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Policy Adviser in the European Parliament. Tweets on taxation policies mostly. Now @GreensEFA. Former @Oxfam. πŸ‡§πŸ‡ͺ πŸ‡΅πŸ‡Ή πŸ“¨ johan.langerock(at)https://t.co/GbmVxB4eHg
Jun 30, 2020 β€’ 30 tweets β€’ 7 min read
Hearing starting in #Belgium parliament on #OECD BEPS 2 negotiations.

I will be live tweeting. #TaxTwitter

Follow yourself here: dekamer.be/media/index.ht… Belgium has been in the Steering Group since the very beginning of the process. Officially it has lost its seat now, but it will remain present till Oct 2020.

Belgium has defended so far a not too ambitious position. On pillar 2 it defends an extremely weak position. More below.
Jun 18, 2020 β€’ 14 tweets β€’ 4 min read
Earthquake in international #tax world with US pulling out or pausing the #OECD negotiations aka #BEPS2.

A quick personal take in this thread. #Oxfam reaction will come in the next hours.

What does this mean for the EU? Is the USA all bad?

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news.bloombergtax.com/daily-tax-repo… Let's recall this process started with a high amount of ambition in January 2019 with buy-in from the USA. Actually the USA was the one opening up the discussion with its own tax reform. Let's also remember there are 2 pillars.

Pillar 1 = digital economy. Pillar 2 = minimum tax.
Jun 12, 2020 β€’ 17 tweets β€’ 6 min read
I got a lot of questions recently on #tax policy developments in the #Netherlands. So here is a thread!

A lot has happened in the past 2 months. I will try to give a complete overview with implications and consequences for one of the largest #taxhavens in the world.

Enjoy! πŸ‘‡πŸ‡³πŸ‡± First a general comment.

Over the past weeks the Netherlands has been extensively portrayed as a harmful tax haven in the EU, especially by southern European countries.

Many numbers circulate about the Netherlands but missingprofits.world sums it up pretty well.
Oct 17, 2019 β€’ 15 tweets β€’ 8 min read
Another important day in #tax world and especially for @OECDtax.

#G20 Ministers should approve today last week's proposal by the OECD to reform international corporate tax rules.

Is this a revolution?

Check out this thread for a visual illustration of what is on the table! The reform (who has the right to tax multinationals and where should that happen) has 3 steps (A, B and C). A being the major breakthrough. All companies with a certain turnover in a country even without physical presence have to allocate a part of their profits to that country.
Oct 9, 2019 β€’ 11 tweets β€’ 3 min read
JUST OUT

One step closer to an international agreement on new rules to tax multinationals in a digital world!

The OECD has just published the first building blocks of these rulesπŸ‘‰bit.ly/2IBPXyp

A lot still needs to be negotiated.

My take? A thread!

#TaxTwitter Some might say there is little progress and not a lot has been decided. I believe it is quite the contrary. It is impressive to see how quickly the OECD and 134 countries have moved from three options to one unified proposal. This is unseen in international tax history!