OECD tax revenues fall slightly before the COVID-19 pandemic, but countries face much larger decreases ahead, particularly from consumption taxes
Tax revenues fell across the OECD for the first time in a decade during 2019, but a much larger decrease is expected in 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic drives down economic activity and consumption tax revenues, according to new OECD research published on Thursday 3 December 2020. This has been announced in a press release published on the website of the OECD. Furthermore form the press release: The 2020 edition ...
OECD Secretary-General Tax Report to G20 Leaders presented during the November 2020 meeting
On 23 November 2020, the OECD Secretary-General Tax Report to G20 Leaders was presented during the November 2020 meeting in Saudi Arabia. Click here to go to the report (pdf) on the website of the OECD. This report contains two parts. Part I reports on the activities and achievements in the OECD’s international tax agenda. Part II reports on the activities and achievements of the Global Forum on Transparency and ...
New OECD self-assessment tool to help jurisdictions tackle tax crimes
A new diagnostic tool will allow jurisdictions to self-assess their capabilities across a range of legal, strategic and operational areas to support their efforts to tackling tax crime effectively. The Tax Crime Investigation Maturity Model sets out descriptions of capabilities and performance for tax crime investigation, allowing governments to identify where they are situated in relation to good practice across a number of levels of increasing maturity: Emerging, Progressing, Established, Aspirational. This ...
Global Forum Secretariat delivers new Confidentiality and Information Security Management toolkit to assist in the implementation of the Automatic Exchange of Information Standard
The Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes (Global Forum) has worked since 2014 to support its members in implementing the Automatic Exchange of Information Standard developed by the OECD (AEOI Standard). Ensuring compliance with the extensive confidentiality and information security management (ISM) requirements has been at the core of this process. This has been announced by the OECD in a press release dated 1 December ...
First peer reviews of automatic exchange of financial account information to be published during annual meeting of the Global Forum on Transparency on 9-11 December 2020
The Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes will hold its annual plenary meeting on 9-11 December 2020. The 2020 Global Forum Plenary Meeting, to be held virtually, will bring together representatives of the Forum’s membership for three days of discussions under the theme: "Transparency for Tax Purposes in the time of COVID-19 – Working together to promote the fairness of tax systems and generate revenue." This ...
Verdrag inzake uitwisseling van fiscale informatie Nederlandse Antillen – Britse Maagdeneilanden op 1 december 2020 in werking getreden, geldt voor Curaçao, Sint Maarten en Caribisch Nederland
De bepalingen van Verdrag tussen het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden, ten behoeve van de Nederlandse Antillen, en de Britse Maagdeneilanden inzake de uitwisseling van informatie betreffende belastingen (met Protocol; ’s-Gravenhage, 11 september 2009) (Trb. 2009, 188, Trb. 2012, 190) zijn ingevolge artikel 14 van het Verdrag juncto artikel 5 van het Protocol op 1 december 2019 in werking getreden. Dit is bekendgemaakt in het Tractatenblad van het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden van ...
Governments should strike a balance between encouraging philanthropy through tax support and ensuring effective public policy
Governments should continue providing support to the philanthropic sector while taking steps to safeguard tax systems and ensure that the activities of philanthropic organisations continue to align with the public interest, according to a new report from the OECD. This was announced by the OECD in a press release dated 26 November 2020 on the release of the report ‘Taxation and Philanthropy’. Furthermore from the press release: Taxation and Philanthropy reviews the ...
OECD publishes report on tax administrations’ policies and practices to enhance gender balance
On 17 November 2020, the OECD Forum on Tax Administration (FTA) has published a report on Advancing Gender Balance in the Workforce: A Collective Responsibility. This report, developed by the FTA's Gender Balance Network, sets out a range of policies and practices undertaken by tax administrations and their national governments to advance gender balance in the workforce. This was announced by the OECD in a press release dated 17 November 2020. Furthermore ...
OECD secretariat invites public input on the 2020 Review of BEPS Action 14
As part of the ongoing work of the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on BEPS (Inclusive Framework), the OECD secretariat is seeking public comments on the 2020 review of BEPS Action 14. This was announced by the OECD in a press release dated 18 November 2020. Furthermore from the press release: Background In October 2015 the final report on Action 14 Making Dispute Resolution Mechanisms More Effective was published, containing a minimum standard (the ...
OECD releases 2019 MAP statistics and calls for stakeholder input on the BEPS Action 14 review on Tax Certainty Day
As part of the BEPS Action 14 minimum standard and the wider G20/OECD tax certainty agenda to improve the effectiveness and timeliness of tax-related dispute resolution mechanisms, the OECD released on 18 November 2020 the latest mutual agreement procedure (MAP) statistics covering 105 jurisdictions and almost all MAP cases worldwide. This was announced by the OECD in a press release dated 18 November 2020. Furthermore from the press release: The 2019 ...
G20: Global co-operation and strong policy action needed for a sustainable recovery
The COVID-19 crisis has exposed major weaknesses in our economies that can only be fixed through greater global co-operation and strong, targeted policy action, according to a new OECD report “New Horizons” presented to the Leaders of the G20 countries at their virtual Summit this weekend. This was announced by the OECD in a press release dated 22 November 2020. Furthermore from the press release: New Horizons, a report requested ...
OECD delivers on tackling harmful tax practices, as a further set of preferential tax regimes are dismantled or tightened (BEPS Action 5)
Jurisdictions continue making progress in countering harmful tax practices, as contemplated in the BEPS Action 5 Minimum Standard, with the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on BEPS now having approved the outcomes of the 2020 reviews by the OECD Forum on Harmful Tax Practices (FHTP). This was announced by the OECD in a press release dated 23 November 2020, which press release contains a hyperlink to a document “Harmful Tax Practices – Peer Review ...
Forum on Harmful Tax Practices: Qualifying activities regime in Curaçao in compliance with FHTP standards and considered not harmful
The OECD Forum on Harmful Tax Practices (FHTP) has published its BEPS Action 5 Update (as of November 2020) with the results of the 2020 peer reviews as established in the October 2020 meeting and has expressed that Aruba tax regimes now in line with the BEPS Action 5 Minimum Standard. This was announced by the OECD in a press release dated 23 November 2020, which press release contains a hyperlink ...
Forum on Harmful Tax Practices: Aruba regimes now in line with the BEPS Action 5 Minimum Standard
The OECD Forum on Harmful Tax Practices (FHTP) has published its BEPS Action 5 Update (as of November 2020) with the results of the 2020 peer reviews as established in the October 2020 meeting and has expressed that Aruba tax regimes now in line with the BEPS Action 5 Minimum Standard. This was announced by the OECD in a press release dated 23 November 2020, which press release contains a hyperlink ...
Uitkomsten plenaire vergadering Inclusive Framework – blauwdrukken en een nieuw tijdpad voor herziening van het internationale belastingsysteem (Nederland)
Bij brief d.d. 5 november 2020 heeft de Staatssecretaris van Financiën vervolg gegeven aan de toezegging in zijn brief van 29 september jl. om de Kamer na de vergadering van het Inclusive Framework (IF) - georganiseerd door de Organisatie voor Economische Samenwerking en Ontwikkeling (OESO) - in meer detail te informeren over de inhoud van de blauwdrukken voor herziening van het internationale belastingsysteem en over de afspraken over het verdere ...
Nederlandse vertaling belastingverdrag met Kosovo in het Tractatenblad, verdrag zal ook gelding hebben voor Caribisch Nederland
Op 16 november 2020 is de vertaling naar het Nederlands van het op 29 juli 2020 te Pristina getekende Verdrag tussen het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden en de Republiek Kosovo tot het vermijden van dubbele belasting met betrekking tot belastingen naar het inkomen en het voorkomen van het ontduiken en ontwijken van belasting (Trb. 2020, 77) gepubliceerd in het Tractatenblad van het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden, jaargang 2020, nr. 118 (Trb. 2020, ...
Wijziging bijlage II bij NL-US IGA (FATCA). Betreft ‘Sponsored Investment Entity and Controlled Foreign Corporation’ en ‘Sponsored, Closely Held Investment Vehicle’. Gelding voor het Europese en het Caribische deel van Nederland (Nederland)
Op 23 juli 2020 is te Washington een wijziging tot stand gekomen van Bijlage II bij 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 FATCA (Trb. 2014, 22; Trb. 2014, 128; Trb. 2015, 72, hierna: het Verdrag). De wijziging is op 17 november 2020 uitgegeven en geplaatst in het Tractatenblad van het ...
Panama deposited its instrument of ratification for the Multilateral BEPS Convention (MLI)
Panama has 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 almost 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”. This was announced by the OECD in a press release dated 5 ...
Overzicht van ontwerpverdragen (verdragen in voorbereiding), peildatum 1 oktober 2020
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 oktober 2020. 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 ...
OECD releases new methodology for the peer review of BEPS Action 13
Yesterday, October 29th 2020, the OECD released the new methodology for the peer review of BEPS Action 13 Country-by-Country Reporting. This was announced by the OECD in a press release dated 29 October 2020 on the release of the report. Furthermore from the press release: The Action 13 standard on Country-by-Country Reporting is one of the four BEPS minimum standards. Each of the four BEPS minimum standards is subject to ...
Wijziging van de Leidraad FATCA/CRS (Nederland)
Op 14 oktober 2020 is het Besluit van 5 oktober 2020, nr. 2020-21259 van de Staatssecretaris van Financiën houdende een wijziging van de Leidraad FATCA/CRS (Stcrt. 2020, nr. 34988) gepubliceerd in de Staatscourant van het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden, jaargang 2020, nr. 52779 (Stcrt. 2020, 52779). Dit besluit wijzigt enkele onderdelen van het besluit van 23 juni 2020, nr. 2020-115390 als gevolg van aanbevelingen van het Global Forum on Tax Transparency ...
OECD presents international tax update to G20 Finance Ministers
On 12 October 2020, the OECD has published an update on the continuing negotiations to reach a multilateral, consensus-based solution to the tax challenges arising from the digitalisation of the economy on Monday 12 October 2020: “OECD Secretary-General Tax Report to G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors – October 2020”. Click here to go to the report on the website of the OECD. The publication of the report was ...
International community renews commitment to address tax challenges from digitalisation of the economy
The international community has made substantial progress towards reaching a consensus-based long-term solution to the tax challenges arising from the digitalisation of the economy, and agreed to keep working towards an agreement by mid-2021, according to a Statement (link to the document on the website of the OECD) released on Monday October 12, 2020. This was announced by the OECD in a press release dated 12 October 2020 on the release ...
OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on BEPS invites public input 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 is seeking public comments on the Reports on the Pillar One and Pillar Two Blueprints. This was announced by the OECD in a press release dated 12 October 2020. Furthermore from the press release: Background The top priority of the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on ...
EU list of non-cooperative tax jurisdictions for tax purposes: Anguilla and Barbados added, Cayman Islands and Oman removed
The European Council decided on 6 October 2020 to add Anguilla and Barbados to the EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes. Cayman Islands and Oman were removed from the list, after having passed the necessary reforms to improve their tax policy framework. This was announced with a press release published on the website of the European Commission. At the bottom of this article you will find the relevant ...
Overzicht verdragen op het gebied van directe belastingen per 1 oktober 2020 (Nederland)
Het bijgewerkte overzicht van verdragen op het gebied van directe belastingen per 1 oktober 2020 is deze week door het Ministerie van Financiën van Nederland gepubliceerd. Dit overzicht wordt elk kwartaal bijgewerkt. CFN-bericht nr. 20201009-15 BRONDOCUMENT (pdf van het overzicht van verdragen op het gebied van directe belastingen per 1 oktober 2020) BRON: www.rijksoverheid.nl Land/gebiedsdeel: Internationaal Betreft: internationaal belastingrecht, international taxation, Ministerie van Financiën, overzicht van verdragen op het ...
Update brochure Nederlandse Ministerie van Financiën over het Multilateraal Instrument (MLI) en Nederlandse belastingverdragen
Het Nederlandse Ministerie van Financiën heeft een (ge-updatete) brochure uitgegeven over het Multilateraal Instrument (MLI) en Nederlandse belastingverdragen. 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 dat hiervoor nieuwe onderhandelingen nodig zijn. Het MLI bevat namelijk bepalingen tegen belastingontwijking die doorwerken in belastingverdragen van landen die daarvoor kiezen. Het MLI geldt per ...
Tax Inspectors Without Borders: supporting developing countries to increase tax revenues despite COVID-19 challenges
The international community continues to make progress towards strengthening developing countries' ability to effectively tax multinational enterprises, despite the adverse impact of the COVID-19 crisis on domestic resource mobilisation efforts. Tax Inspectors Without Borders (TIWB), a joint OECD/UNDP initiative launched in July 2015 to strengthen developing countries' auditing capacity and multinationals' compliance worldwide, has gained increased relevance in the COVID-19 era as a practical tool to help developing countries collect all ...
Blauwdrukken voor een herziening van het internationale winstbelastingsysteem
Met een brief d.d. 29 september 2020 heeft de Nederlandse staatssecretaris van Financiën – Fiscaliteit en Belastingdienst de Tweede Kamer geïnformeerd over de stand van zaken met betrekking tot het project van het Inclusive Framework (IF) georganiseerd door de Organisatie voor Economische Samenwerking en Ontwikkeling (OESO) over een herziening van het internationale belastingstelsel. Door middel van de brief informeert de staatssecretaris de Kamer over de ontwikkelingen, over wat tijdens de ...
Advisory Group for Co-operation with Partner Economies Annual Meeting to discuss the OECD’s Global Relations Programme in taxation
Representatives from 40 countries and 5 international and regional organisations, along with delegations from the OECD's Multilateral Tax Centres, met to discuss the OECD's Global Relations Programme (GRP) in taxation, at the 17th meeting of the Advisory Group for Co-operation with Partner Economies. This was announced by the OECD in a press release dated 15 September 2020 on the release of the report. The meeting took stock of a rapidly changing international tax landscape and ...
