Tax challenges arising from digitalisation: Public comments received on the draft rules for nexus and revenue sourcing under Pillar One Amount A

The OECD has published the public comments received on the Draft Rules for Nexus and Revenue Sourcing under Pillar One Amount A. This has been announced on 22 February 2022 with a news release on the website of the OECD. On 4 February 2022, as part of the ongoing work of the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on BEPS to implement the Two-Pillar Solution to Address the Tax Challenges Arising from the Digitalisation ...

OECD Secretary-General Tax Report presented to G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (Indonesia, February 2022)

The OECD Secretary-General’s Tax Report with international tax updates has been presented to G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (Indonesia, February 2022). Click here for a link to the report (pdf) on the website of the OECD. From the introduction to the report: Since October 2021 and the historic agreement reached on the two-pillar international tax package, the G20/OECD Inclusive Framework on Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) - ...

Tax challenges of digitalisation: OECD invites public input on the draft rules for tax base determinations under Amount A of Pillar One

As part of the ongoing work of the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on BEPS to implement the Two-Pillar Solution to Address the Tax Challenges Arising from the Digitalisation of the Economy, the OECD is seeking public comments on the Draft Rules for Tax Base Determinations under Amount A of Pillar One. This has been announced on 18 February 2022 with a news release on the website of the OECD. Furthermore from ...

OECD launches public consultation on the tax challenges of digitalisation with the release of a first building block under Pillar One

The OECD has launched the public consultation campaign on the tax challenges of digitalisation with the release of a first building block under Pillar One and invites public input on the draft rules for nexus and revenue sourcing under Pillar One amount A. This has been announced on Friday, February 4, 2022 with a news release on the website of the OECD and follows from information on this page on ...

Countries continue the successful implementation of international standards on harmful tax practices and tax dispute resolution

Progress continues in combatting harmful tax practices and providing greater tax certainty. New outcomes on the review of preferential tax regimes and new peer review reports on Mutual Agreement Procedures have been approved by the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on BEPS, which groups over 140 countries and jurisdictions on an equal footing for multilateral negotiation of international tax rules. This has been announced by the OECD with a press release dated 24 ...

Tax dispute resolution – MAP peer review report (Stage 2): Curaçao meets all of the elements of the Action 14 Minimum Standard and solved all of the identified deficiencies

New peer review reports on Mutual Agreement Procedures (MAP) have been approved by the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on BEPS, which groups over 140 countries and jurisdictions on an equal footing for multilateral negotiation of international tax rules. This has been announced by the OECD with a press release dated 24 January 2022 on the occasion of the release of the peer review reports. Curaçao The Stage 2 peer review monitoring ...

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 ...

Over 130 jurisdictions comprehensively reviewed in the latest BEPS Action 5 peer review on tax rulings

Tuesday December 14th, 2021, the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on BEPS released the 2020 peer review assessments of 131 jurisdictions in relation to the spontaneous exchanges of information on tax rulings. The conclusions show that the global reach of the BEPS Action 5 minimum standard on tax rulings continues to increase, with 22 000 tax rulings having been identified and 41 000 exchanges between jurisdictions having taken place. The exchange on tax ...

OECD releases new transfer pricing profiles for 21 countries

Monday December 13th, 2021, the OECD released the second batch of updated transfer pricing country profiles for Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, France, Georgia, Germany, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, Poland, Seychelles, Singapore, South Africa and Sweden. Monday’s release also includes for the first time country profiles for Albania, Kenya and the Maldives, bringing the total number of countries covered to 63. This has been announced on 13 December 2021 ...

BEPS Action 5 peer review on tax rulings: Sint Maarten has met all aspects of the terms of reference for the calendar year 2020 that can be met in the absence of rulings being issued in practice, no recommendations are made (Sint Maarten)

Tuesday December 14th, 2021, the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on BEPS released the 2020 peer review assessments of 131 jurisdictions in relation to the spontaneous exchanges of information on tax rulings. The conclusions show that the global reach of the BEPS Action 5 minimum standard on tax rulings continues to increase, with 22 000 tax rulings having been identified and 41 000 exchanges between jurisdictions having taken place. The exchange on tax ...

BEPS Action 5 peer review on tax rulings: Curaçao has met all aspects of the terms of reference for the year 2020 except for identifying rulings within the scope of the transparency framework and under which category of rulings they fall and completing exchanges of information on rulings in accordance with the timelines. Curaçao receives recommendations (Curaçao)

Tuesday December 14th, 2021, the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on BEPS released the 2020 peer review assessments of 131 jurisdictions in relation to the spontaneous exchanges of information on tax rulings. The conclusions show that the global reach of the BEPS Action 5 minimum standard on tax rulings continues to increase, with 22 000 tax rulings having been identified and 41 000 exchanges between jurisdictions having taken place. The exchange on tax ...

BEPS Action 5 peer review on tax rulings: Aruba has met all aspects of the terms of reference for the year 2020 that can be met in the absence of rulings being issued in practice, no recommendations are made (Aruba)

Tuesday December 14th, 2021, the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on BEPS released the 2020 peer review assessments of 131 jurisdictions in relation to the spontaneous exchanges of information on tax rulings. The conclusions show that the global reach of the BEPS Action 5 minimum standard on tax rulings continues to increase, with 22 000 tax rulings having been identified and 41 000 exchanges between jurisdictions having taken place. The exchange on tax ...

Belgium, Estonia, the Netherlands and Qatar deposit new notifications under the Multilateral BEPS Convention

Belgium, Estonia, the Netherlands and Qatar have deposited new notifications under the Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (Multilateral Convention or MLI) subsequent to their ratification. This has been announced on Tuesday 25 November 2021 with a news release on the website of the OECD. Furthermore from the news release: Estonia has notified, in relation to Article 35(7)(a)(i) of the MLI, ...

Nota van Wijziging inzake de ontwerplandsbegroting 2022 – belastingaangelegenheden uitgelicht (Curaçao)

Op 29 november 2021 is een Nota van Wijziging inzake de ontwerp-landsverordening tot vaststelling van de Begroting van Curaçao voor het dienstjaar 2022 (Zittingsjaar 2021-2022-199, no. 6) aangeboden aan de Staten. De ontwerplandsverordening stond ook geagendeerd voor behandeling tijdens een openbare vergadering van de Staten op maandag 29 november 2021 (en de latere dagen van die week), om 10 uur ’s ochtends (klik hier voor de oproep). Middels deze nota ...

New mutual agreement procedure statistics on the resolution of international tax disputes released on OECD 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 the latest mutual agreement procedure (MAP) statistics covering 118 jurisdictions and practically all MAP cases worldwide. This has been announced on Tuesday 22 November 2021 with a news release on the website of the OECD. Furthermore from the news release: ...

Nota naar aanleiding van het Verslag inzake de ontwerplandsbegroting 2022 van Curaçao. Maandag 29 november behandeling in openbare vergadering van de Staten (Curaçao)

Op 18 november 2021 is de Nota naar aanleiding van het Verslag inzake de ontwerplandsverordening tot vaststelling van de Begroting van Curaçao voor het dienstjaar 2022 (Zittingsjaar 2021-2022-199) aangeboden, met de bijlagen: Uitvoeringsagenda Landspakket Curaçao 1 oktober – 31 december 2021, Kódigo di Komportashon ‘Regla ta regla’ – Gedragscode 2.0 en de lijst van TMMK-scholen. In de week van maandag 25 oktober 2021 vond in de Centrale Commissie van de ...

Ontwerplandsbegroting 2022 Curaçao: Noodfonds COVID-19 (Curaçao)

Op de traditionele tweede dinsdag van september – dinsdag 14 september 2021 – is door de regering bij gelegenheid van de opening van het nieuwe parlementaire zittingsjaar 2021-2022 van de Staten van Curaçao de ontwerplandsverordening tot vaststelling van de Begroting van Curaçao voor het dienstjaar 2022 aangeboden aan de Staten (ter griffie van de Staten ingeboekt met volgnummer Zittingsjaar 2021-2022-199). Klik hier voor de Statenstukken nrs. 1 t/m 3 betreffende ...

Ontwerplandsbegroting 2022 Curaçao: beleidsdoeleinden Ministerie van Financiën op belastinggebied, nationaal en internationaal (Curaçao)

Op de traditionele tweede dinsdag van september – dinsdag 14 september 2021 – is door de regering bij gelegenheid van de opening van het nieuwe parlementaire zittingsjaar 2021-2022 van de Staten van Curaçao de ontwerplandsverordening tot vaststelling van de Begroting van Curaçao voor het dienstjaar 2022 aangeboden aan de Staten (ter griffie van de Staten ingeboekt met volgnummer Zittingsjaar 2021-2022-199). Klik hier voor de Statenstukken nrs. 1 t/m 3 betreffende ...

Ontwerplandsbegroting 2022 Curaçao: belastingcompliance en reorganisatie/optimalisering van de belastingdienst (Curaçao)

Op de traditionele tweede dinsdag van september – dinsdag 14 september 2021 – is door de regering bij gelegenheid van de opening van het nieuwe parlementaire zittingsjaar 2021-2022 van de Staten van Curaçao de ontwerplandsverordening tot vaststelling van de Begroting van Curaçao voor het dienstjaar 2022 aangeboden aan de Staten (ter griffie van de Staten ingeboekt met volgnummer Zittingsjaar 2021-2022-199). Klik hier voor de Statenstukken nrs. 1 t/m 3 betreffende ...

Ontwerplandsbegroting 2022 Curaçao: belastingramingen (Curaçao)

Op de traditionele tweede dinsdag van september – dinsdag 14 september 2021 – is door de regering bij gelegenheid van de opening van het nieuwe parlementaire zittingsjaar 2021-2022 van de Staten van Curaçao de ontwerplandsverordening tot vaststelling van de Begroting van Curaçao voor het dienstjaar 2022 aangeboden aan de Staten (ter griffie van de Staten ingeboekt met volgnummer Zittingsjaar 2021-2022-199). Klik hier voor de Statenstukken nrs. 1 t/m 3 betreffende ...

Ontwerplandsbegroting 2022 Curaçao: fiscale beleidsvoornemens (Curaçao)

Op de traditionele tweede dinsdag van september – dinsdag 14 september 2021 – is door de regering bij gelegenheid van de opening van het nieuwe parlementaire zittingsjaar 2021-2022 van de Staten van Curaçao de ontwerplandsverordening tot vaststelling van de Begroting van Curaçao voor het dienstjaar 2022 aangeboden aan de Staten (ter griffie van de Staten ingeboekt met volgnummer Zittingsjaar 2021-2022-199). Klik hier voor de Statenstukken nrs. 1 t/m 3 betreffende ...

Ontwerplandsbegroting 2022 Curaçao: algemene uitgangspunten (Curaçao)

Op de traditionele tweede dinsdag van september – dinsdag 14 september 2021 – is door de regering bij gelegenheid van de opening van het nieuwe parlementaire zittingsjaar 2021-2022 van de Staten van Curaçao de ontwerplandsverordening tot vaststelling van de Begroting van Curaçao voor het dienstjaar 2022 aangeboden aan de Staten (ter griffie van de Staten ingeboekt met volgnummer Zittingsjaar 2021-2022-199). Klik hier voor de Statenstukken nrs. 1 t/m 3 betreffende ...

OECD publishes 30 country profiles applying Arbitration under the multilateral BEPS Convention

On 25 March 2021, the OECD, in its capacity as Depositary of the Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (the MLI), has published the Arbitration Profiles of 30 jurisdictions applying Part VI on Arbitration of the MLI and an opinion of the Conference of the Parties to the MLI. This has been announced with a press release on the website of ...

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 ...

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 ...

In advies bij de vastgestelde begroting 2021: Cft van oordeel dat invoering van de ABB per 1 april a.s. niet haalbaar is (Curaçao)

Bij brief d.d. 21 januari 2021 aan de minister van Financiën van Curaçao heeft het College financieel toezicht Curaçao en Sint Maarten (Cft) advies uitgebracht bij de vastgestelde begroting 2021 van Curaçao. Het advies bevat vanzelfsprekend ook belastinggerelateerde passages. Hierna nemen wij enkele relevante passages op. De Landsverordening van de 29ste december 2020 tot vaststelling van de begroting van Curaçao voor het dienstjaar 2021 werd op 30 december 2020 uitgegeven ...

Landsverordening van de 29ste december 2020 tot vaststelling van de begroting van Curaçao voor het dienstjaar 2021 in het Publicatieblad (Curaçao)

Op 30 december 2020 is de Landsverordening van de 29ste december 2020 tot vaststelling van de begroting van Curaçao voor het dienstjaar 2021 uitgegeven en geplaatst in het Publicatieblad van Curaçao, jaargang 2020, no. 159 (P.B. 2020 no. 159). De ontwerp-landsverordening werd op 23 december 2020 behandeld in een hervatte openbare vergadering van de Staten van Curaçao (klik hier voor de oproep voor de hervatting van de vergadering). Op 23 ...

Nota’s van Wijziging op de ontwerplandsbegroting 2021: verschuiving invoering ABB naar uiterlijk 1 april 2021 en budget voor nieuwe functies in de Nieuwe Belastingorganisatie (Curaçao)

Op 15 en 17 december jl. zijn nota’s van wijziging met betrekking tot de ontwerplandsverordening tot wijziging van de Begroting van Curaçao voor het dienstjaar 2021 aangeboden aan de Staten. Hierbij zetten wij de beide nota’s van wijziging naar u door: klik hier voor de (eerste) nota van wijziging en hier voor de tweede nota van wijziging. Beide nota’s van wijziging betreffen wijzigingen van de recapitulatiestaten, van de gewone dienst ...

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 ...