EU list of non-cooperative tax jurisdictions for tax purposes: Anguilla and Barbados added, Cayman Islands and Oman removed
The European Council decided on 6 October 2020 to add Anguilla and Barbados to the EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes. Cayman Islands and Oman were removed from the list, after having passed the necessary reforms to improve their tax policy framework. This was announced with a press release published on the website of the European Commission. At the bottom of this article you will find the relevant ...
EU updates list of non-cooperative tax jurisdictions: four countries added to the list
On 18 February 2020, EU Finance Ministers updated the EU list of non-cooperative tax jurisdictions. This was announced with a press release published on the website of the European Commission. Further from the press release: Four countries or territories- Cayman Islands, Palau, Panama and Seychelles - have been added to the list of non-cooperative tax jurisdictions, as they failed to comply with the required standards within the deadline. These join ...
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 ...
Taxes on polluting fuels are too low to encourage a shift to low-carbon alternatives
Taxing polluting sources of energy is an effective way to curb emissions that harm the planet and human health, and the income generated can be used to ease the low-carbon transition for vulnerable households. Yet 70% of energy-related CO2 emissions from advanced and emerging economies are entirely untaxed, offering little incentive to move to cleaner energy, according to a new OECD report as announced in a press release published on ...
Minister Geerlings commenced stakeholder sessions about tax transformation plan to secure country’s future (Sint Maarten)
Minister Geerlings is presenting his Tax Transformation plan to all key stakeholders on Sint Maarten. This was announced with a press release on the website of the central government of Sint Maarten. From the press release: On May 23 and June 10th, the Minister of Finance Hon. Perry Geerlings presented the Government’s Tax Transformation Plan to the Social Economic Council (SER). During the Minister’s presentation, Geerlings highlighted the urgent need ...
Transforming tax administration to result in economic revival and secure government finances and investments, Minister of Finance says (Sint Maarten)
The Minister of Finance of Sint Maarten Hon. Perry Geerlings said on Thursday that the transformation of the country’s Tax Administration will result in further national economic recovery and providing a sustainable secure system for future government finances and necessary investments into the public sector, according to a press release dated 21 June 2019 published on the website of the Government of Sint Maarten. From the press release: “For years ...