We have a results-oriented approach to business litigation and encourage alternative ways of resolving disputes. If litigation becomes inevitable, our corporate and commercial litigation lawyers will immediately address all aspects of the case (form, procedure and substance) in order to represent clients in the best possible way. As employment and business litigation specialists, our main dispute areas are tax, commercial contracts, document retention, directors’ duties, professional liability, shareholders’ relations and employment.
France and Luxembourg signed a Double Tax Treaty (“DTT”) in March 2018 for the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of tax evasion and fraud. The DTT will apply as from 1 January 2020.
One of the most significant features of the DTT is the use by France of the credit method to eliminate double taxation on employment income of cross-border workers. For a French tax resident the use of the credit method means that, as a first step, France calculates French income tax on the Luxembourg-source employment income and, as a second step, it would grant a credit for any Luxembourg tax paid on the same income against French tax.
On October 10, 2019, the Minister of Finance, Pierre Gramegna, and the French Minister of the Economy and Finance, Bruno Le Maire, signed in Luxembourg, an protocol to amend the DTT.
Pursuant to protocol, France would be returning to the previously applied method of avoidance of double taxation on employment income, which is the exemption method. This means that cross-border workers will not be liable to pay taxes on their Luxembourg-source employment income in France.
IMPRESSUM Praxio Law & Tax is a Luxembourg business law firm with legal, regulatory and tax experts. We advise businesses with respect to all issues and questions related to Tax structuring, Merger & Acquisition, Business Law, Corporate Finance, International Tax Structuring, Tax Compliance, Tax Litigation, Investments Funds, Banking Finance/Capital Markets. Our core markets are private equity and asset management, venture capital, capital markets, real estate, high net wealth and family offices
