There is no doubt that we live in turbulent EU tax times. As we informed you earlier this year, on January 28, 2016 the European Commission unveiled its new proposal for an anti-tax avoidance directive (ATAD), which had been a high priority for the Dutch Presidency. The ECOFIN of the EU held discussions with a view to reaching a political agreement on the ATAD. In the light of these discussions the Presidency put forward a final compromise text, to which almost all delegations could agree and announced a ‘silence’ procedure until Monday, 20 June 2016. As no objections were raised by that deadline, political agreement was reached and the text will be submitted to a later ECOFIN meeting for formal adoption. The ECOFIN also approved Conclusions on the work of the Code of Conduct Group during the Netherlands Presidency, and particularly welcomed the agreement reached on new guidance on hybrid permanent establishment mismatches involving third countries. Finally, a short discussion was held as regards the status of the proposal for a Directive on a Financial Transaction Tax (FTT).

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