- Cross-border commuters will have to declare to Luxembourg’s tax office their partner’s earnings abroad starting in 2018. Previously only income earned in the grand duchy was considered.
- An advocate general at the European Court of Justice stated that Luxembourg’s financial regulator, the CSSF, could keep internal documents confidential from a Madoff scandal trial. However, a Luxembourg court should decide which papers are “secret” and which can be released, the court advisor said in a preliminary opinion.
- Turnover at the steel products maker Aperam was $1.27bn during the second quarter of the year, up from $1.12bn during the same period in 2016.
- The French-language broadcaster L’essentiel Radio was granted a second frequency by the government, to improve its coverage area. It will soon be heard on 97.5 FM, in addition to 107.7 FM.
- While more foreign residents who qualify were registered in total to vote in this autumn’s local council elections, according to government figures, it is a lower proportion than the previous vote in 2011.
Pierre Gramegna, the DP finance minister, pictured in this archive photo, has introduced several tax filing reforms for cross-border commuters starting next year. Sven Becker