In a rapidly changing environment, tax and legal issues are never far away. In this e-flash we provide you with a retrospection on the most important tax developments of 2019 for the Financial Services industry (regarding operational taxes) as well as some attention points and opportunities. We also take the opportunity to look forward to the New Year 2020 and are pleased to refer to our Tax Calendar for 2020.

As previously reported, mandatory disclosure requirements (MDR) for intermediaries and relevant taxpayers entered into force in the European Union on June 25, 2018, to be applied as of July 1, 2020. Most, but not all, Member States met the December 31, 2019 deadline to transpose the new rules into domestic law.

This seventh Special Edition Euro Tax Flash summarizes the most recent status of the implementation of the new rules into Member States’ domestic legislation, as at January 8, 2019.