Taxation & Accounting

EFAMA discusses all relevant tax topics with importance to the European asset management industry, such as Tax transparency packages or EU FTT, OECD topics including several actions inserted in the Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) project, and all kinds of national developments in case they have an impact on regulated EU investment funds. The focus lays on mainstream funds but we may discuss alternative investment fund tax-related issues, if they are of broad relevance.

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EFAMA's comments on EC’s Un-Shell proposal

Tax ＆ Accounting

08 April 2022

EFAMA's comments on EC’s Un-Shell proposal

EFAMA fully supports the Commission’s initiatives to fight tax avoidance and aggressive tax planning. The work of the technical teams that acknowledged our industry’s special requirements and the proposal of carve-out rules to protect investment structures and end-investors are, to a certain extent, to be welcomed.

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Tax ＆ Accounting

Accounting

27 January 2022

IASB’s request for information post-implementation review (PIR) of IFRS 9 – Classification and measurement

EFAMA replied to IASB’s request for information on the Post-Implementation Review (PIR) of IFRS 9 – Classification and measurement. Our paper recaps EFAMA’s key concerns and recommendations to the IASB. The key concerns of the industry are the removal of recycling (in particular for institutional investors) and the classification of investment entities and investment funds as debt instruments.

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Tax ＆ Accounting

07 October 2021

EFAMA comments on the European Commission’s public consultation on DEBRA

The Commission aims to present a legislative proposal to address the tax-induced debt-equity bias, also to support the action plan for the Capital Markets Union and to encourage companies to finance their investment through equity contributions rather than through debt financing.

EFAMA replied to the OECD Pillar One – Amount A: Regulated Financial Services Exclusion public consultation

EFAMA replied to the OECD Pillar One – Amount A: Regulated Financial Services Exclusion public consultation. Aiming to change the views of those members of the OECD/IF that still maintain that asset managers should not be excluded from Amount A.

In this comment paper, EFAMA is taking the opportunity to:

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EFAMA's comments on EC’s Pillar Two proposal

Tax ＆ Accounting

08 April 2022

EFAMA's comments on EC’s Pillar Two proposal

With the release of this proposal, the Commission is replicating the OECD / BEPS Inclusive Framework (OECD) Pillar Two Global Anti-Base Erosion (GloBE) Model Rules that came live in December 2021 and addresses how Member States will implement them in a coherent and consistent way across the EU. The work of the Commission and the alignment with the work of the OECD / BEPS Inclusive Framework are to be welcomed.

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Tax ＆ Accounting

08 April 2022