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 comments on DAC6 - administrative cooperation in direct taxation
EFAMA’s comments on IASB’s Discussion Paper regarding Financial Instruments with Characteristics of Equity
EFAMA response to the OECD on BEPS Action 6 – 17 June 2015
EFAMA welcomes the opportunity to comment on the Revised Discussion Draft "BEPS Action 6: Prevent Treaty Abuse" issued on 22 May 2015.
EFAMA comments on the European Commission’s public consultation on DEBRA
The Commission aims to present a legislative proposal to address the tax-induced debt-equity bias, also to support the action plan for the Capital Markets Union and to encourage companies to finance their investment through equity contributions rather than through debt financing.
Consultation on the use of shell entities and arrangements for tax purposes
The Commission is trying to understand how the EU legal framework could be improved to tackle the use of legal entities with no or minimum substance and no real economic activities, by taxpayers operating cross-border to reduce their tax liability.
EFAMA's reply to IASB's Request for Information on the Post-implementation Review (PIR) of IFRS 10, 11 and 12
EFAMA replied to IASB’s Request for Information on the Post-Implementation Review of IFRS 10, 11 and 12. We are delighted to see an investment entity within the funds industry being acknowledged and catered for in IFRS. The development of the consolidation standards was a very welcomed development in the asset management world.
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.