Ontwerpbegroting 2020 Curaçao: belastingcompliance (Curaçao)

Op 10 september 2019 heeft de regering van Curaçao de ontwerpbegroting 2020 aangeboden aan de Staten van Curaçao: de Ontwerplandsverordening tot vaststelling van de begroting van Curaçao voor het dienstjaar 2020 (zittingsjaar 2019-202-151). Met een artikel in het CFN van 13 september 2019 rapporteerden wij hier reeds over. Tevens rapporteerden wij over het advies op basis artikel 11 Rft van het College financieel toezicht Curaçao en Sint Maarten (Cft); zie dit ...

Ontwerpbegroting 2020 Curaçao: belastingopbrengsten (Curaçao)

Op 10 september 2019 heeft de regering van Curaçao de ontwerpbegroting 2020 aangeboden aan de Staten van Curaçao: de Ontwerplandsverordening tot vaststelling van de begroting van Curaçao voor het dienstjaar 2020 (zittingsjaar 2019-202-151). Met een artikel in het CFN van 13 september 2019 rapporteerden wij hier reeds over. Tevens rapporteerden wij over het advies op basis artikel 11 Rft van het College financieel toezicht Curaçao en Sint Maarten (Cft); zie dit ...

Ontwerpbegroting 2020 Curaçao: algemene uitgangspunten (Curaçao)

Op 10 september 2019 heeft de regering van Curaçao de ontwerpbegroting 2020 aangeboden aan de Staten van Curaçao: de Ontwerplandsverordening tot vaststelling van de begroting van Curaçao voor het dienstjaar 2020 (zittingsjaar 2019-202-151). Met een artikel in het CFN van 13 september 2019 rapporteerden wij hier reeds over. Tevens rapporteerden wij over het advies op basis artikel 11 Rft van het College financieel toezicht Curaçao en Sint Maarten (Cft); zie dit ...

Boosting tax morale – so people and businesses pay tax

The willingness of individuals and businesses to voluntarily pay tax can be improved through better understanding of the complex interlinkages between enforcement, trust in government and the ease of compliance, according to a new report from the OECD. The release of the report was announced in a press release dated 11 September 2019 on the website of the OECD. Tax Morale: What Drives People and Businesses to Pay Tax? assesses the ...

Ontwerp-herzieningslandsverordening Boek 2 BW, onder meer regelende de afschaffing van aandelen aan toonder (Sint Maarten)

Onlangs is aan de Staten van Sint Maarten een ontwerplandsverordening tot wijziging van Boek 2 van het Burgerlijk wetboek (Herzieningslandsverordening Boek 2 BW, hierna: het ontwerp). In het ontwerp wordt overwogen dat het, mede gelet op de civielrechtelijke ontwikkelingen in het Koninkrijk en de concordantieverplichting ingevolge artikel 39, eerste lid, van het Statuut voor het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden, wenselijk is Boek 2 van het Burgerlijk Wetboek te herzien en dat, ...

Algemene Beschouwing Begroting 2020: verdergaande hervormingen en structurele maatregelen onontkoombaar. Enkele belastinggerelateerde passages (Curaçao)

Samenvatting zaak Op 10 september 2019 is door de regering van Curaçao de ontwerpbegroting 2020 aangeboden aan de Staten van Curaçao: de Ontwerplandsverordening tot vaststelling van de begroting van Curaçao voor het dienstjaar 2020 (zittingsjaar 2019-202-151). Vooralsnog is op de website van de Staten van Curaçao alleen het beleidsdeel (Aanbieding en Ontwerp, met alle begrotingsstaten) geplaatst [status 12 september 2019 NL tijd; red.]. De volledige Memorie van Toelichting was daar ...

Dossier: Landsbegroting 2020 Curaçao

Dossier: Landsbegroting 2020 (2019-2020-151) (P.B. 2019 no. 90) Landsverordening van de 30ste december 2019 tot vaststelling van de begroting van Curaçao voor het dienstjaar 2020 (zittingsjaar 2019-2020-151) LET OP: op 30 april 2020 is door de regering een Eerste Suppletoire begroting 2020 aangeboden aan de Staten van Curaçao: de Ontwerp-Landsverordening tot wijziging van de Landsverordening van de 30ste December 2019 tot vaststelling van de Begroting van Curaçao voor het dienstjaar ...

Dossier: Herzieningslandsverordening Boek 2 BW (AB 2019 no. 43) (zittingsjaar 2018-2019-130) (Sint Maarten)

Dossier: Herzieningslandsverordening Boek 2 BW (AB 2019 no. 43) (zitttingsjaar 2018-2019-130) Landsverordening, van de zevende november 2019 tot wijziging van Boek 2 van het Burgerlijk Wetboek (Herzieningslandsverordening Boek 2 BW) (AB 2019, no. 43) (zittingsjaar 2018-2019-130) PUBLICATIE Landsverordening, van de zevende november 2019 tot wijziging van Boek 2 van het Burgerlijk Wetboek (Herzieningslandsverordening Boek 2 BW), uitgegeven in het Afkondigingsblad van Sint Maarten, jaargang 2019, nr. 43 (AB 2019, no ...

OECD/G20 CbC Reporting Compilation of Peer Review Reports: key findings re Curaçao

The OECD has released the outcomes of the second phase of peer reviews of the BEPS Action 13 Country-by-Country (CbC) reporting initiative, demonstrating strong progress in continuing efforts to improve the taxation of multinational enterprises (MNEs) worldwide. This was announced in a press release published on the website of the OECD. The report also contains a paragraph regarding Curaçao. Curaçao – summary of key findings Curaçao was first reviewed during the ...

OECD/G20 CbC Reporting Compilation of Peer Review Reports: key findings re Aruba

The OECD has released the outcomes of the second phase of peer reviews of the BEPS Action 13 Country-by-Country (CbC) reporting initiative, demonstrating strong progress in continuing efforts to improve the taxation of multinational enterprises (MNEs) worldwide. This was announced in a press release published on the website of the OECD. The report also contains a paragraph regarding Aruba. Aruba – summary of key findings The key findings as summarized in ...

Global Forum on tax transparency reveals new compliance ratings for nine jurisdictions

On 30 July 2019, the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes (the Global Forum) published nine peer review reports assessing compliance with the international standard on transparency and exchange of information on request (EOIR). This was announced in a press release published on the website of the OECD. These reports are part of the second round of Global Forum reviews, which assess jurisdictions against the ...

Caribisch Douaneverdrag (mede van toepassing op Caribische Koninkrijksdelen) in Tractatenblad – details

In het CFN van 24 mei 2019 rapporteerden wij reeds over het Caribisch Douaneverdrag dat op woensdag 22 mei 2019 door de Nederlandse staatssecretaris namens Nederland werd ondertekend samen met in ieder geval 12 andere landen, waaronder Cuba, Antigua, Dominicaanse Republiek, de Bahama’s, vijf overzeese gebieden van het VK in de Cariben (zoals de Kaaimaneilanden en Bermuda), Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten en Nederland. Inmiddels is dit verdrag – voluit: het ...

OECD Secretary-General Report to the G20 Leaders (June 2019)

On 28 June 2019, the OECD Secretary-General Report to the G20 Leaders (June 2019) was released. 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 Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes. CFN-artikelnr. 20190705-19 BRONDOCUMENT (link to the website of the OECD) BRON: www.oecd.org Land/gebiedsdeel: internationaal ...

OECD releases international exchange framework for CRS-related mandatory disclosure rules and updates its XML schemas for the exchange of CRS, CbC and tax ruling information

In order to support the automatic exchange of information collected under the OECD's Model Mandatory Disclosure Rules (MDRs) on Common Reporting Standard (CRS) Avoidance Arrangements and Opaque Offshore Structures, on Thursday 27 June 2019 the OECD has released the international administrative and operational framework for the exchange of information collected under the MDRs. This was announced with a press release published on the website of the OECD. The MDR exchanges will be based ...

OECD Secretary-General report to G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors

On 8 June 2019, the OECD released the 2019 OECD Secretary-General Report to G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors. The report contains a brief overview provided by the Secretary-General (see hereafter) as well as tables and overviews regarding the status of various actions. Aruba Aruba is being welcomed as one of the 13 new members of the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on BEPS, since the last report of the Secretary-General ...

Implementation of tax transparency initiative delivering concrete and impressive results

International efforts to improve transparency via automatic exchange of information on financial accounts are improving tax compliance and delivering concrete results for governments worldwide, according to new data released on 7 June 2019 by the OECD. More than 90 jurisdictions participating in a global transparency initiative under the OECD’s Common Reporting Standard (CRS) since 2018 have now exchanged information on 47 million offshore accounts, with a total value of around ...

Leading global tax administrations agree collective actions on tax certainty, co-operation and digital transformation

The Forum on Tax Administration (FTA), the 53 leading global tax administrations, met in Chile on 26-28 March and agreed an ambitious agenda focused on tax certainty, enhanced tax co-operation and the collective challenges of digital transformation, according to a press release on the website of the OECD. Hans Christian Holte, Chair of the FTA and Head of the Norwegian Tax Administration said, "FTA members collectively bring in over EUR ...

Global Forum on tax transparency reveals compliance ratings for further seven jurisdictions. The Netherlands rated overall Largely Compliant

The Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes (the Global Forum) published today seven peer review reports assessing compliance with the international standard on transparency and exchange of information on request (EOIR). This was announced on 18 March 2019 with a press release published on the website of the OECD. These reports are part of the second round of Global Forum reviews which assess jurisdictions against ...

IMF Country Report on Curaçao and Sint Maarten: 2018 Article IV Consultation

On 25 January 2019 the International Monetary Fund (IMF) published its Country Report “Kingdom of the Netherlands—Curaçao and Sint Maarten: 2018 Article IV Consultation Discussions”. Hereunder we will take up the integral texts (however without footnotes!) of the Press Release, the Executive Board Assessment and the Staff Report for the 2018 Article IV Consultation Discussions in the report. Furthermore, for both Curaçao and Sint Maarten we have filtered phrases from ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Latin American Ministers launch regional initiative to combat tax evasion and corruption

On 19 November, Uruguay’s Minister of Economy and Finance Danilo Astori hosted a discussion with Ministers, high level representatives and senior officials from Latin America on how to strengthen regional efforts to combat tax fraud and corruption. This was announced in a press release published on the website of the OECD. From the press release: The meeting concluded with the signing of the Punta del Este Declaration in which the Ministers and Deputy ...

11th Meeting of the Global Forum, 20-22 November in Uruguay

With a press release posted on the website of the OECD, the OECD announces the 11th Meeting of the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes, 20-22 November 2018, in Punta del Este, Uruguay. From the press release: Global cooperation to fight tax evasion and avoidance has grown rapidly over the past few years. Tax Transparency and Exchange of Information between tax authorities about financial assets ...

Global Forum publishes compliance ratings on tax transparency for further seven jurisdictions

On 15 October 2018, the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes (the Global Forum) published seven peer review reports assessing compliance with the international standard on transparency and exchange of information on request (EOIR). These reports assess jurisdictions against the updated standard which incorporates beneficial ownership information of all relevant legal entities and arrangements, in line with the definition used by the Financial Action Task Force Recommendations. Two jurisdictions – Bahrain and Singapore – ...

Aruba Largely Compliant with the international standard on transparency and exchange of information on request. Global Forum publishes second round peer review report

The Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes (the Global Forum) rated Aruba overall Largely Compliant with the international standard of transparency and exchange of information on requests handled over the period from 1 July 2014 to 30 June 2017. Today (Monday 15 October 2018) the Global Forum published among others the Second Round Peer Review Report on the Exchange of Information on Request 2018 regarding Aruba, ...

Minister Ruiz-Maduro in Parijs bij OECD Global Forum

De minister van Financiën, Economische Zaken en Cultuur van Aruba reisde onlangs naar Parijs om het wereldwijde forum van de OECD over transparantie en uitwisseling van informatie voor belastingdoeleinden bij te wonen (het "Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes"). Zo is bekendgemaakt in een persbericht op de officiële website van de overheid van Aruba. Het volgende uit het persbericht: "Tijdens het mondiale forum verdedigde minister ...