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IPTI | Update on U.S. & EU Property Tax Issues: May 2022

The EACC, in partnership with the International Property Tax Institute (IPTI), wants to keep its members up to date with the latest developments in property taxes in the USA and Europe. IPTI has put together below a selection of articles from IPTI Xtracts; more articles can be found on its website (www.ipti.org). United States New York: City Council considers fat tax cut on hotels The hotel industry is still struggling to recover from the effects of the pandemic, and its lobbying group...

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ECB Speech | Fabio Panetta: Public money for the digital era: towards a digital euro

Keynote speech by Fabio Panetta, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, at the National College of Ireland | Dublin, 16 May 2022 | It is a pleasure to be here with all of you today to talk about the digital euro. When we launched this project, we made it clear that this is a common European enterprise. Our collective effort is key to the preparation and eventual success of a digital euro. I would like to take this opportunity to...

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Joint Statement by President von der Leyen and President Biden on the meeting of the Trade and Technology Council

At our June 2021 US-EU Summit, we established the US-EU Trade and Technology Council (TTC) to shape the rules of the road for a 21st century economy, and for rapidly evolving digital and emerging technology. In less than a year, the TTC has become a pillar of transatlantic cooperation, particularly in growing our bilateral trade and investment relationship; resolving existing and avoiding new barriers to trade while countering non-market, trade distortive practices; and in our united response to Russia's...

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Loyens & Loeff | European Commission proposes a debt-equity bias reduction allowance (DEBRA)

On 11 May 2022, the European Commission published a Directive proposal to tackle the tax bias in favour of debt funding. The proposal includes both a notional deduction on growth in equity and an additional limitation on interest deduction for corporate income tax (CIT) purposes – “DEBRA proposal”. The DEBRA proposal applies to all taxpayers, which are subject to CIT in one or more member states, save for certain financial undertakings. The proposed date of entry into effect is 1...

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Member News, New York Related News

FTI Consulting | What’s Next for Climate Risk Management?: Top Tips for Insurers to Address NY DFS’s Climate Guidance

Insurers, state and federal financial regulators are coping with the impact of climate change and the increasing risk it presents to the safety and soundness of financial institutions and to the stability of financial systems. The ever-increasing regularity and gravity of extreme weather-related events such as rapid swings in temperatures, tornadoes in the Midwest, wildfires in California, hurricanes in the Gulf Coast, and others have resulted in greater regulatory focus on climate-related risks for many sectors, including the insurance...

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EU Commission welcomes political agreement on new rules on cybersecurity of network and information systems

The Commission welcomes the political agreement reached today between the European Parliament and EU Member States on the Directive on measures for a high common level of cybersecurity across the Union (NIS 2 Directive) proposed by the Commission in December 2020. The existing rules on the security of network and information systems (NIS Directive), have been the first piece of EU-wide legislation on cybersecurity and paved the way for a significant change in mind-set, institutional and regulatory approach to cybersecurity in...

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State aid: EU Commission will phase out State aid COVID Temporary Framework

The European Commission will phase out the State aid COVID Temporary Framework, adopted on 19 March 2020 and last amended on 18 November 2021, enabling Member States to remedy a serious disturbance in the economy in the context of the coronavirus pandemic. The State aid COVID Temporary Framework will not be extended beyond the current expiry date, which is 30 June 2022 for most of the tools provided. The existing phase-out and transition plan will not change, including the...

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NautaDutilh | CSSF Circular 22/810 – Pre-marketing and Cross-border Marketing Notification Procedures in Luxembourg

On 12 May 2022, the CSSF published Circular 22/810 on the procedures to be followed by Luxembourg-based undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities (UCITS) and investment fund managers in order to notify pre-marketing or cross-border marketing of units or the discontinuation of such activities. The circular follows the introduction of an additional notification procedure for the discontinuation of cross-border marketing of sub-funds of UCITS and alternative investment funds (AIFs) and new requirements for alternative investment fund managers (AIFMs)...

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Vulcan Insight | Northern Ireland Protocol dispute heats up again

With the renewed threat of the UK Government legislating domestically to undermine the Northern Ireland Protocol of the EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement, the EU and the UK Government accused each other of “showing flexibility” and undermining the province’s economic and political cohesion.  In their first talks since the Sinn Féin’s win in the Northern Ireland Assembly elections and Tuesday’s Queen’s Speech which didn’t include the rumoured legislation on Northern Ireland, European Commission Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič warned over his continued “serious concern...

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U.S. FED | Plans for Reducing the Size of the Federal Reserve’s Balance Sheet

Consistent with the Principles for Reducing the Size of the Federal Reserve's Balance Sheet that were issued in January 2022, all Committee participants agreed to the following plans for significantly reducing the Federal Reserve's securities holdings. The Committee intends to reduce the Federal Reserve's securities holdings over time in a predictable manner primarily by adjusting the amounts reinvested of principal payments received from securities held in the System Open Market Account (SOMA). Beginning on June 1, principal payments from...

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