Taxation & Accounting
EFAMA discusses all relevant tax topics with importance to the European asset management industry, such as Tax transparency packages or EU FTT, OECD topics including several actions inserted in the Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) project, and all kinds of national developments in case they have an impact on regulated EU investment funds. The focus lays on mainstream funds but we may discuss alternative investment fund tax-related issues, if they are of broad relevance.
EFAMA's comments on OECD – BEPS' Public consultation on Secretariat Proposal for a “Unified Approach” under Pillar One
The DEBRA Proposal and the Savings and Investment Union Action Plan
This article was first published in the 23rd edition of the Fact Book on 24 June 2025.
Council of the EU votes to improve withholding tax rules
A significant step forward taken to remove tax barriers to the CMU
OECD Progress Report "Amount A of Pillar One"
EFAMA welcomes the OECD's work on Schedule C: Exclusion of Revenues and profits from Regulated Financial Services from the scope of Pillar One, in particular the amendments to the definition of “Asset Manager", licensing asset management as a business, the level of regulaton and the activities list.
Asset Management in Europe - An Overview of the Asset Management Industry - November 2020
The report aims to provide a unique and comprehensive set of facts and figures on the state of the industry at the end of 2018 but also to highlight the fundamental role of asset managers in the financial system and wider economy.