Corporate tax for funds: ‘like building a plane while flying’
Alfi’s European asset management conference on Tuesday caught up on the global debate about corporate taxation, something that will also affect large Luxembourg investment funds. At the heart of the complex discussion: BEPS Pillar Two and Transfer Pricing.
“Some see it like building a plane while flying,” said Keith O’Donnell, managing partner at Atoz Tax Advisors. “Really big challenge. No tax authority has issued forms yet to allow firms to comply. It is very much a work in progress.”
Tough days ahead for BEPS 2.0 as Ecofin meets
The OECD’s latest global tax plan is in trouble. Dubbed “BEPS 2.0”, the Inclusive Framework Pillar One and Two proposals – which has the political backing of 137 countries – is facing political difficulties, including within the EU and the US. The “Ecofin” meeting of EU finance ministers on Tuesday in Luxembourg will seek to break the logjam in Europe. How is Luxembourg positioned?