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New withholding tax (WHT) procedures in Poland
As of 1 July 2019, additional requirements will take effect for an exemption or preferential rate for withholding tax. The newly introduced formal requirements could mean an increase in costs of services purchased in cross-border transactions, which in turn could affect liquidity. In special cases, it might also be unclear whether measures to continue to make use of preferential tax schemes might trigger an MDR obligation (i.e. obligation to report tax planning arrangements).The Spanish tax authorities open the public comment phase of the transposition of the EU Directive on administrative cooperation in the field of taxation (DAC 6)
On Thursday, June 20, 2019, the State Tax Agency published the regulatory texts, proposed by the Directorate-General of Taxes, transposing into Spanish law Council Directive (EU) 2018/822 of 25 May 2018 as regards mandatory automatic exchange of information in the field of taxation in relation to reportable cross-border arrangements (“DAC 6” or the “Directive”) (a priori, limited to cross-border arrangements, i.e., without affecting internal arrangements within Spain).The European Commission initiates an infringement proceeding against Spain due to form 720
On Thursday, June 6, 2019, the European Commission decided to refer Spain to the Court of Justice of the European Union for “imposing disproportionate penalties on Spanish taxpayers for the failure to report assets held in other EU and EEA States (Modelo 720)”, according to a press release just published.