20 Sep
Member News

IPTI | Update on U.S. & EU Property Tax Issues: September 2021

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 Does Your Property Tax Assessment Reflect COVID-19’s Long-Term Challenges? Countless companies have seen their top and bottom lines decimated by COVID-19-related shutdowns, travel restrictions and changing consumer preferences...

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20 Sep
COVID-19 News, Member News

Cozen O’Connor | What Federal Contractors Need to Know About the Biden Administration’s Vaccine Mandate

On September 9, 2021, President Biden announced an executive order (EO) that expands upon the administration’s goals of requiring both federal employees and contractors and subcontractors working in connection with federal contracts to receive a vaccine against COVID-19. The new requirements are much more aggressive than the administration’s safety protocols previously issued on July 29, which only required verification of vaccination status or testing for government employees and onsite contractors. The new EO eliminates the testing option and expands...

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17 Sep
Member News, Tax, Whitepapers

EACCNY “Digitalization” Series | The taxation of digital services – are we nearly there yet?

With the help of our members, this thought-leadership series explores the acceleration of "digitalization" due to COVID-19 on both sides of the Atlantic, and across various industries. Today, we present Phil Greenfield, from PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS, and based in the United Kingdom. He will address: “The taxation of digital services - are we nearly there yet?”. Introduction Digital services have created problems for traditional corporate income tax systems because they don’t rely on the characteristics those regimes have been built on. For example,...

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17 Sep
Chapter News

World Bank & IMF | Statement on Release of Investigation into Data Irregularities in Doing Business 2018 and 2020

Report to the Board of Executive Directors WASHINGTON, September 16, 2021—The World Bank Group today released the following statement on behalf of the Bank’s Board of Executive Directors: “The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today authorized the release of “Investigation of Data Irregularities in Doing Business 2018 and Doing Business 2020 – Investigation Findings and Report to the Board of Executive Directors,” an independent external review of the facts and circumstances around previously reported data irregularities in the 2018 and 2020 Doing...

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17 Sep
Chapter News

IMF | Financial Stability Priority: Boosting the Resilience of Investment Funds

By Kristalina Georgieva, IMF Managing Director | Launch event for “Investment Funds and Financial Stability” paper | Good morning. I am very pleased that we are joined today by some of the world’s leading voices on financial stability and investment funds. I am also very proud of our latest contribution to this policy discussion from the IMF’s Monetary and Capital Markets Department. To illustrate the importance of our new report, we need to go back to the height of the crisis in...

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17 Sep
Member News

CILcare | Headsets and Earbuds: A Danger For Younger Generations?

Access CILcare's full quarterly newsletter here The number of smartphones has grown continuously over the past 14 years alongside music streaming services, in parallel with the use of personal listening systems : spending extended periods of time listening to music at excessive volumes on a daily basis has become standard among youngsters. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that 17% of adults aged 20-69 have permanently damaged their hearing as a result of excessive noise exposure. Permanent damage...

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17 Sep
Member News

Vulcan Insight | President von der Leyen presents 2021 State of the Union

On Wednesday morning, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen presented her political objectives for the coming year in a speech to the European Parliament in Strasbourg. In her address, she touched on a broad range of political topics, focussing mostly on the climate, the economy and “Global Europe,” particularly military and defence capabilities.  On the occasion of only the second European Parliament plenary in its Strasbourg home since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, President von der Leyen applauded...

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16 Sep
Member News

ING publishes first integrated climate report

ING today published our first integrated climate report (Download here), which for the first time gives one overview of all of the elements of our climate action approach. The report outlines how our financing impacts climate change, including our progress on steering our portfolio towards global climate goals (our Terra approach). It also addresses how climate change impacts our business, as we work to assess climate risks and take action to mitigate them. “This report highlights what ING is doing to take...

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16 Sep
Chapter News

European Health Emergency preparedness and Response Authority (HERA): Getting ready for future health emergencies

Today, the European Commission is launching the European Health Emergency preparedness and Response Authority (HERA) to prevent, detect, and rapidly respond to health emergencies. HERA will anticipate threats and potential health crises, through intelligence gathering and building the necessary response capacities. When an emergency hits, HERA will ensure the development, production and distribution of medicines, vaccines and other medical countermeasures – such as gloves and masks – that were often lacking during the first phase of the coronavirus response. HERA is...

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16 Sep
Chapter News

OECD | Europe: continue to support recovery and improve future resilience with reforms to economic architecture

Europe’s economy is growing again after COVID-19 caused its worst-ever recession, helped by swift and powerful policy action by European governments and institutions to cushion the shock. Returning to pre-pandemic levels will not be enough. The crisis has raised new challenges and compounded some existing weaknesses, such as regional inequalities. Implementing reforms to boost growth potential, with macroeconomic policies supportive until the recovery is firmly established and while continuing to strengthen Europe’s economic architecture, will be key for a stronger...

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