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In response to a request from the APEC Finance Ministers, the OECD presented the report Combatting Tax Crimes More Effectively in APEC Economies at the APEC meetings underway in Santiago (Chile), as was announced with a press release on the website of the OECD. Recognising the critical role that the fight against tax crimes and other illicit financial flows plays in building resilient economies, the report was called for in APEC's Cebu Action ...
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On 9 October 2019 the OECD Secretary-General Tax Report to G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors was released. From the Overview in the report: “Overview G20 support for modernising the international tax rules has been instrumental over the past 10 years in ending bank secrecy, considerably improving tax co-operation, and strengthening the rules to counter base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) by multinational companies. However, further progress is needed ...
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As part of the ongoing work of the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on BEPS (the Inclusive Framework), the OECD is seeking public comments on a Secretariat Proposal for a "Unified Approach" under Pillar One. This was announced in a press release dated 9 October 2019 published on the website of the OECD. From the press release: Background The Programme of Work (PoW) adopted by the Inclusive Framework on BEPS at its meeting of 28-29 ...
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On 9 October 2019, the OECD Secretariat published a proposal to advance international negotiations to ensure large and highly profitable Multinational Enterprises, including digital companies, pay tax wherever they have significant consumer-facing activities and generate their profits. This was announced in a press release published on the website of the OECD. From the press release: The new OECD proposal brings together common elements of three competing proposals from member countries, and is ...
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Op 4 oktober jl. is het advies van de Raad van State inzake het ‘Verzoek om voorlichting over de bestaande vormgeving tussen de Caribisch en Europees Nederland en de coördinerende rol van BZK’ gepubliceerd. Bij brief van 13 september 2018 heeft de Staatssecretaris van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties op de voet van artikel 21a, eerste lid, van de Wet op de Raad van State aan de Afdeling advisering van de ...
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The Platform for Collaboration on Tax – a joint initiative of the IMF, OECD, UN and World Bank Group – is seeking feedback from the public on a draft toolkit designed to help developing countries in the implementation of effective transfer pricing documentation requirements. This was announced in a press release published on the website of the OECD. From the press release: Transfer pricing documentation is necessary for effective implementation ...
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Het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden heeft de voorlopige toepassing van de overeenkomst tussen het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden, ten behoeve van Aruba, en de Italiaanse Republiek betreffende automatische gegevensuitwisseling inzake inkomsten uit spaargelden in de vorm van rentebetaling (Brussel/'s-Gravenhage, 25 mei/9 november 2004), die vanaf 1 juli 2005 voorlopig werd toegepast, op 25 april 2019 beëindigd (Tractatenblad van het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden van 30 september 2019, jaargang 2019, nr. 150; Trb. 2019, 150). De ...
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Het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden heeft de voorlopige toepassing van de overeenkomst tussen het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden, ten behoeve van de Nederlandse Antillen, en de Italiaanse Republiek betreffende automatische gegevensuitwisseling inzake inkomsten uit spaargelden in de vorm van rentebetaling (Brussel/'s-Gravenhage, 25 mei/27 augustus 2004), die vanaf 1 juli 2005 voorlopig werd toegepast, op 26 april 2019 opgezegd in de verhouding tussen Nederland (het Caribische deel) en Curaçao, enerzijds, en de Italiaanse Republiek, anderzijds (Tractatenblad ...
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Tax Inspectors Without Borders (TIWB) assistance has delivered nearly USD 500 million in additional revenue for developing countries through April 2019, according to the latest TIWB annual report, as announced in a press release dated 25 September 2019 published on the website of the OECD. The release of the report was already announced in a press release dated 18 September 2019. From the press release dated 25 September 2019: The ...
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Taxing polluting sources of energy is an effective way to curb emissions that harm the planet and human health, and the income generated can be used to ease the low-carbon transition for vulnerable households. Yet 70% of energy-related CO2 emissions from advanced and emerging economies are entirely untaxed, offering little incentive to move to cleaner energy, according to a new OECD report as announced in a press release published on ...
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The eighth edition of the OECD's Tax Administration Series published ON 23 September 2019 shows how tax administrations are increasingly moving to e-administration and using a range of technology tools, data sources and analytics to increase tax compliance, according to a press release published on the website of the OECD. From the press release: Commenting on the report, Pascal Saint-Amans, Director of the OECD Centre for Tax Policy and Administration ...
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On 6 September 2019, the IMF Working Paper: “A Possible Approach to Fiscal Rules in Small Islands”, prepared by Ryota Nakatani, was released on the website of the IMF (International Monetary Fund). Summary From the summary on the website of the IMF guiding the release: “A big challenge for the economic development of small island countries is dealing with external shocks. The Pacific Islands are vulnerable to natural disasters, climate ...
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Op 25 september 2019 is door de vaste commissie voor Koninkrijksrelaties van de Tweede Kamer het Verslag houdende een lijst van vragen over vaststelling van de begrotingsstaten van Koninkrijksrelaties (IV) en het BES-fonds (H) voor het jaar 2020) vastgesteld. Het voorstel van wet tot Vaststelling van de begrotingsstaten van Koninkrijksrelaties (IV) en het BES-fonds (H) voor het jaar 2020 werd op 17 september, de derde dinsdag van september (“Prinsjesdag”) met ...
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The first OECD Tax Certainty Day took place on 16 September 2019 at OECD headquarters in Paris, according to a press release published on the website of the OECD. From the press release: As recognised by G20 Ministers, maintaining and enhancing tax certainty brings benefits for taxpayers and tax administrations alike and is key in promoting investment, jobs and growth. This is particularly the case against the backdrop of the ...
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Op 29 augustus 2019 is bij Notawisseling tussen het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden en de Republiek Moldavië een verdrag tot stand gekomen, waarin het Verdrag tussen het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden en de Republiek Moldavië inzake wederzijdse administratieve bijstand in douanezaken (Chisinau, 19 juni 2006, Trb. 2006, 199, Trb. 2009, 153, Trb. 2011, 221) wordt uitgebreid tot Aruba, Curaçao en Sint Maarten. De notawisseling is uitgegeven in het Tractatenblad van het Koninkrijk ...
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