The new European Directive on pensions currently going through the motions before being adopted by E...
The new European Directive on pensions currently going through the motions before being adopted by EU member states will remain impotent unless the necessary bilateral tax agreements are implemented that can make the provisions of the directive enforceable. That is the view of actuarial firm Mercers, which this week got involved in a legal case that is expected to end up in the European Court of Justice. Paul Kelly, speaking for Mercers, says the case is necessary to establish the legal precedence needed to ensure that this and other directives do not flounder on the issue of ta...
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