Wijziging Landsbesluit bijzondere voorschriften vrije zones. Betreft bepalingen inzake taken en bevoegdheden directeur Departement der Invoerrechten en Accijnzen onderscheidenlijk de douaneambtenaar (Aruba)
Op 4 februari 2021 is het Landsbesluit, houdende algemene maatregelen, van 21 januari 2021 tot wijziging van het Landsbesluit bijzondere voorschriften vrije zones (AB 2006 no. 12) uitgegeven en geplaatst in het Afkondigingsblad van Aruba, jaargang 2021, no. 18 (AB 2021 no. 18). Met ingang van 1 januari 2013 is het Departement der Invoerrechten en Accijnzen als zelfstandige dienst ingesteld. In verband hiermee is het wenselijk geacht om enkele bepalingen ...
Landsverordening van 19 december 2019 tot wijziging van de Landsverordening vrije zones 2000 gepubliceerd in het Afkondigingsblad. Aanpassingen om te voldoen aan de OECD-standaarden met betrekking tot preferentiële belastingregimes op het gebied van mobiel kapitaal (Aruba)
Op vrijdag 20 december 2019 is de Landsverordening van 19 december 2019 tot wijziging van de Landsverordening vrije zones 2000 (AB 2000 no. 28) uitgegeven en geplaatst in de Landscourant van Aruba, jaargang 2019, no. 80 (AB 2019 no. 80). Op 17 december 2019 werd de ontwerplandsverordening tot wijziging van de Landsverordening vrije zones 2000 (AB 2000 no. 28) (Zittingsjaar 2019-2020-920) de Regering aangeboden aan de Staten van Aruba. Wij ...
Wijziging van de Landsverordening vrije zones 2000 (Aruba)
Op 17 december 2019 heeft de Regering de ontwerplandsverordening tot wijziging van de Landsverordening vrije zones 2000 (AB 2000 no. 28) (Zittingsjaar 2019-2020-920) aangeboden aan de Staten van Aruba. De ontwerplandsverordening is op woensdag 18 december 2019 door de Staten aangenomen. [later 20-12-2019 toegevoegd:] Op 20 december 2019 is de Landsverordening van 19 december 2019 tot wijziging van de Landsverordening vrije zones 2000 (AB 2000 no. 28) uitgegeven en geplaatst ...
OECD-FHTP review of preferential regimes – Aruba
On 19 July 2019, the Inclusive Framework on BEPS approved the latest results of reviews of jurisdictions' domestic laws conducted by the OECD Forum on Harmful Tax Practices (FHTP). The review covered not only preferential tax regimes, but the results of the review of the substantial activities factor for no only nominal jurisdictions. This was announced with a press release published on the website of the OECD. For this subject ...
EU Code of Conduct Group approves the rollback of Aruba’s Special Zone San Nicolas regime
The EU Code of Conduct Group (Business Taxation) has assessed the repeal by the Aruban Government of the Special Zone San Nicolas regime (AW012) and has, in its meeting of 30 January 2019, approved the rollback of the regime. This conclusion was endorsed by the ECOFIN Council on 12 March 2019. This follows from the EU-document Outcome of Proceedings From: General Secretariat of the Council To: Code of Conduct Group ...
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 ...
OECD releases decisions on 11 preferential regimes of BEPS Inclusive Framework Members
The Inclusive Framework on BEPS released the updates to the results for preferential regime reviews conducted by the Forum on Harmful Tax Practices (FHTP) in connection with BEPS Action 5. This follows from a press release published on the website of the OECD on 17 May 2018. Four new regimes were designed to comply with FHTP standards, meeting all aspects of transparency, exchange of information, ring fencing and substantial activities and are found ...
Exempt company regime and free zone regime under review Inclusive Framework on BEPS
The Inclusive Framework on BEPS released the updates to the results for preferential regime reviews conducted by the Forum on Harmful Tax Practices (FHTP) in connection with BEPS action 5. This follows from a press release published on the website of the OECD on 17 May 2018. Refer to a separate article about said report in today’s CFN. Eleven new preferential regimes are identified since the last update, bringing the total to 175 ...