Europe

Moldova:Moldova Advances Customs Digitalization for EU Alignment

On 12 October 2026, the Moldovan Ministry of Finance and the Customs Service announced the continuation of a comprehensive digitalization program aimed at modernizing customs clearance procedures and aligning them with European Union standards under the Association Agreement. The initiative, branded “e-Customs Moldova,” mandates the full transition to electronic customs declarations (SAD) via the ASYCUDA

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Belgium:Belgium Pillar Two: QDMTT Filing Deadline Extended to 15 Months

On 12 October 2026, the Belgian Federal Public Service Finance announced a forthcoming legislative change to the filing deadline for the Qualified Domestic Minimum Top-up Tax (QDMTT) under the Pillar Two framework. The draft law, which transposes Council Directive (EU) 2025/872 of 14 April 2025, proposes to extend the current deadline from the last day

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Spain: Spain Supreme Court Allows VAT Deduction on Cost-Pass-Through Purchases

On 12 October 2026, the Spanish Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling establishing that the Tax Administration cannot refuse VAT deductions on goods or services acquired by a business and subsequently re-invoiced to another entity at cost price, without any profit margin. The Court clarified that the absence of a commercial margin does not transform

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Greenland: Greenland Parliament Approves Forgiveness of Overpaid 2025 Suila-Tapit Benefits

On 12 October 2026, following a decision by the Finance Committee of Inatsisartut (Greenland Parliament) on 10 October 2026, the Greenland Tax Agency announced the full forgiveness of overpaid Suila-tapit benefits for the 2025 income year. Suila-tapit is a targeted social support payment. The decision mandates that all citizens who received excess payments due to

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Ireland: Ireland Corporation Tax Bonanza: EU Sharing Debate Intensifies

Ireland’s corporation tax receipts have surged to a record €28.3 billion in 2025, driven largely by the OECD Pillar Two global minimum tax regime that ensures multinationals pay at least 15% effective tax. This windfall has intensified calls from EU partners for Ireland to contribute more to the EU budget, arguing that the tax base

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Sweden:Tax & Accounting Weekly Monitoring: Week 42 Highlights

The Week 42 (12–18 October 2026) edition of FAR’s “Utblick” monitoring report covered three major policy developments affecting Swedish tax and accounting practitioners. The Government presented a legislative proposal (Prop. 2026/27:XX) to simplify the surtax (tilläggsskatt) rules for close companies (nära företag), aiming to reduce the administrative burden on small and medium-sized enterprises by raising

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Ukraine: Ukraine Tax Accounting: New Rules for Writing Off Fully Depreciated Assets

On 12 October 2026, the Ministry of Finance approved Order No. 885, introducing amended procedures for the write-off of fully depreciated fixed assets and intangible assets. The new rules, effective from 1 November 2026, replace the outdated 2011 Instruction and align write-off practices with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and the updated National Accounting Standards.

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Ireland: Ireland’s New Savings Account: Deemed Disposal Tax Hurdle Persists

The Irish Government has launched the Savings and Investment Account (SIA), a new tax-efficient wrapper modelled on Sweden’s Investeringssparkonto (ISK), allowing individuals to invest up to €100,000 annually in a wide range of assets with simplified tax reporting. However, the regime retains Ireland’s unique deemed disposal rule, which charges exit tax (currently 41%) on deemed

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Ukraine: Ukraine Tax Compliance: Restoring PRRO Cash Register Operations After Faults

On 12 October 2026, the State Tax Service published an updated procedural guide (Order No. 1120) for taxpayers using Registrars of Settlement Transactions (PRRO / РРО) on restoring fiscal device operations after technical malfunctions or forced shutdowns. The guide addresses a common compliance pain point: the strict requirement under Article 174.1 of the Tax Code

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