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 ...

Antwoorden staatssecretaris op kamervragen over de Notitie Fiscaal Verdragsbeleid 2020: vestigingsklimaat, invloed COVID-19 en positie ontwikkelingslanden

Bij brief d.d. 21 september 2020 heeft de staatssecretaris van Financiën–Fiscaliteit en Belastingdienst zijn antwoorden toegestuurd aan de Tweede Kamer op de vragen die de Kamer heeft gesteld in het schriftelijk overleg van 25 juni 2020 over de Notitie Fiscaal Verdragsbeleid 2020 (NFV). Voor de integrale antwoorden van de staatssecretaris verwijzen wij naar het document zelf. Hierna nemen wij wel enkele passages op met betrekking tot een aantal hoofdonderwerpen: Vestigingsklimaat ...

Progress Report 2020 of the Platform for Collaboration on Tax published

On 10 July 2020, the Platform for Collaboration on Tax (PCT) – a joint initiative of the IMF, OECD, UN and the World Bank – published its Progress Report 2020. The report gives a snapshot of the world's four leading multilateral organisations' co-operation in the area of domestic resource mobilisation (DRM), including in their responses to COVID-19. This was announced in a press release dated 10 July 2020 on the ...

OECD presents international tax update to G20 Finance Ministers

The OECD Secretary-General Tax Report (July 2020) has been presented to the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors. The report has been posted on the website of the OECD. From the overview in the report (page 4 and further): “In responding to this crisis, the tax agenda is more relevant than ever. First, fiscal measures – in particular tax-related measures – have played and will continue to play a ...

The Platform for Collaboration on Tax invites public comments on the draft Toolkit on Tax Treaty Negotiations

The Platform for Collaboration on Tax (PCT) – a joint initiative of the IMF, OECD, UN and World Bank Group – is seeking feedback from the public on a draft toolkit designed to help developing countries build capacity in tax treaty negotiations. This was announced in a press release dated 29 June 2020 on the website of the OECD. PCT's Draft Toolkit on Tax Treaty Negotiations is a joint effort to provide ...

Onderlinge overlegprocedure vastgesteld en gepubliceerd in de Landscourant (Aruba)

In de Landscourant van Aruba van 25 mei 2020, jaargang 2020, no. 11 (Lcrt. 2020 no. 11, blz. 4-9) is het besluit van de minister van Financiën, Economische Zaken en Cultuur van 18 mei 2020 met het beleid inzake de onderlinge overlegprocedure gepubliceerd. Dit beleid bevat een beschrijving en invulling van de onderlinge overlegprocedure op grond van een verdrag op fiscaal gebied. Het beleid is in werking getreden met ingang ...

Tax and fiscal policies central to governments’ responses to Covid-19 crisis

With global economic activity facing a historic drop and government spending rising dramatically, the implications of the Covid-19 crisis on public finances and tax revenues are significant. Drawing on its multi-disciplinary expertise, the OECD is deploying its data gathering and analytical capacities to help governments face these unprecedented challenges while supporting businesses and people towards economic recovery. This was announced in a press release on the website of the OECD ...

Stage 1 peer review report on dispute resolution released by OECD: overall Curaçao meets most of the elements of the BEPS Action 14 Minimum Standard

On 24 February 2020 the stage 1 peer review report for Curaçao on dispute resolution (BEPS Action 14) was released by the OECD: Making Dispute Resolution More Effective – MAP Peer Review Report, Curaçao (Stage 1): Inclusive Framework on BEPS: Action 14, OECD/G20 Base Erosion and Profit Shifting Project (hereafter to be referred to as: “the report”). The report assesses the country's efforts to implement the Action 14 minimum standard ...

OECD releases Transfer Pricing Guidance on Financial Transactions

On 11 February 2020, the OECD released the report Transfer Pricing Guidance on Financial Transactions: Inclusive Framework on BEPS: Actions 4, 8-10. This was announced in a press release published on the website of the OECD. In October 2015, as part of the final BEPS package, the OECD/G20 published the reports on Action 4 (Limiting Base Erosion Involving Interest Deductions And Other Financial Payments) and Actions 8-10 (Aligning Transfer Pricing Outcomes with ...

International community renews commitment to multilateral efforts to address tax challenges from digitalisation of the economy

The international community reaffirmed its commitment to reach a consensus-based long-term solution to the tax challenges arising from the digitalisation of the economy, and will continue working toward an agreement by the end of 2020, according to the Statement by the Inclusive Framework on BEPS released by the OECD on January 31, 2020. This was announced in a press release published on the website of the OECD. From the press release: The ...

Belastingverdrag Nederland – Irak (ook voor Caribisch Nederland) ter stilzwijgende goedkeuring overgelegd aan Staten-Generaal, met toelichtende nota

Met een brief van 29 oktober 2019 aan de voorzitters van de Eerste en van de Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal, heeft de Minister van Buitenlandse Zaken het Verdrag tussen het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden en de Republiek Irak tot het vermijden van dubbele belasting met betrekking tot belastingen naar het inkomen en het voorkomen van het ontgaan en ontwijken van belasting (Bagdad, 1 juli 2019) (Trb. 2019, 103) (hierna: het Verdrag) ...

OECD Secretary-General Tax Report to G20 Finance Ministers

On 9 October 2019 the OECD Secretary-General Tax Report to G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors was released. From the Overview in the report: “Overview G20 support for modernising the international tax rules has been instrumental over the past 10 years in ending bank secrecy, considerably improving tax co-operation, and strengthening the rules to counter base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) by multinational companies. However, further progress is needed ...

OECD leading multilateral efforts to address tax challenges from digitalisation of the economy

On 9 October 2019, the OECD Secretariat published a proposal to advance international negotiations to ensure large and highly profitable Multinational Enterprises, including digital companies, pay tax wherever they have significant consumer-facing activities and generate their profits. This was announced in a press release published on the website of the OECD. From the press release: The new OECD proposal brings together common elements of three competing proposals from member countries, and is ...

Belastingverdrag Nederland – Irak ook voor Caribisch Nederland. Met mogelijkheid van territoriale uitbreiding tot Aruba, Curaçao en Sint Maarten

Op 11 juli 2019 is het op 1 juli 2019 te Bagdad getekende Verdrag tussen het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden en de Republiek Irak tot het vermijden van dubbele belasting met betrekking tot belastingen naar het inkomen en het voorkomen van het ontgaan en ontwijken van belasting (Bagdad, 1 juli 2019, hierna: het Verdrag) uitgegeven en geplaatst in het Tractatenblad van het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden, jaargang 2019, nr. 102 (Trb. 2019, 103) ...

Nieuw belastingverdrag Nederland – Ierland alleen voor het Europese deel van het Koninkrijk. Bevat wel mogelijkheid van territoriale uitbreiding tot Caribische Koninkrijksdelen

Op 21 juni 2019 is het op 13 juni 2019 te Dublin getekende Verdrag tussen het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden en Ierland tot het vermijden van dubbele belasting met betrekking tot belastingen naar het inkomen en vermogenswinsten en het voorkomen van het ontduiken en ontwijken van belasting (met Protocol) (Dublin, 13 juni 2019) uitgegeven en geplaatst in het Tractatenblad van het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden, jaargang 2019, nr. 95 (Trb. 2019, 95) ...

OECD releases new guidance on the application of the approach to hard-to-value intangibles and the transactional profit split method under BEPS Actions 8-10

On 21 June 2018, the OECD released two reports containing Guidance for Tax Administrations on the Application of the Approach to Hard-to-Value Intangibles, under BEPS Action 8; and Revised Guidance on the Application of the Transactional Profit Split Method, under BEPS Action 10. From the press release dated 21 June 2018 as published on the website of the OECD: In October 2015, as part of the final BEPS package, the OECD/G20 published ...