From ECOVIS Network: Poland – New Legal Provisions for Businesses
ECOVIS Legal Poland – Newsletter February 2020
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From ECOVIS Network: US Tax Reform: Focus on the Financing Considerations
US Tax Reform: Focus on the Financing Considerations As part of the US tax reform (Tax Cuts & Jobs Act of 2017, or TCJA), the federal corporate tax rate was reduced from 35% to 21%. This sounds great, because this 21% rate can be further reduced to 13.125% according to the new rules for foreign
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From ECOVIS Network: Lithuania – License Issued, What Next?
Over the last few years, ECOVIS ProventusLaw has successfully guided more than thirty fintech companies through the licensing process in Lithuania. Fintech is a dynamic and rapidly developing business sector in Lithuania, with around 180 fintech companies currently operating in the country. The Bank of Lithuania is constantly receiving applications for electronic money and payment
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From ECOVIS Network: Greek Tax Reform and Tax Reduction
The Greek parliament passed an extensive tax package (L. 4646/2019) on 6 December 2019. The tax relief for private households, property owners and companies should clear the way for more investment. The tax cuts are also intended to bring foreign taxpayers with high net assets into the country. 4646/2019 is a new tax bill ratified
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From ECOVIS Network: Czech Republic Controls Non-Compliance with European Data Protection Regulations
The Czech Data Protection Authority, which monitors compliance with European data protection regulations in the Czech Republic, publishes information online about its control activities, its decisions and their effects on companies. Given the wide-ranging doubt and lack of clarity surrounding the application of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the new Czech Personal Data
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From ECOVIS Network: New Taxation on Harmful Products in the UAE
The UAE Government wants to protect their citizens from harmful goods. Since 1 December 2019, the UAE has imposed an excise duty of 100 percent on electronic smoking devices and liquids used in such devices and an excise tax of 50 percent on sweetened drinks. Other harmful products have been subject to excise duties since
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From ECOVIS Network: UK – Arbitration or Litigation?
Arbitration or Litigation? Choosing the Right Forum for Cross-border Disputes Participants and parties to cross-border disputes, that is disputes of an international nature involving entities located within different jurisdictions, must choose the forum within which disputes are to take place. The choice of forum for resolving international disputes is either litigation or arbitration. In simple
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ECOVIS Romania – Info legislativ – 9 ianuarie 2020
Cuprins: Modificarea procedurii de justificare a scutirii de TVA pentru livrările intracomunitare de bunuri; Registrul de bunuri cu stocuri la dispoziția clientului; Plata defalcată a TVA (split-TVA); Intrarea în vigoare a Legii 129/2019: Apare obligativitatea înregistrării beneficiarilor reali în Registrul Beneficiarilor Reali, ţinut de Oficiul Național al Registrului Comerțului; Acțiunile la purtător vor fi convertite
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From ECOVIS Network: New Regulations in Turkey for Electronic Document Schemes
Digitalisation is a continuing trend that has already redesigned almost all sectors of the economy and society today. Turkey has also successfully carried out a process of e-transformation in recent years. The Ministry of Treasury and Finance has now issued Serial Communiqué 509 and Serial Communiqué 3, which both came into effect after being published in
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From ECOVIS Network: United Kingdom – How a Heads of Terms Agreement Can Lead to a Binding Contract
It is a common misconception that where heads of terms are agreed upon, they do not give rise to a legally enforceable contract. There are numerous examples of where heads of terms may be agreed, but they are not intended by the parties to have legal effect. However, it would be incorrect to assume that
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