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25 Feb 2025 à 05:00
Politics & Economy
16th sanctions package against Russia
The 16th package targets systemically important sectors of the Russian economy such as energy, trade, transport, infrastructure, and financial services. It also adds further measures aimed at tackling circumvention. To curb the risk of our sanctions being bypassed, certain provisions of the 16th package are now also mirrored in the Belarussanctions regime. The EU has in addition updated and strengthened its sanctions regimes concerning Crimea...
29 Jan 2025 à 06:00
Tax
Investment deduction: new rules since 1 january 2025
The Federal legislator reformed the Belgian Investment Deduction (ID) regime through the Act of 12 May 2024 containing various fiscal provisions (Dutch/French). This new regime has been in effect since 1 January 2025 and applies to fixed assets acquired or created from that date. In support of this reform, the Federal Government issued two Royal Decrees on 20 December 2024, published on 30 December...
02 Jan 2025 à 08:38
Tax
Harmful Tax Practices - OECD/G20 Base Erosion and Profit Shifting Project action 5
Under the BEPS Action 5 minimum standard, members of the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) have committed to counter harmful tax practices with a focus on improving transparency. Context One part of the Action 5 minimum standard is the transparency framework for compulsory spontaneous exchange of information on certain tax rulings. The exchange on tax rulings is a critical tool...
10 Dec 2024 à 05:00
Apps, Cloud & Digital
Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) : impact on regional local jobs markets ?
Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) will impact regional local job markets differently across OECD countries, exacerbating existing urban-rural income and productivity gaps as well as the digital divides between regions, according to a new OECD report. Job Creation and Local Economic Development 2024 finds that, following a decade of employment growth, over half of OECD regions had reached employment rates above 70% by 2023, with more...
07 Dec 2024 à 05:01
Politics & Economy
Economic Outlook: Global growth to remain resilient in 2025 and 2026 despite significant risks
30 Nov 2024 à 05:00
Tax
Focus on the OECD Secretary-General last Tax Report ...
This report sets out recent developments in international tax reform, including on the Two-Pillar Solution to Address the Tax Challenges Arising from the Digitalisation of the Economy. It also covers progress made on the implementation of the BEPS minimum standards and tax transparency, as well as updates on tax policy, tax and inequality and tax administration. OECD (2024), OECD Secretary-General Tax Report to G20...
29 Nov 2024 à 05:00
Environment & Mobility
EU continues to be a global leader on sustainable finance
More than three years after the first transaction of our NextGenerationEU (NGEU) Green Bonds, the EU has issued more than €65 billion of NGEU Green Bonds, setting the EU on track to becoming the largest issuer of Green Bonds in the world. In line with the announcement of President von der Leyen in her State of the Union address of 2020, the European Commission will...
24 Nov 2024 à 05:00
Management & Organisation
Evaluation of the EU competition rules on technology transfer agreements
The European Commission has on 22 november 2024 published a Staff Working Document (‘SWD') that summarises the findings of its evaluation of the Technology Transfer Block Exemption Regulation (‘TTBER') and the accompanying Guidelines on the application of Article 101 of the Treaty to technology transfer agreements (‘Guidelines'). Why ? The aim of the evaluation was to gather evidence on the functioning of the...
15 Nov 2024 à 05:00
Environment & Mobility
Progress in national climate policy efforts remains insufficient to achieve 2030 targets
A significant gap in policy ambition exists between globally agreed temperature goals and the emissions reductions of national climate targets, according to a new report on countries covered by the OECD’s International Programme for Action on Climate (IPAC). OECD (2024), The Climate Action Monitor 2024, OECD Publishing, Paris, https://doi.org/10.1787/787786f6-en According to the 4th edition of the Climate Action Monitor, Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) currently commit...
27 Oct 2024 à 04:00
Politics & Economy
COP29: MEPs set out their vision ahead of this year’s global climate talks
A few days ago, the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety adopted its demands for the UN Climate Change Conference COP29. The resolution, adopted with 54 votes in favour, 23 against and four abstentions, calls on all countries to agree on a post-2025 new collective goal on climate finance at COP29. This goal should be socially fair, aligned with the polluter-pays principle,...
26 Oct 2024 à 04:00
Business & Law
Applying the European sustainability reporting standards
The European Commission is hosting a one-day seminar entitled ‘Supporting companies in applying the European sustainability reporting standards (ESRS)’ on 15 November 2024. The seminar will bring together experts and practitioners from Member State representations, business and trade associations, companies, consultancies, auditors and other stakeholders. Building on the Commission’s expert dialogue, held on 16 May 2024, the event will further explore the key challenges...
26 Oct 2024 à 04:00
Politics & Economy
For co-ordinated approaches on climate action, carbon pricing, and policy spillovers
21 Oct 2024 à 04:01
Tax
Country-by-Country Reporting soon to become "public"
Belgium has introduced public Country-by-Country Reporting ("public CbCR") through the law of 8 January 2024 amending the Belgian Code of Companies and Associations with respect to the disclosure of income tax information by certain undertakings and branches (Dutch/ French) ("Law"), and as further set out in the Royal Decree of 18 April 2024 (Dutch/French). This new reporting legislation implements the EU Directive 2021/2101 as regards...
10 Oct 2024 à 06:00
Bank, Insurance & Finances
"Recovery Rooms" fraud : the FSMA sound the alarm
The FSMA is again warning the Belgian public against certain companies suspected of recovery room fraud. Recovery room fraud is a practice whereby fraudsters offer to help victims of investment fraud to obtain compensation for their losses or to recover their lost assets. Generally, the fraudsters contact their victims by phone or by e-mail. The FSMA has noted, however, that victims sometimes come into contact...
08 Oct 2024 à 08:30
Business
Report on EU trade policy's implementation and enforcement
Enforcement of trade policy delivers prosperity and growth for EU companies The value of EU trade covered by the vast network of 42 agreements with 74 partners in place in 2023 was more than €2.3 trillion, having risen by over 30% over the past five years, according to the Annual Report on the implementation and enforcement of EU trade policy published today. EU exports to...
08 Oct 2024 à 04:00
Politics & Economy
Central bank losses: causes and consequences
Central banks globally have recently shifted from reporting profits to recording sizeable losses. This article looks at why these losses are occurring and their potential consequences. Can central banks continue to operate efficiently? What do these losses imply for state budgets?Article published in the Economic Review of 2024El Joueidi, S. / Vincent, E. / Wauters, J.Since 2019, Economic Review articles have been published...
07 Oct 2024 à 06:00
Tax
Tax policy evolving : point of view, by OECD
from crisis management towards long-term fiscal priorities A trend of decreased taxes on businesses and individuals during the pandemic and the subsequent inflationary period is now showing signs of deceleration and reversal, according to a new OECD report. Working with over 100 countries, the OECD is a global policy forum that promotes policies to preserve individual liberty and improve the economic and social well-being of...
