The new ‘FASTER’ directive on ‘withholding tax’, proposed by the European Commission on Monday 19 June, has been welcomed by a number of stakeholders.
This directive relates to cross-border financial income and should make the procedure more efficient and secure for investors, financial intermediaries such as banks and tax authorities (see EUROPE B13204A18).
“A welcome step towards creating European tax rules for European capital flows”, welcomed MEP Paul Tang (S&D, Dutch) on...