Ministry of Finance

  • Luxembourg Sanctions Risk Assessment: Screening Gaps the CSSF Flagged

    The Luxembourg sanctions risk assessment that the CSSF drew to supervised firms’ attention in a communiqué of 24 September 2026 is the country’s first vertical risk assessment (VRA) of targeted financial sanctions (TFS) linked to terrorist financing (TF) and proliferation financing (PF). The Ministry of Finance led the exercise and released the report, titled “PF…

  • EET 2.0: Czech Electronic Sales Records Planned for 2027

    From 2 September 2026 the Czech Ministry of Finance and the Financial Administration run a single official website, eet.gov.cz, together with a dedicated helpline on 953 109 109, for a tax obligation Czech businesses last carried before the pandemic: recording in-person sales electronically. The reintroduced system, branded EET 2.0 (elektronicka evidence trzeb, electronic registration of…

  • Council Regulation (EU) 2026/1164: Iran Sanctions Update

    A sanctions amendment is not a memo you read next quarter. The moment Council Regulation (EU) 2026/1164 of 22 May 2026 took effect, the legal basis for new designations under the EU Iran regime widened, and any payment or asset transfer touching a newly captured person became a freeze obligation with same-day consequences. Miss the…