Multilateraal Instrument (MLI) en Nederlandse belastingverdragen: stand van zaken per 1 januari 2022 gepubliceerd (Nederland)

Op 27 december 2021 heeft het (Nederlandse) Ministerie van Financiën het schema inzake het Multilateraal Instrument (MLI) en Nederlandse belastingverdragen met de stand van zaken per 1 januari 2022, gepubliceerd op rijksoverheid.nl. In beginsel is het uitgangspunt dat dit schema elk kwartaal wordt geactualiseerd. Het Multilateraal Instrument (MLI) maakt het voor landen mogelijk op een snelle en efficiënte wijze hun belastingverdragen aan te passen om belastingontwijking tegen te gaan, zonder ...

OECD and SAT hold joint workshop on the experience of country-by-country reporting of tax information

Tax officials from 21 jurisdictions met this week in Yangzhou, People's Republic of China, to share experiences from the first year of country-by-country reporting and explore how information can be used most effectively in the tax risk assessment of MNE groups. This was announced in a press release dated 27 September 2018 as published on the website of the OECD. From the press release: The workshop, organised jointly by the ...

Few countries are pricing carbon high enough to meet climate targets

Governments need to raise carbon prices much faster if they are to meet their commitments on cutting emissions and slowing the pace of climate change under the Paris Agreement, according to a new OECD report as announced with a press release dated 18 September 2018 as published on the website of the OECD. Effective Carbon Rates 2018: Pricing Carbon Emissions through Taxes and Emissions Trading presents new data on taxes and ...

Public comments received on BEPS discussion draft on the transfer pricing aspects of financial transactions

On 3 July 2018, interested parties were invited to provide comments on a discussion draft on financial transactions, which deals with follow-up work in relation to Actions 8-10 (“Assure that transfer pricing outcomes are in line with value creation”) of the BEPS Action Plan. The OECD is grateful to the commentators for their input and now publishes the public comments received, according to a press release dated 14 September 2018 ...

OECD releases seven new transfer pricing country profiles and an update of a previously-released profile

The OECD has published new transfer pricing country profiles for Costa Rica, Greece, Republic of Korea, Panama, Seychelles, South Africa and Turkey. In addition, it has also updated the information contained in Singapore’s profile. The country profiles are now available for 52 countries. This was announced in a press release of 7 September 2018 as published on the website of the OECD. The OECD continues to publish and update the transfer pricing ...

OECD, government officials and parliamentarians discuss developments in international tax co-operation at high-level meeting in Georgia

Over 70 participants from 20 countries in Europe and Central Asia gathered in Tbilisi, Georgia, for a high-level regional event on Developments in International Tax Co-operation: Fighting Tax Evasion and Avoidance on 17-18 July 2018. This was announced in a press release dated 20 July 2018 published on the website of the OECD. From the press release: Over two days, participants discussed policy responses to fighting tax evasion and avoidance, as well ...

Platform for Collaboration on Tax invites final comments on a revised version of its report on the “Taxation of Offshore Indirect Transfers of Assets”

The Platform for Collaboration on Tax – a joint initiative of the IMF, OECD, UN and World Bank Group – invites final comments on a revised version of its report on the “Taxation of Offshore Indirect Transfers of Assets”: The Taxation of Offshore Indirect Transfers: A Toolkit - Draft Version 2 (also available in French and Spanish). This was announced in a press release dated 16 July 2018 published on the website of the ...

Major enlargement of the global network for the automatic exchange of offshore account information as over 100 jurisdictions get ready for exchanges

On 5 July 2018, the OECD published a new set of bilateral exchange relationships established under the Common Reporting Standard Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement (CRS MCAA). This was announced by the OECD in a press release dated 5 July 2018. In total, the international legal network for the automatic exchange of offshore financial account information under the CRS now covers over 90 jurisdictions, with the remaining dozen set to follow ...

OECD releases BEPS discussion draft on the transfer pricing aspects of financial transactions

The OECD has released the BEPS discussion draft on the transfer pricing aspects of financial transactions: the Public Discussion Draft BEPS Actions 8-10 Financial Transactions. Public comments are invited on this discussion draft, which deals with follow-up work in relation to Actions 8-10 ("Assure that transfer pricing outcomes are in line with value creation") of the BEPS Action Plan. This was announced by the OECD in a press release dated ...

Public comments received on the scope of the future revisions of Chapter IV (Administrative Approaches) and Chapter VII (Intra-group services) of the Transfer Pricing Guidelines

On 9 May 2018, interested parties were invited to provide comments on the scope of the future revisions of Chapter IV (Administrative Approaches) and Chapter VII (Intra-group services) of the Transfer Pricing Guidelines. The OECD has now published the public comments received. In a press release dated 28 June 2018 the OECD expresses that it is grateful to the commentators for their input. Sofar an extract from the press release referred to ...

OECD launches largest source of comparable tax revenue data

A new database providing detailed and comparable tax revenue information for 80 countries around the world – and which will expand to cover more than 90 countries by the end of 2018 – was unveiled today during the 5th plenary meeting of the Inclusive Framework on BEPS, held in Lima, Peru. This was announced in a press release dated 28 June 2018 published on the website of the OECD. The Global ...

OECD releases new guidance on the application of the approach to hard-to-value intangibles and the transactional profit split method under BEPS Actions 8-10

On 21 June 2018, the OECD released two reports containing Guidance for Tax Administrations on the Application of the Approach to Hard-to-Value Intangibles, under BEPS Action 8; and Revised Guidance on the Application of the Transactional Profit Split Method, under BEPS Action 10. From the press release dated 21 June 2018 as published on the website of the OECD: In October 2015, as part of the final BEPS package, the OECD/G20 published ...