BEPS Action 5

On 1 April 2021, the OECD released the latest peer review report assessing jurisdictions' efforts to prevent tax treaty shopping and other forms of treaty abuse under Action 6 of the OECD/G20 BEPS Project: Prevention of Tax Treaty Abuse – Third Peer Review Report on Treaty Shopping (Inclusive Framework on BEPS: Action 6, OECD/G20 Base Erosion and Profit Shifting Project, OECD Publishing, Paris). The release was announced with a press ...

On Wednesday 31 March 2021, twelve no or only nominal tax jurisdictions began their first tax information exchanges under the Forum on Harmful Tax Practice’s (FHTP) global standard on substantial activities. The standard ensures that mobile business income can no longer be parked in a low tax jurisdiction without the core business functions being carried out from that jurisdiction and that the countries where the parent entities and beneficial owners ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Op 29 oktober 2020 is Ministeriële regeling met algemene werking van de 9de oktober 2020 tot wijziging van de Ministeriële regeling omzetbelasting uitgegeven. Deze ministeriële regeling is geplaatst in het Publicatieblad van Curaçao, jaargang 2020, no. 113 (P.B. 2020, no. 113). Dit publicatieblad is evenwel vooralsnog niet gepubliceerd op de officiële overheidswebsite (www.gobiernu.cw) waar de publicatiebladen worden gepubliceerd [status 10 november 2020]. In deze ministeriële regeling tot wijziging van de ...

Op 11 juni 2020 is de Ministeriële regeling met algemene werking, van de 8ste juni 2020 ter uitvoering van artikel 61, vierde lid, van de Algemene landsverordening Landsbelastingen (Ministeriële regeling rulingpraktijk winstbelasting) uitgegeven en geplaatst in het Publicatieblad van Curaçao, jaargang 2020, no. 63 (P.B. 2020 no. 63). De Ministeriële beschikking rulingbeleid winstbelasting no. 974/RNA en de Ministeriële beschikking rulingbeleid d.d. 9 mei 2018 (P.B. 2018, no. 26) worden hierbij ...

As part of BEPS Action 5 to curb harmful tax practices, jurisdictions may only maintain preferential regimes if certain "substantial activities" requirements are met. In order to ensure a level playing field, these requirements must also apply to jurisdictions with zero or only nominal tax rates. As a result, the Inclusive Framework on BEPS decided in November 2018 to resume the application of the substantial activities requirement for no or ...

Dossier: Landsverordening van 5 april 2019 tot wijziging van de Algemene landsverordening belastingen en de Landsverordening winstbelasting - A.B. 2019, no. 21 (Aruba) Landsverordening van 5 april 2019 tot wijziging van de Algemene landsverordening belastingen (AB 2004 no. 10) en de Landsverordening winstbelasting (AB 1988 no. GT 47) PUBLICATIE Uitgegeven: op 8 april 2019 en geplaatst in het Afkondigingsblad van Aruba, jaargang 2019, no. 21 (A.B. 2019 no. 21). BRON: ...

Progress continues on implementing the BEPS Action 5 minimum standard, with a further 22 jurisdictions changing their laws to address harmful tax practices. On 19 July 2019, the Inclusive Framework on BEPS approved the latest results of reviews of jurisdictions' domestic laws conducted by the OECD Forum on Harmful Tax Practices (FHTP). The review covered not only preferential tax regimes, but the results of the review of the substantial activities ...

On 19 July 2019, the Inclusive Framework on BEPS approved the latest results of reviews of jurisdictions' domestic laws conducted by the OECD Forum on Harmful Tax Practices (FHTP). The review covered not only preferential tax regimes, but the results of the review of the substantial activities factor for no only nominal jurisdictions. This was announced with a press release published on the website of the OECD. For this subject ...

In het CFN van 15 april 2018, nr. 2019/25 rapporteerden over de uitgifte op 8 april 2019 in het Afkondigingsblad van Aruba van de Landsverordening van 5 april 2019 tot wijziging van de Algemene landsverordening belastingen (AB 2004 no. 10) en de Landsverordening winstbelasting (AB 1988 no. GT 47) (AB 2019 no. 21). De ontwerp-landsverordening werd op 4 april 2019 door de Staten van Aruba, zonder hoofdelijke stemming en unaniem, ...

Op 8 april 2019 is de Landsverordening van 5 april 2019 tot wijziging van de Algemene landsverordening belastingen (AB 2004 no. 10) en de Landsverordening winstbelasting (AB 1988 no. GT 47) uitgegeven en geplaatst in het Afkondigingsblad van Aruba, jaargang 2019, no. 21 (AB 2019 no. 21). De ontwerp-landsverordening werd op 28 februari 2019 door de Regering van Aruba aan de Staten aangeboden. Op 4 april 2019 werd de ontwerp-landsverordening ...

Op 10 april 2019 is het Landsbesluit, houdende algemene maatregelen, van 10 april 2019 ter uitvoering van artikel 3b, eerste lid, onderdeel b, van de Algemene landsverordening belastingen (AB 2004 no. 10) (Landsbesluit aanwijzing reële economische aanwezigheid transparante vennootschap) uitgegeven en geplaatst in het Afkondigingsblad van Aruba, jaargang 2019, no. 22 (AB 2019 no. 22) (hierna: “het Landsbesluit”). Het Landsbesluit is uitgegeven vanuit de wens om de eisen vast te ...

De ontwerp-landsverordening houdende bepalingen tot wijziging van de Algemene landsverordening Belastingen (AB 2004 no. 10) en de Landsverordening winstbelasting (AB 1988 no. 47) is op 4 april 2019 door de Staten van Aruba aangenomen. De ontwerp-landsverordening werd kort geleden aan de Staten aangeboden. Klik hier voor een pdf van de bij de Staten van Aruba ingediende ontwerp-landsverordening. Wij rapporteerden hierover met een artikel in het CFN van 7 maart 2019 ...

Recentelijk is de ontwerp-landsverordening houdende bepalingen tot wijziging van de Algemene landsverordening Belastingen (AB 2004 no. 10) en de Landsverordening winstbelasting (AB 1988 no. 47) aan de Staten aangeboden voor behandeling. Zo is op de website van de belastingdienst van Aruba (het Departamento di Impuesto) bekend gemaakt. Een link naar een pdf van de ontwerplandsverordening is bij het bericht op de website van de belastingdienst. Ook is een link opgenomen ...

The OECD has released today its new publication, Harmful Tax Practices - 2018 Progress Report on Preferential Regimes (hereafter “the Progress Report”, or “the report”), which contains results demonstrating that jurisdictions have delivered on their commitment to comply with the standard on harmful tax practices, including ensuring that preferential regimes align taxation with substance. The release of the report has been announced today with a press release as published on the ...

The OECD has released today its new publication, Harmful Tax Practices - 2018 Progress Report on Preferential Regimes (hereafter “the Progress Report”, or “the report”), which contains results demonstrating that jurisdictions have delivered on their commitment to comply with the standard on harmful tax practices, including ensuring that preferential regimes align taxation with substance. The release of the report has been announced today with a press release as published on the ...

The OECD has released today its new publication, Harmful Tax Practices - 2018 Progress Report on Preferential Regimes (hereafter “the Progress Report”, or “the report”), which contains results demonstrating that jurisdictions have delivered on their commitment to comply with the standard on harmful tax practices, including ensuring that preferential regimes align taxation with substance. The release of the report has been announced today with a press release as published on the ...

The Inclusive Framework on BEPS has released the 2017 Peer Review Reports on the Exchange of Information on Tax Rulings  (hereafter: the report) in connection with its assessment of individual jurisdictions' progress in spontaneously exchanging information on tax rulings, in accordance with Action 5 of the OECD/G20 BEPS package. The peer review reports show that one key aim of the BEPS Project – increasing transparency on tax rulings - is ...

The Inclusive Framework on BEPS has released the 2017 Peer Review Reports on the Exchange of Information on Tax Rulings  (hereafter: the report) in connection with its assessment of individual jurisdictions' progress in spontaneously exchanging information on tax rulings, in accordance with Action 5 of the OECD/G20 BEPS package. The peer review reports show that one key aim of the BEPS Project – increasing transparency on tax rulings - is ...

The Inclusive Framework on BEPS has released the 2017 Peer Review Reports on the Exchange of Information on Tax Rulings  (hereafter: the report) in connection with its assessment of individual jurisdictions' progress in spontaneously exchanging information on tax rulings, in accordance with Action 5 of the OECD/G20 BEPS package. The peer review reports show that one key aim of the BEPS Project – increasing transparency on tax rulings - is ...

As part of continuing efforts to improve tax transparency, the Inclusive Framework on BEPS has now assessed 92 individual jurisdictions' progress in spontaneously exchanging information on tax rulings, in accordance with Action 5 of the OECD/G20 BEPS package. This was announced by the OECD in a press release dated 13 December 2018. From the press release: The 2017 Peer Review Reports on the Exchange of Information on Tax Rulings show that one ...

The latest progress report from the Inclusive Framework on BEPS covers the assessment of 53 preferential tax regimes, demonstrating jurisdictions' continuing resolve to ensure that tax breaks are only offered to substantive activities and only if they do not pose risks of harmful competition to others. This was announced by the OECD with a press release dated 15 November 2018. The assessment process is part of ongoing implementation of Action 5 under ...