OECD Secretary-General welcomes pledge by 48 countries (including The Netherlands) to implement global tax transparency standard for crypto-assets by 2027 (Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework, CARF)
OECD Secretary-General Mathias Cormann welcomed the announcement on Friday November 10th, 2023, that 48 countries and jurisdictions intend to implement the OECD’s global tax transparency framework for the reporting and exchange of information with respect to crypto-assets by 2027. This has been announced in a news release on the website of the OECD. Further from the news release: “Today’s announcement of co‑ordinated international action on crypto-assets is a major step forward, marking ...
28 Jurisdictions sign international tax agreements to exchange information with respect to income earned on digital platforms and offshore financial assets
This week 28 countries and jurisdictions took new steps to strengthen and expand their co-operation in tax matters by signing the multilateral competent authority agreement (MCAA) for the automatic exchange of information and/or the CRS Mandatory Disclosure Rules). This has been announced with a news release on the website of the OECD. At a signing ceremony held in Seville in the side-lines of the 15th Plenary Meeting of the Global Forum on ...
Global Forum reports significant progress on global transparency and exchange of tax information, while noting further work is needed
Wednesday November 9, 2022, the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes published the report ‘Peer Review of the Automatic Exchange of Financial Account Information 2022’. The report presents the first peer reviews with effectiveness ratings for the 99 countries and jurisdictions which had committed to starting Automatic Exchange of Information (AEOI) in 2017 or 2018. This has been announced with a news release on the ...
Peer review report on Automatic Exchange of Financial Account Information 2022: Sint Maarten
According to the Global Forum’s 2022 peer review report on automatic exchange of financial account information (AEOI), Sint Maarten’s legal framework implementing the AEOI Standard is in place but needs improvement. The overall rating of Sint Maarten in relation to the effectiveness in practice is: non-compliant. Wednesday November 9, 2022, the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes published the report ‘Peer Review of the Automatic ...
Peer review report on Automatic Exchange of Financial Account Information 2022: Curaçao
According to the Global Forum’s 2022 peer review report on automatic exchange of financial account information (AEOI), Curaçao’s legal framework implementing the AEOI Standard is not in place. The overall rating of Curaçao in relation to the effectiveness in practice is: non-compliant. Wednesday November 9, 2022, the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes published the report ‘Peer Review of the Automatic Exchange of Financial Account ...
Peer review report on Automatic Exchange of Financial Account Information 2022: Aruba
According to the Global Forum’s 2022 peer review report on automatic exchange of financial account information (AEOI), Aruba’s legal framework implementing the AEOI Standard is not in place. The overall rating of Aruba in relation to the effectiveness in practice is: non-compliant. Wednesday November 9, 2022, the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes published the report ‘Peer Review of the Automatic Exchange of Financial Account ...
Anguilla, The Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands added to EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes
The Council of the European Union decided on Tuesday October 4, 2022, to add Anguilla, The Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands to the EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes. This has been announced with a press release published on the website of the Council. Turks and Caicos Islands are listed for the first time. The Bahamas were already once listed in 2018, and Anguilla once in 2020. The Council ...
Release MDES Portal for submission of data for FATCA/CRS automatic exchange of information (Curaçao)
Weeks 11 to 13: as of now the MDES Portal has been released for 2021 reports to be submitted at the portal; the end of the submission period is 31st March 2022. This has been announced in a news release dated 14 March 2022 on the website of the Ministry of Finance of Curaçao (Ministerie van Financiën). MDES is the online financial data exchange portal for submitting of data for ...
Women leaders in tax transparency pilot programme starts with twenty-three registered participants
The first meeting of the Women leaders in tax transparency programme took place on 17 and 18 February 2022. Initially planned to train a maximum of fifteen female participants, the pilot programme had to be expanded to respond to the strong interest. Twenty-three tax professionals from 23 developing-country members of the Global Forum are participating in this first edition. This has been announced on 18 February 2022 with a news ...
Release MDES Portal for test period for Financial Institutions (FATCA/CRS) (Curaçao)
As of now (weeks 8 to 10) the MDES portal has been released for the test period for Financial Institutions and Sponsors through test message with test data. During this period, it is only possible to check by means of a test message with test data for the new tax year, whether your own messages or input validation meet the controls of the XML message. This has been announced in ...
Ten years of capacity building to advance tax transparency: landmark Global Forum report highlights successful activities
On February 3, 2022, the 2022 Global Forum Capacity Building Report has been published. The report highlights ten years of successful capacity-building activities to support the global implementation of the two international standards on exchange of information on request (EOIR) and automatic exchange of financial account information (AEOI). The report also provides an update on the Global Forum’s capacity-building programme and outreach activities carried out in 2021. This has been announced by ...
Global Forum organises workshop on automatic exchange of information’s effectiveness review process
The Global Forum Secretariat organised a workshop on the effectiveness review process with a focus on ensuring compliance by financial institutions in relation to the Automatic Exchange of Financial Account Information (AEOI). Held virtually on 1-2 December 2021, it was attended by over 420 participants from 84 jurisdictions. This has been announced on 3 December 2021 with a news release on the website of the OECD. Furthermore from the news ...
Nota van Wijziging inzake de ontwerplandsbegroting 2022 – belastingaangelegenheden uitgelicht (Curaçao)
Op 29 november 2021 is een Nota van Wijziging inzake de ontwerp-landsverordening tot vaststelling van de Begroting van Curaçao voor het dienstjaar 2022 (Zittingsjaar 2021-2022-199, no. 6) aangeboden aan de Staten. De ontwerplandsverordening stond ook geagendeerd voor behandeling tijdens een openbare vergadering van de Staten op maandag 29 november 2021 (en de latere dagen van die week), om 10 uur ’s ochtends (klik hier voor de oproep). Middels deze nota ...
Nota naar aanleiding van het Verslag inzake de ontwerplandsbegroting 2022 van Curaçao. Maandag 29 november behandeling in openbare vergadering van de Staten (Curaçao)
Op 18 november 2021 is de Nota naar aanleiding van het Verslag inzake de ontwerplandsverordening tot vaststelling van de Begroting van Curaçao voor het dienstjaar 2022 (Zittingsjaar 2021-2022-199) aangeboden, met de bijlagen: Uitvoeringsagenda Landspakket Curaçao 1 oktober – 31 december 2021, Kódigo di Komportashon ‘Regla ta regla’ – Gedragscode 2.0 en de lijst van TMMK-scholen. In de week van maandag 25 oktober 2021 vond in de Centrale Commissie van de ...
Revised EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions dated 5 October 2021
On 5 October 2021, the Council of the European Union (EU) adopted conclusions on the revised EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes. The following countries are now listed : American Samoa, Fiji, Guam, Palau, Panama, Samoa, Trinidad and Tobago, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Vanuatu. For more information, refer to this page on the website of the European Commission. Click here (pdf) for the Council conclusions on the ...
Global Forum Secretariat hosts virtual workshop on effective use of data from automatic exchange of information
A workshop on the effective use of data derived from the Automatic Exchange of Financial Account Information (AEOI) was organised by the Global Forum Secretariat. Held virtually on 4-5 October, it was attended by 625 participants from 89 jurisdictions. This has been announced with a news release on the website of the OECD. Furthermore from the news release: The AEOI Standard is truly global with 120 from 163 Global Forum members now committed ...
Global Forum Secretariat holds workshop on concept of foreseeable relevance
A workshop on the concept of foreseeable relevance targeted at tax officials involved in exchange of information (EOI) was organised by the Global Forum Secretariat (the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes). Held virtually on 28-29 September 2021, it was attended by 149 participants from 81 jurisdictions. This has been announced with a news release on the website of the OECD. Furthermore from the news ...
Ontwerplandsbegroting 2022 Curaçao: Noodfonds COVID-19 (Curaçao)
Op de traditionele tweede dinsdag van september – dinsdag 14 september 2021 – is door de regering bij gelegenheid van de opening van het nieuwe parlementaire zittingsjaar 2021-2022 van de Staten van Curaçao de ontwerplandsverordening tot vaststelling van de Begroting van Curaçao voor het dienstjaar 2022 aangeboden aan de Staten (ter griffie van de Staten ingeboekt met volgnummer Zittingsjaar 2021-2022-199). Klik hier voor de Statenstukken nrs. 1 t/m 3 betreffende ...
Ontwerplandsbegroting 2022 Curaçao: beleidsdoeleinden Ministerie van Financiën op belastinggebied, nationaal en internationaal (Curaçao)
Op de traditionele tweede dinsdag van september – dinsdag 14 september 2021 – is door de regering bij gelegenheid van de opening van het nieuwe parlementaire zittingsjaar 2021-2022 van de Staten van Curaçao de ontwerplandsverordening tot vaststelling van de Begroting van Curaçao voor het dienstjaar 2022 aangeboden aan de Staten (ter griffie van de Staten ingeboekt met volgnummer Zittingsjaar 2021-2022-199). Klik hier voor de Statenstukken nrs. 1 t/m 3 betreffende ...
Ontwerplandsbegroting 2022 Curaçao: belastingcompliance en reorganisatie/optimalisering van de belastingdienst (Curaçao)
Op de traditionele tweede dinsdag van september – dinsdag 14 september 2021 – is door de regering bij gelegenheid van de opening van het nieuwe parlementaire zittingsjaar 2021-2022 van de Staten van Curaçao de ontwerplandsverordening tot vaststelling van de Begroting van Curaçao voor het dienstjaar 2022 aangeboden aan de Staten (ter griffie van de Staten ingeboekt met volgnummer Zittingsjaar 2021-2022-199). Klik hier voor de Statenstukken nrs. 1 t/m 3 betreffende ...
Ontwerplandsbegroting 2022 Curaçao: belastingramingen (Curaçao)
Op de traditionele tweede dinsdag van september – dinsdag 14 september 2021 – is door de regering bij gelegenheid van de opening van het nieuwe parlementaire zittingsjaar 2021-2022 van de Staten van Curaçao de ontwerplandsverordening tot vaststelling van de Begroting van Curaçao voor het dienstjaar 2022 aangeboden aan de Staten (ter griffie van de Staten ingeboekt met volgnummer Zittingsjaar 2021-2022-199). Klik hier voor de Statenstukken nrs. 1 t/m 3 betreffende ...
Ontwerplandsbegroting 2022 Curaçao: fiscale beleidsvoornemens (Curaçao)
Op de traditionele tweede dinsdag van september – dinsdag 14 september 2021 – is door de regering bij gelegenheid van de opening van het nieuwe parlementaire zittingsjaar 2021-2022 van de Staten van Curaçao de ontwerplandsverordening tot vaststelling van de Begroting van Curaçao voor het dienstjaar 2022 aangeboden aan de Staten (ter griffie van de Staten ingeboekt met volgnummer Zittingsjaar 2021-2022-199). Klik hier voor de Statenstukken nrs. 1 t/m 3 betreffende ...
Ontwerplandsbegroting 2022 Curaçao: algemene uitgangspunten (Curaçao)
Op de traditionele tweede dinsdag van september – dinsdag 14 september 2021 – is door de regering bij gelegenheid van de opening van het nieuwe parlementaire zittingsjaar 2021-2022 van de Staten van Curaçao de ontwerplandsverordening tot vaststelling van de Begroting van Curaçao voor het dienstjaar 2022 aangeboden aan de Staten (ter griffie van de Staten ingeboekt met volgnummer Zittingsjaar 2021-2022-199). Klik hier voor de Statenstukken nrs. 1 t/m 3 betreffende ...
Besluit van 20 augustus 2021 houdende wijziging van de Leidraad FATCA/CRS: omschrijving gevolgen indien een FI geen self-certification formulier verkrijgt en toevoeging aan onderdeel inzake ‘Aandeelhouders uit één familie’ (onder andere bepaalde holdingvennootschappen met meer dan één aandeelhouder en familiefondsen) (Nederland)
Op 30 augustus 2021 is in de Staatscourant van het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden, jaargang 2021, nr. 39266 (Stcrt. 2021, 39266) het Besluit van 20 augustus 2021, nr. 2021-165572 van de Staatssecretaris van Financiën houdende een wijziging van de Leidraad FATCA/CRS (Directoraat-generaal Belastingdienst, Corporate Dienst Vaktechniek) gepubliceerd. Dit besluit wijzigt enkele onderdelen van het besluit van 23 juni 2020, nr. 2020-115390 (Leidraad FATCA/CRS, Stcrt. 2020, nr. 34988) ter verduidelijking van bestaand ...
First edition of Tax Transparency in Latin America report outlines growing role of tax transparency and exchange of information in helping Latin American governments fight financial crimes and mobilise resources
On 12 July 2021, the report Tax Transparency in Latin America 2021 was published. The report is a key output of the Punta del Este Declaration, a Latin American initiative to tackle tax evasion, corruption and other financial crimes through transparency and exchange of information (EOI) for tax purposes. This has been announced with a press release on the website of the OECD. Furthermore from the press release: The report analyses the ...
OECD publishes international exchange framework and optional module for Model Reporting Rules for Digital Platforms
On 22 June 2021, the OECD published a report regarding international exchange framework and optional module for Model Reporting Rules for Digital Platforms: “Model Reporting Rules for Digital Platforms: International Exchange Framework and Optional Module for Sale of Goods”. Click here to go to the publication on the website of the OECD. The Model Rules for Reporting by Platform Operators with respect to Sellers in the Sharing and Gig Economy ("Model Reporting ...
Heads of tax crime investigation welcome new OECD report on fighting tax crimes
At their meeting on June 17th, 2021, heads of tax crime investigation from 44 countries welcomed the launch of a new edition Fighting Tax Crime – The Ten Global Principles, Second Edition, published 17 June 2021 of the groundbreaking global reference guide setting out the ten core requirements for jurisdictions to be able to effectively tackle tax crime while ensuring that taxpayers' rights are respected. This has been announced with ...
Verdrag Nederlandse Antillen – Finland ter bevordering van de economische betrekkingen buiten werking getreden. Was aanvulling op verdrag inzake uitwisseling van informatie betreffende belastingen en bevatte enkele fiscale verdragsvoordelen (Nederlandse Antillen, Curaçao, Sint Maarten, Caribisch Nederland)
De buitenwerkingtreding van de bepalingen van het Verdrag ter bevordering van de economische betrekkingen tussen het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden, ten behoeve van de Nederlandse Antillen, en de Republiek Finland (Parijs, 10 september 2009; Trb. 2009, 178, Trb. 2010, 130 en Trb. 2011, 165) is op 23 juni 2021 afgekondigd in het Tractatenblad van het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden, jaargang 2021, nr. 86 (Trb. 2021, 86). De bepalingen van het Verdrag zijn ...
Verdrag Nederlandse Antillen – Denemarken ter bevordering van de economische betrekkingen buiten werking getreden. Was aanvulling op verdrag inzake uitwisseling van informatie betreffende belastingen en bevatte enkele fiscale verdragsvoordelen (Nederlandse Antillen, Curaçao, Sint Maarten, Caribisch Nederland)
De buitenwerkingtreding van de bepalingen van het Verdrag ter bevordering van de economische betrekkingen tussen het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden, ten behoeve van de Nederlandse Antillen, en het Koninkrijk Denemarken (Parijs, 10 september 2009; Trb. 2009, 166, Trb. 2010, 121 en Trb. 2011, 111) is op 23 juni 2021 afgekondigd in het Tractatenblad van het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden, jaargang 2021, nr. 85 (Trb. 2021, 85). De bepalingen van het Verdrag zijn ...
Verdrag Aruba – Finland ter bevordering van de economische betrekkingen buiten werking getreden. Was aanvulling op verdrag inzake uitwisseling van informatie betreffende belastingen en bevatte enkele fiscale verdragsvoordelen (Aruba)
De buitenwerkingtreding van de bepalingen van het Verdrag ter bevordering van de economische betrekkingen tussen het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden, ten behoeve van Aruba, en de Republiek Finland (Parijs, 10 september 2009; Trb. 2009, 180, Trb. 2010, 92 en Trb. 2011, 124) is op 23 juni 2021 afgekondigd in het Tractatenblad van het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden, jaargang 2021, nr. 84 (Trb. 2021, 84). De bepalingen van het Verdrag zijn ingevolge artikel ...
