Tweede Kamer stemt in met Multilateraal Anti-BEPS verdrag met voorbehoud terzake van effectieve conflictresolutie
De Tweede Kamer heeft op 12 februari 2019 het goedkeuringsvoorstel aangenomen met betrekking tot het op 24 november 2016 te Parijs tot stand gekomen Multilateraal Verdrag ter implementatie van aan belastingverdragen gerelateerde maatregelen ter voorkoming van grondslaguitholling en winstverschuiving (Trb. 2017, 86, en Trb. 2017, 194) (hierna: het Verdrag). Daarbij is nog een amendement aangenomen over het maken van een voorbehoud op artikel 12 (conflictresolutie) van het Verdrag totdat er ...
International community makes important progress on the tax challenges of digitalisation
The international community has made important progress toward addressing the tax challenges arising from digitalisation of the economy and has agreed to continue working multilaterally towards achievement of a new consensus-based long-term solution in 2020, the OECD announced on 29 January 2019 with a press release published on their website. Countries and jurisdictions participating in the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) will step up efforts ...
OECD 2018 Progress Report on Preferential Regimes: Sint Maarten tax exempt company still under review, jurisdiction affected by hurricane
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 ...
OECD 2018 Progress Report on Preferential Regimes: Curaçao regimes not harmful, respectively no longer harmful or out of scope
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 ...
OECD 2018 Progress Report on Preferential Regimes: Aruba regimes in the process of being eliminated/amended
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 ...
Plenair debat goedkeuring Multilateraal Anti-BEPS verdrag nu gepland voor 4 februari
Het plenair debat in de Tweede Kamer met betrekking tot de goedkeuring van het op 24 november 2016 te Parijs tot stand gekomen Multilateraal Verdrag ter implementatie van aan belastingverdragen gerelateerde maatregelen ter voorkoming van grondslaguitholling en winstverschuiving (Trb. 2017, 86, en Trb. 2017, 194) (hierna: het Verdrag) staat nu gepland voor 4 februari 2019. De Engelstalige benaming voor het Verdrag is: Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures ...
Corporate tax remains a key revenue source, despite falling rates worldwide. Effective average and marginal corporate tax rates of Curaçao for 2017 determined by OECD
Taxes paid by companies remain a key source of government revenues, especially in developing countries, despite the worldwide trend of falling corporate tax rates over the past two decades, according to a new report from the OECD. This was announced by the OECD in a press release dated 15 January 2019. A new OECD report and database, Corporate Tax Statistics, provides internationally comparable statistics and analysis from around 100 countries worldwide on ...
OECD and the Netherlands discuss developments in international tax co-operation
OECD Deputy Secretary-General Ludger Schuknecht and Pascal Saint-Amans, Director of the Centre for Tax Policy and Administration, met in Paris with Mr. Menno Snel, State Secretary for Finance in The Netherlands, for wide-ranging discussions on international co-operation in the field of taxation, notably as concerns tackling tax evasion. This was announced in a press release dated 10 January 2019 as published on the website of the OECD. Mr. Saint-Amans expressed ...
Landsverordening belastingherzieningen 2018 in Publicatieblad
Op 28 december 2018 is de Landsverordening van de 27ste december 2018 tot wijziging van de Algemene landsverordening Landsbelastingen, de Landsverordening op de winstbelasting 1940, de Landsverordening economische zones 2000, de Landsverordening omzetbelasting 1999, de Successiebelastingverordening 1908 en de Landsverordening reparatie preferentiële belastingregimes6 (Landsverordening belastingherzieningen 2018) uitgegeven en geplaatst in het Publicatieblad van Curaçao, jaargang 2018, nr. 83 (P.B. 2018 no. 83). Met dit artikel beogen wij u weer zo ...
OLV belastingherzieningen 2018: Vierde en Vijfde Nota van Wijziging
Vandaag zijn een Vierde en een Vijfde Nota van Wijziging aangeboden met betrekking tot de ontwerp-Landsverordening belastingherzieningen 2018 (zittingsjaar 2018-2019-135). Voor de Vierde NvW klik hier (normaal pdf) en voor de Vijfde Nota van Wijziging klik hier (normaal pdf). Blijkens de toelichtingen bij deze NvW’s betreffen de wijzigingen herstel van technische omissies. Met dit artikel beogen wij u weer zo snel mogelijk te attenderen op de onderhavige aan de Staten ...
OLV belastingherzieningen 2018: a.s. donderdag behandeling in openbare vergadering van de Staten
De ontwerp-Landsverordening belastingherzieningen 2018 (zittingsjaar 2018-2019-135) zal aanstaande donderdag 20 december 2018 worden behandeld in een openbare vergadering van de Staten van Curaçao. Dat is zojuist bekend geworden naar aanleiding van de oproep met dagtekening 17 december 2018 van de Voorzitter van de Staten voor deze vergadering. De vergadering zal aanvangen om 9 uur ’s ochtends. De ontwerp-Landsverordening belastingherzieningen 2018 staat als derde punt geagendeerd. Eerder vandaag attendeerden wij er ...
OLV belastingherzieningen 2018: Derde Nota van Wijziging en Gewijzigd ontwerp
Op 13 december 2018 heeft de Minister van Financiën aan de Staten van Curaçao een Derde Nota van Wijziging (hierna: “de Derde NvW”) alsmede een Gewijzigd ontwerp voor een Landsverordening belastingherzieningen 2018 aangeboden. Voor deze Derde NvW klik hier (pdf viewer) of hier (normaal pdf). Voor het Gewijzigd ontwerp klik hier (pdf viewer) of hier (normaal pdf). Op 10 december 2018 heeft ook de Raad van Advies van Curaçao advies ...
Peer review reports on the exchange of information on tax rulings: Sint Maarten not assessed as it suffered a natural disaster in 2017
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 ...
Peer review reports on the exchange of information on tax rulings: Aruba mentioned in relation to TIEA’s and exchange of information with other countries
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 ...
Peer review reports on the exchange of information on tax rulings: country profile on Curaçao
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 ...
Transparency on tax rulings significantly increased, according to OECD peer reviews on BEPS Action 5 minimum standard
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 ...
Behandeling ontwerp-begroting 2019 van Curaçao in de Staten, nota n.a.v. verslag en een nota van wijziging aangeboden. Onder meer vragen over Solar tax en Film tax incentive
Op maandag 10 december is de behandeling aangevangen van de ontwerp-begroting voor het dienstjaar 2019 in een openbare vergadering van de Staten van Curaçao. Voor deze behandeling zijn zes dagen uitgetrokken: maandag 10 december, dinsdag 11 december, donderdag 13 december, vrijdag 14 december, maandag 18 december en dinsdag 19 december 2018. De Ontwerp-landsverordening tot vaststelling van de Begroting (Beleidsdeel) van Curaçao voor het dienstjaar 2019 (Zittingsjaar 2018-2019-134) (de Ontwerp-begroting 2019) ...
Global Forum on Tax Transparency marks a dramatic shift in the fight against tax evasion with the widespread commencement of the automatic exchange of financial information
The Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes held its annual meeting in Punta del Este, Uruguay on 20-22 November, bringing together over 200 delegates from more than 100 jurisdictions, international organisations and regional groups to strengthen further the international community’s fight against tax evasion. This was announced with a press release published on the website of the OECD. The meeting marked the widespread rollout of automatic exchange of ...
Residence/Citizenship by investment update
As part of its efforts to maintain the integrity of the Common Reporting Standard (CRS), the OECD has been working closely with Panama over the last weeks to ensure that any risks created by its Residence by Investment (RBI) programmes are effectively addressed. As a result of that work, the OECD announces in a press release published on its website, that they are pleased to provide further clarity in relation ...
OECD releases guidance on Synthesised texts for providing clarity on the impact of the Multilateral Instrument
On 14 November 2018 the OECD released new Guidance for the Development of Synthesised Texts presenting a clear overview of the modifications to tax treaties resulting from the Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty related Measures to Prevent Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (the "Convention” or “MLI”) which entered into force on 1 July 2018. A Secretariat note, also released on 14 November 2018, clarifies the entry into effect rules for tax treaties of jurisdictions ...
OECD invites taxpayer input on seventh batch of Dispute Resolution peer reviews
Improving the tax treaty dispute resolution process is a top priority of the BEPS Project. The Mutual Agreement Procedure (MAP) peer review and monitoring process under Action 14 of the BEPS Action Plan was launched in December 2016 with the peer review process now well underway. The peer review process is conducted in two stages. Under Stage 1, implementation of the Action 14 minimum standard is evaluated for Inclusive Framework ...
Progress report from the Inclusive Framework on BEPS: Aruba and Curaçao mentioned as jurisdictions with regimes that have been brought under the FHTP review process
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 ...
Progress report from the Inclusive Framework on BEPS: Aruba mentioned as jurisdiction that has made a commitment to make legislative changes
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 ...
Progress report Inclusive Framework on BEPS: Curaçao mentioned as jurisdiction that has delivered on its commitment to make legislative changes
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 ...
