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Ukraine: Ukraine Excise Licensing: Legal Requirements for Small Wineries

Released 23 October 2026, this article outlines the legal framework for small winemaking productions (annual output up to 50,000 liters) under the Law on Wine and Wine Products. Key requirements include obtaining a Type B excise license, registering an excise warehouse, and applying excise stamps with Data Matrix codes. Non-compliance risks criminal liability under Article

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Ukraine：Ukraine STS Transformation: IMF Talks on Digitalization, Risk Management

Ukraine / AGT Team

Head of the State Tax Service Yurii Kostiuchenko held a working meeting with an International Monetary Fund mission to outline the next phase of STS transformation. Discussions focused on expanding digital services, enhancing risk-based audit selection through the “Pulse” analytical system, and integrating real-time data exchange with the National Bank and Customs. The IMF commended

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Cyprus：Cyprus Asset Declarations Risk Understating Officials’ Wealth

Cyprus / AGT Team

On 23 October 2026, the Cyprus Audit Office released a comparative analysis of the new asset declaration framework for public officials, introduced under the Public Sector Transparency Law (N. 112/2026). The law, effective 1 January 2027, mandates that all elected officials, senior civil servants, and directors of state-owned enterprises declare their assets using a cost-based

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Estonia: Estonia Income Tax Act Provision Puts Heirs in Unfair Position

Estonia / AGT Team

On 23 October 2026, the Chancellor of Justice (Õiguskantsler) issued an opinion highlighting a provision in the Income Tax Act (Tulumaksuseadus) that may force heirs to pay income tax on the sale of inherited immovable property even when the proceeds are used to repay estate debts. The case involved a surviving spouse who sold a

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Spain：Spain Freezes €23 Billion Municipal Funds for Housing Amid Shortage

Spain / AGT Team

On 23 October 2026, the Spanish Ministry of Finance (Hacienda) announced the freezing of approximately €23 billion in transfers to municipalities earmarked for housing construction and rehabilitation. The measure, justified by the need to contain the central government’s deficit and comply with EU fiscal rules, effectively halts the disbursement of funds from the Local Cooperation

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Greece: Tax Authority Shuts Nightclub for 48 Hours Over Receipt Violations

Greece / AGT Team

The Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE) imposed a 48-hour suspension of operations on a well-known nightclub in Athens following an inspection that revealed systematic failure to issue receipts for customer transactions. The enforcement action, based on Article 58A of the Tax Procedure Code, marks the third such closure in 2026 targeting high-cash businesses. AADE

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Italy：Italy Real Estate Tax: Demolition and Reconstruction Preserves Five-Year Holding Period for Capital Gains

Italy / AGT Team

The Italian Supreme Court (Cassazione) in Judgment No. 26277/2026, published 22 October 2026, ruled that the five-year holding period exemption for real estate capital gains (Article 67, TUIR) survives demolition and reconstruction of a building. The case involved a taxpayer who demolished a property held for over five years, reconstructed a new building on the

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Latvia: Latvia Proposes Labor Cost Indexing in Construction Sector

Latvia / AGT Team

The Economics Ministry (EM) has published a recommendation on the Legal Acts Portal to introduce automatic indexing of labor costs in the construction sector whenever the general collective agreement raises the minimum wage. The measure targets the persistent gap between wage growth and contract pricing in public procurement. If adopted, the indexing mechanism would apply

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Poland: Poland Tax: Silent Partnership Capital Contribution Tax Treatment Across PIT CIT VAT PCC

Poland / AGT Team

On 23 October 2026, an analysis explored the tax consequences of a silent partnership (spółka cicha) where an investor provides capital in exchange for a share of profits. While the contribution itself may not be subject to the Tax on Civil Law Transactions (PCC), the subsequent profit distributions and potential return of capital have distinct

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Slovenia: Šutar Tax Law Achieves Positive Effects but Raises Dilemmas

Slovenia / AGT Team

On 23 October 2026, a detailed analysis labeled “Šutar’s Law” (referring to the comprehensive amendment to the Tax Procedure Act and related tax legislation spearheaded by former Finance Minister Andrej Šutar) was published, highlighting its mixed outcomes since implementation. The legislative package, which entered into force on 1 January 2024, aimed to modernize tax administration,

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