2009 and the Lisbon Treaty

European Parliament contemplates global financial institution tax

  • Alston & Bird LLP
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  • European Union, USA
  • -
  • February 23 2010

Today, the European Parliament Economic Affairs Committee issued a press release stating that "a globally implemented tax to discourage excessive risk-taking by financial institutions and to ensure the industry pays for the damage caused by the financial crisis should be considered."

European Commission consultation on financial sector taxation

  • Dechert LLP
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • March 8 2011

A tax on financial activities (a "FAT") relates to the total sum of profits and remunerations of financial institutions

European Commission presents vision for taxing financial sector

  • Alston & Bird LLP
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  • European Union
  • -
  • October 11 2010

On Friday, the European Commission (EC) issued its assessment of proposals for two new sets of taxes on the financial sector: a financial activities tax (FAT) and a tax on financial transactions (FTT

International regulatory update 28 February - 4 March 2011

  • Clifford Chance LLP
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  • European Union
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  • March 8 2011

The European Parliament has published a non-legislative report, dated 10 February 2011, on innovative financing at a global and European level, which argues that an EU financial transaction tax could help finance budgets, reduce public deficits and avoid speculation

Commission publishes draft EU FTT entitlement rules

  • Dentons
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  • European Union
  • -
  • November 25 2011

The Commission has published a proposal for a Regulation on how Member States are to pay to the EU its share of the proposed financial transaction tax (FTT

Commission publishes taxation responses

  • Dentons
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • June 3 2011

The Commission has published the responses it received to its consultation on financial sector taxation

European financial transaction tax developments

  • Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • January 20 2012

On 3 January 2012, Denmark, who assumed the rotating EU presidency on 1 January 2012, initiated a technical review of the European Commission's proposal for a European financial transaction tax (FTT

MEPs back Eurozone FTT

  • Dentons
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • February 10 2012

Members of the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee (ECON) agreed a Eurozone Financial Transaction Tax (FTT) would control high-frequency trading and could also help to stabilise the economy

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