OECD agrees new peer review process to foster transparency on tax rulings
In order to maintain and further improve transparency on tax rulings, the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on BEPS, which groups over 135 countries and jurisdictions on an equal footing for multilateral negotiation of international tax rules, approved the process for the BEPS Action 5 peer review of the transparency framework for the years 2021 to 2025. This has been announced by the OECD with a press release dated 22 February 2021 ...
OECD calls on countries to crack down on the professionals enabling tax and white collar crimes
Countries should increase efforts to better deter, detect and disrupt the activities of professionals who enable tax evasion and other financial crimes, according to a new OECD report “Ending the Shell Game: Cracking down on the Professionals who enable Tax and White Collar Crimes”. This has been announced by the OECD with a press release dated 25 February 2021 on the occasion of the release of the peer review reports ...
New report highlights successful delivery of Global Forum Secretariat’s capacity-building activities during challenging year
On 17 February 2021, the 2021 Global Forum capacity building report has been published, setting out the large amount of support activities conducted by the Global Forum. Despite challenging conditions, the Global Forum Secretariat ensured the continuity of its capacity-building programme in 2020, while increasing its support to jurisdictions. This has been announced by the OECD with a press release dated 17 February 2021 on the occasion of the release of the ...
OECD releases the final batch of the stage 1 peer review reports for BEPS Action 14 on dispute resolution mechanisms
On 16 February 2021 the OECD released the final batch of the stage 1 peer review reports for BEPS Action 14 on dispute resolution mechanisms. The stage 1 peer review assessments for Aruba, Bahrain, Barbados, Gibraltar, Greenland, Kazakhstan, Oman, Qatar, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, United Arab Emirates and Viet Nam evaluate the efforts made by each jurisdiction to implement the Action 14 minimum standard of the OECD/G20 BEPS Project, which aims to improve the resolution of tax-related disputes between jurisdictions ...
Dominica added to the EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions, Barbados removed
On 22 February 2021, the Council of the European Union (EU) adopted conclusions on the revised EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes, deciding to add Dominica to the EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions (Annex I of the conclusions) and to remove Barbados from that list. This has been announced with a press release dated 22 February 2021 on the website of the European Commission. Furthermore from the press ...
Nadere toelichting staatssecretaris waarom belastingverdrag met Liechtenstein niet ook van toepassing zal zijn op het Caribische deel van Nederland. Alle momenteel in werking zijnde belastingverdragen met EU-lidstaten qua geografische reikwijdte beperkt tot Europees Nederland
Bij brief d.d. 9 februari 2021 heeft de staatsstaatssecretaris van Financiën–Fiscaliteit en Belastingdienst zijn reactie aangeboden aan de Tweede Kamer op de vragen en opmerkingen van de fracties in het kader van het schriftelijk overleg van de vaste commissie voor Financiën over het het op 3 juni 2020 te Bern tot stand gekomen verdrag tussen het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden en Vorstendom Liechtenstein tot het vermijden van dubbele belasting met betrekking ...
Stage 1 peer review report on dispute resolution released by OECD: overall Aruba meets the majority of the elements of the Action 14 Minimum Standard and where it has deficiencies, Aruba is working to address some of them
On 16 February 2021 the OECD released the final batch of the stage 1 peer review reports for BEPS Action 14 on dispute resolution mechanisms, including the stage 1 peer review assessment for Aruba. This has been announced by the OECD with a press release dated 16 February 2021 on the occasion of the release of the peer review reports. The reports evaluate the efforts made by each jurisdiction to implement ...
Belastingverdrag met Chili ondertekend, alleen gelding voor Europees Nederland. Protocol bevat een bepaling voor territoriale uitbreiding tot Aruba, Curaçao of Sint Maarten
Op 5 februari 2021 is het op 25 januari 2021 getekende Verdrag tussen het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden en de Republiek Chili tot het vermijden van dubbele belasting met betrekking tot belastingen naar het inkomen en naar het vermogen en het voorkomen van het ontduiken en ontwijken van belasting (met Protocol) (Santiago de Chile, 25 januari 2021) uitgegeven en geplaatst in het Tractatenblad van het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden, jaargang 2021, no ...
Barbados deposits its instrument of ratification for the Multilateral BEPS Convention
On 21 December 2020, Barbados deposited its instrument of ratification for the Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (Multilateral Convention or MLI), which now covers over 1700 bilateral tax treaties, thus underlining its strong commitment to prevent the abuse of tax treaties and base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) by multinational enterprises. For Barbados, the MLI will enter into force on ...
Better use of energy taxes could strengthen developing country finances while cutting pollution
Developing countries could raise much-needed public revenues, while cutting emissions and air pollution, by making better use of energy taxes and reducing energy subsidies, according to a new OECD report released on 25 January 2021. The release of the report has been announced by the OECD with a press release dated 25 January 2021. Furthermore from the press release: Taxing Energy Use for Sustainable Development: Opportunities for energy tax and ...
Platform for Collaboration on Tax’s new toolkit helps countries implement effective transfer pricing documentation requirements
The Platform for Collaboration on Tax (PCT) – a joint initiative of IMF, OECD, UN and the World Bank – has released the final version of the Practical Toolkit to Support the Successful Implementation by Developing Countries of Effective Transfer Pricing Documentation Requirements. The release of the report has been announced by the OECD with a press release dated 19 January 2021. Furthermore from the press release: The PCT's new toolkit ...
Overzicht van ontwerpverdragen (verdragen in voorbereiding), peildatum 1 januari 2021
De Minister van Buitenlandse Zaken heeft aan de Tweede Kamer het overzicht aangeboden van ontwerpverdragen (verdragen in voorbereiding) waarover thans wordt onderhandeld, met peildatum 1 januari 2021. Deze lijst bevat – naast onder meer investeringsverdragen en luchtvaartverdragen – een aantal in onderhandeling zijnde belastingverdragen, fiscale inlichtingenverdragen en verdragen tot wederzijdse administratieve bijstand in douanezaken ten behoeve van één of meer Caribische delen van het Koninkrijk. Op de lijst staan de ...
Liechtenstein niet bereid belastingverdrag met Nederland mede van toepassing te laten zijn op het Caribische deel van Nederland
Bij brief d.d. 11 januari 2021 heeft de Minister van Buitenlandse Zaken het op 3 juni 2020 te Bern tot stand gekomen verdrag tussen het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden en Vorstendom Liechtenstein tot het vermijden van dubbele belasting met betrekking tot belastingen naar het inkomen en het vermogen en het voorkomen van het ontduiken en ontwijken van belasting, met Protocol (Trb 2020, 60 en Trb. 2020, 95) ter stilzwijgende goedkeuring overgelegd ...
Luchtvaartverdrag Curaçao-Verenigde Arabische Emiraten getekend, bevat ook enkele fiscale bepalingen
Op 17 december 2020 is het op 25 november 2020 te Dubai getekende Verdrag tussen de Regering van het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden, ten behoeve van Curaçao, en de Regering van de Verenigde Arabische Emiraten voor luchtdiensten tussen en via hun onderscheiden grondgebieden (met Bijlage) (Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, in respect of Curaçao, and the Government of the United Arab Emirates for Air Services between ...
Luchtvaartverdrag Curaçao-Malta getekend, bevat ook enkele fiscale bepalingen
Op 18 december 2020 is het op 16 november 2020 te Valletta getekende Verdrag inzake luchtdiensten tussen het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden, ten behoeve van Curaçao, en de Republiek Malta (met Bijlage) (Air Services Agreement between the Kingdom of the Netherlands, in respect of Curaçao, and the Republic of Malta) uitgegeven en geplaatst in het Tractatenblad van het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden, jaargang 2020, nr. 136 (Trb. 2020, 136). Het Verdrag bevat ...
Public comments received on the Reports on Pillar One and Pillar Two Blueprints
As part of the ongoing work to develop a solution to the tax challenges of the digitalisation of the economy, the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on BEPS invited public comments on the Reports on the Pillar One and Pillar Two Blueprints. The OECD is grateful to the commentators for their input and now publishes the public comments received. This has been announced by the OECD in a press release dated 16 December 2020 ...
OECD publishes information on the state of implementation of the hard-to-value intangibles approach by members of the Inclusive Framework on BEPS
The OECD has published jurisdiction-specific information on the implementation of the hard-to-value intangibles ("HTVI") approach. To date, 40 jurisdictions have provided information on whether their domestic legal system provides for transfer pricing rules aimed at transactions involving HTVI. This has been announced by the OECD in a press release dated 16 December 2020. Furthermore from the press release: The publication of this information is part of the monitoring process of the implementation ...
Transparency on tax rulings now the global norm, according to new peer review assessments for over 120 jurisdictions
As part of continuing efforts to improve tax transparency, the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on BEPS (Inclusive Framework) has reviewed the progress made by 124 jurisdictions in spontaneously exchanging information on tax rulings, in accordance with the BEPS Action 5 minimum standard. The conclusions show that transparency on tax rulings is now a fully-entrenched part of the international tax framework, with 20 000 tax rulings having been identified and 36 000 ...
Toelichting op wijziging bijlage II van de IGA FATCA (Nederland)
De staatssecretaris van Financiën-Fiscaliteit en Belastingdienst heeft bij brief gereageerd op de brief van 9 december 2020 van de vaste commissie voor Financiën van de Tweede Kamer waarin de commissie verzoekt om de Kamer nader te informeren over de Wijziging van Bijlage II van het Verdrag tussen het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden en de Verenigde Staten van Amerika tot verbetering van de internationale naleving van de belastingplicht en tenuitvoerlegging van de ...
Engelse tekst wijzigingen douanenomenclatuur bij het Internationaal Verdrag betreffende het geharmoniseerde systeem inzake de omschrijving en de codering van goederen in het Tractatenblad. Wijzigingen gelden voor het gehele Koninkrijk
De Internationale Douaneraad heeft tijdens zijn 123ste en 124ste zitting op 27 juni 2014 en tijdens zijn 125ste en 126ste zitting op 11 juni 2015 overeenkomstig de procedure van artikel 16 van het Internationaal Verdrag betreffende het geharmoniseerde systeem inzake de omschrijving en de codering van goederen (Trb. 1985, 108; hierna: “het Verdrag”) aanbevelingen aangenomen strekkende tot het aanbrengen van bepaalde wijzigingen in de douanenomenclatuur zoals vervat in de Bijlage ...
Inclusive Framework Peer Review Report on the Exchange of Information on Tax Rulings: the Netherlands
As part of continuing efforts to improve tax transparency, the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on BEPS (Inclusive Framework) has reviewed the progress made by 124 jurisdictions in spontaneously exchanging information on tax rulings, in accordance with the BEPS Action 5 minimum standard. The conclusions show that transparency on tax rulings is now a fully-entrenched part of the international tax framework, with 20 000 tax rulings having been identified and 36 000 ...
Inclusive Framework Peer Review Report on the Exchange of Information on Tax Rulings: Sint Maarten
As part of continuing efforts to improve tax transparency, the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on BEPS (Inclusive Framework) has reviewed the progress made by 124 jurisdictions in spontaneously exchanging information on tax rulings, in accordance with the BEPS Action 5 minimum standard. The conclusions show that transparency on tax rulings is now a fully-entrenched part of the international tax framework, with 20 000 tax rulings having been identified and 36 000 ...
Inclusive Framework Peer Review Report on the Exchange of Information on Tax Rulings: Curaçao
As part of continuing efforts to improve tax transparency, the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on BEPS (Inclusive Framework) has reviewed the progress made by 124 jurisdictions in spontaneously exchanging information on tax rulings, in accordance with the BEPS Action 5 minimum standard. The conclusions show that transparency on tax rulings is now a fully-entrenched part of the international tax framework, with 20 000 tax rulings having been identified and 36 000 ...
Inclusive Framework Peer Review Report on the Exchange of Information on Tax Rulings: Aruba
As part of continuing efforts to improve tax transparency, the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on BEPS (Inclusive Framework) has reviewed the progress made by 124 jurisdictions in spontaneously exchanging information on tax rulings, in accordance with the BEPS Action 5 minimum standard. The conclusions show that transparency on tax rulings is now a fully-entrenched part of the international tax framework, with 20 000 tax rulings having been identified and 36 000 ...
Heads of tax administration agree global actions to meet the current economic and administrative challenges
Tax administrations are playing a critical role as governments deal with the economic recovery from COVID-19 following an unprecedented global crisis. On 8 December 2020, senior officials from the 53 members of the OECD Forum on Tax Administration, which includes all OECD and G20 members, agreed an ambitious agenda for the next year, focused on enhancing resilience and tax certainty as well as the digital transformation of tax administrations. This ...
International community reaches important milestone in fight against tax evasion. First Peer Review of the Automatic Exchange of Financial Account Information released
New international standards on the automatic exchange of information for tax purposes have so far been satisfactorily implemented by countries worldwide, marking an important milestone in the global fight against tax evasion, according to a new report published on 9 December 2020 by the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes (the Global Forum). This has been announced by the OECD in a press release dated ...
Global Forum’s Peer Review of the Automatic Exchange of Financial Account Information re the Netherlands. Overall determination on the legal framework: ‘in place but needs improvement’ (the Netherlands)
New international standards on the automatic exchange of information for tax purposes have so far been satisfactorily implemented by countries worldwide, marking an important milestone in the global fight against tax evasion, according to a new report published on 9 December 2020 by the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes (the Global Forum). This has been announced by the OECD in a press release dated ...
Global Forum’s Peer Review of the Automatic Exchange of Financial Account Information re Sint Maarten. Overall determination on the legal framework: ‘not in place’ (Sint Maarten)
New international standards on the automatic exchange of information for tax purposes have so far been satisfactorily implemented by countries worldwide, marking an important milestone in the global fight against tax evasion, according to a new report published on 9 December 2020 by the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes (the Global Forum). This has been announced by the OECD in a press release dated ...
Global Forum’s Peer Review of the Automatic Exchange of Financial Account Information re Curaçao. Overall determination on the legal framework: ‘not in place’ (Curaçao)
New international standards on the automatic exchange of information for tax purposes have so far been satisfactorily implemented by countries worldwide, marking an important milestone in the global fight against tax evasion, according to a new report published on 9 December 2020 by the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes (the Global Forum). This has been announced by the OECD in a press release dated ...
Global Forum’s Peer Review of the Automatic Exchange of Financial Account Information 2020 re Aruba. Overall determination on the legal framework: ‘not in place’ (Aruba)
New international standards on the automatic exchange of information for tax purposes have so far been satisfactorily implemented by countries worldwide, marking an important milestone in the global fight against tax evasion, according to a new report published on 9 December 2020 by the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes (the Global Forum). This has been announced by the OECD in a press release dated ...
