Weil Tax BLOG - Feed https://tax.weil.com/category/europe/ Views and developments from the Tax Department at Weil Tue, 14 Apr 2026 20:54:30 +0000 hourly 1 Member States Update EU List of Non-Cooperative Tax Jurisdictions on 17 February 2026 https://tax.weil.com/insights/member-states-update-eu-list-of-non-cooperative-tax-jurisdictions-on-17-february-2026/ Mon, 02 Mar 2026 11:24:21 +0000 Aron Joy Alex Ereira Lisa Pearson Barbora Lhotáková https://tax.weil.com/?p=2620 On 17 February 2026, the EU Council published an update to its so-called “Blacklist” of jurisdictions that are not cooperative for tax purposes and “Grey List” of cooperative jurisdictions that have not yet fully met their commitments to comply with tax good governance standards. The Blacklist and Grey List were last revised on 10 October

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]]> On 17 February 2026, the EU Council published an update to its so-called “Blacklist” of jurisdictions that are not cooperative for tax purposes and “Grey List” of cooperative jurisdictions that have not yet fully met their commitments to comply with tax good governance standards. The Blacklist and Grey List were last revised on 10 October

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]]> Member States Update EU List of Non-Cooperative Tax Jurisdictions on 8 October 2024 https://tax.weil.com/insights/member-states-update-eu-list-of-non-cooperative-tax-jurisdictions-on-8-october-2024/ Wed, 16 Oct 2024 11:10:36 +0000 Aron Joy Krtyaka Khatwani https://tax.weil.com/?p=2334 On 8 October 2024, the EU published an update to its so-called “Blacklist” of jurisdictions that are not cooperative for tax purposes and “Grey List” of cooperative jurisdictions that have not yet fully met their commitments to improve their tax good governance. The Blacklist and Grey List were last revised in February 2024 (as noted on

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]]> On 8 October 2024, the EU published an update to its so-called “Blacklist” of jurisdictions that are not cooperative for tax purposes and “Grey List” of cooperative jurisdictions that have not yet fully met their commitments to improve their tax good governance. The Blacklist and Grey List were last revised in February 2024 (as noted on

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]]> Chambers Expert Focus Weil Tax Insight Series: OECD Tax Developments and M&A https://tax.weil.com/features/oecd-tax-developments-and-ma/ Tue, 16 May 2023 13:43:38 +0000 Devon Bodoh https://tax.weil.com/?p=1893 In the second edition of the Chambers Expert Focus Weil Tax Insight series, International Tax Head Devon Bodoh discusses OECD tax developments and M&A. He looks at Pillar Two of the OECD tax developments, which provides for a global minimum tax on large corporations, its impact on multinationals, and especially on M&A. Listen to the podcast

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]]> In the second edition of the Chambers Expert Focus Weil Tax Insight series, International Tax Head Devon Bodoh discusses OECD tax developments and M&A. He looks at Pillar Two of the OECD tax developments, which provides for a global minimum tax on large corporations, its impact on multinationals, and especially on M&A. Listen to the podcast

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]]> MDR/DAC 6 Update https://tax.weil.com/europe/mdr-dac-6-update/ Wed, 05 Jan 2022 18:56:48 +0000 Akash Mehta Erica Rees https://tax.weil.com/?p=1528 On 30 November 2021, the U.K. government published a draft of new disclosable arrangements regulations, setting out the U.K.’s post-Brexit mandatory disclosure regime based on the framework established by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (the OECD) (the MDR Regulations). As we reported in December 2020, the scope of reporting in the U.K. under

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]]> DAC6: Significantly Limited Scope in the UK post-Brexit https://tax.weil.com/uk-tax/dac6-significantly-limited-scope-in-uk-post-brexit/ Thu, 31 Dec 2020 18:29:14 +0000 Oliver Walker Aron Joy Akash Mehta Weil Tax Blog http://tax.weil.com/?p=1144 A piece of good news on which to end the year and start the next – the UK Government has published regulations dramatically reducing the scope of DAC6 (the EU Mandatory Disclosure Regime) in the UK as part of the Brexit deal package/post transition arrangements. In short, the effect seems to be that DAC6 will,

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]]> Brexit & Tax Treaties: U.K. Investors May Lose Treaty Benefits With Respect to U.S. Investments https://tax.weil.com/uk-tax/brexit-tax-treaties-u-k-investors-may-lose-treaty-benefits-with-respect-to-u-s-investments/ Fri, 04 Dec 2020 21:32:28 +0000 Devon Bodoh Stuart Pibworth http://tax.weil.com/?p=1115 The withdrawal of the United Kingdom (“U.K.”) from the European Union (“E.U.”) may impact certain cross-border organizational structures. We have previously considered some of those U.K. tax impacts in our post “Brexit and Tax: An Uncertain Future”. The points considered in that previous post continue to be relevant to cross-border structures involving the U.K. and

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]]> Cayman Islands Removed from the EU Blacklist https://tax.weil.com/europe/cayman-islands-removed-from-the-eu-blacklist/ Tue, 06 Oct 2020 18:49:00 +0000 Robert Frastai Aron Joy http://tax.weil.com/?p=1078 The EU has today removed the Cayman Islands from its list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes (the “EU blacklist”). Cayman was put on the EU blacklist in February this year (please see here and here) and its removal from the list today will be a relief to many who have entities, arrangements and/or investments

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]]> The EU has today removed the Cayman Islands from its list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes (the “EU blacklist”). Cayman was put on the EU blacklist in February this year (please see here and here) and its removal from the list today will be a relief to many who have entities, arrangements and/or investments

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]]> HMRC Publishes New VAT Guidance https://tax.weil.com/insights/hmrc-publishes-new-vat-guidance/ Mon, 14 Sep 2020 08:00:00 +0000 Stuart Pibworth Weil Tax Blog http://tax.weil.com/?p=1056 In early September 2020, HMRC updated its guidance on the VAT treatment of early termination fees, compensation payments and liquidated damages following recent decisions of the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”). Whether a payment is a supply for VAT purposes depends on whether anything is done in return for that payment; where

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]]> In early September 2020, HMRC updated its guidance on the VAT treatment of early termination fees, compensation payments and liquidated damages following recent decisions of the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”). Whether a payment is a supply for VAT purposes depends on whether anything is done in return for that payment; where

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]]> EU Classifies the Cayman Islands as a Non-Cooperative Jurisdiction for Tax Purposes https://tax.weil.com/europe/cayman-islands-eu-tax-classification/ Thu, 20 Feb 2020 09:48:09 +0000 Stuart Pibworth https://tax.weil.com/?p=838 On 18 February 2020, the Council of the European Union (the “Council”) added, amongst others, the Cayman Islands to the EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes. Although being on the EU blacklist is not necessarily cause for immediate alarm for investors in Cayman vehicles, it does mean that transactions and structures using Cayman

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]]> Brexit and Tax: An Uncertain Future https://tax.weil.com/latest-thinking/brexit-tax-consequences/ Mon, 03 Feb 2020 11:21:53 +0000 Oliver Walker Stuart Pibworth Akash Mehta http://tax.weil.com/?p=828 The signing of the Withdrawal Agreement between the UK and the EU has avoided an immediate “no deal” Brexit and provided some clarity on relations with the EU in the short term. Once the UK exited at 11 pm on 31 January 2020, the UK and EU entered a “transition period” until 31 December 2020

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