The international tax system is under significant pressure. Where the OECD started the BEPS project and has published recommendations to reform this system, also the EU with its Anti-Tax Avoidance more…
More and more Japanese companies are sharing their views on Brexit in terms of the main location of their European activities. more…
In June we already posted that Luxembourg introduced a new legal publication system and that it would soon adopt a “1-Euro-company”.The latter indeed occurred in July, and this type of company will be available as from 16 January 2017. more…
On 12 September 2016, The Netherlands and China have signed the social taxation treaty which is expected to take effect in 2017. more…
In today's world tax planning strategies are scrutinized by tax authorities. Especially measures are taken to tackle strategies that exploit gaps and mismatches in tax rules (the so-called base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS)). more…
Luxembourg parliament recently twittered that the “one euro company” will see daylight as per 15 January 2017. more…
Luxembourg is aiming in reducing the administrative burdens. As part of this project, it has been modernizing the Luxembourg Trade and Companies Register ("Registre de Commerce et des Sociétés" - "RCS"). The last step of this modernization was to simplify the legal publication system. more…
In April Chambers and Partners published the rankings of the Europe Guide 2016 and the Global Guide 2016. Buren is recommended in both: more…
Buren advises Synthomer, a leading specialty chemicals company and listed on the London Stock Exchange, on the USD 226 million acquisition of HEXION Performance more…
The Declaration of Independent Contractor Status (Verklaring Arbeidsrelatie, or VAR) is about to be abolished. The Senate of Dutch Parliament has passed the Independent more…
The Dutch State Secretary of Finance has recently issued amended Decrees on the Dutch direct tax treatment of Dutch limited partnerships (or similar organized foreign law partnerships) and socalled funds for joint account (FGRs). more…
Buren advises Olam International, a leading agri-business company operating in 65 countries and listed in Singapore, on the acquisition of Archer Daniels Midland's global cocoa business. more…
