Plenair debat wijziging BW BES inzake omzetting/afschaffing toonderaandelen op 26 november
LET OP: het plenair debat is inmiddels verplaatst naar 14 januari 2019! Voor meer informatie, klik hier om naar de betreffende pagina op de website van de Tweede Kamer te gaan. Het plenair debat in de Tweede Kamer met betrekking tot het op 27 september 2018 aan de Tweede Kamer de Nota naar aanleiding van het verslag aangeboden wetsvoorstel tot wijziging van het Burgerlijk Wetboek en het Burgerlijk Wetboek BES ...
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, ...
Nota naar aanleiding van verslag bij wetsvoorstel inzake omzetting/afschaffing toonderaandelen
Op 27 september 2018 is aan de Tweede Kamer de Nota naar aanleiding van het verslag aangeboden inzake het wetsvoorstel tot wijziging van het Burgerlijk Wetboek en het Burgerlijk Wetboek BES houdende de omzetting van aandelen aan toonder in aandelen op naam ten behoeve van de vaststelling van de identiteit van houders van deze aandelen (Wet omzetting aandelen aan toonder) (Vergaderjaar 2017-2018, nr. 34 930). Dit wetsvoorstel werd op 9 ...
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 ...
New brochure outlining the OECD’s work on tax
The OECD has released a new brochure outlining the OECD’s work on tax: “OECD Work on Taxation 2018-19”. In his preface to the brochure, the OECD’s Secretary-General Mr. Angel Gurría recalls among others that great success was achieved in tackling tax evasion through the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes (which has more than 150 members, hereafter: “the Global Forum”) and that it is estimated ...
OECD tax report to G20 Finance Ministers. Includes status regarding Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten
On 22 July 2018, the OECD Secretary-General report to the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors was published on the website of the OECD. The report contains two parts. Part I is a report on the activities and achievements of the OECD’s tax agenda, and is made of two subparts: looking back at significant achievements and looking ahead at the further progress needed, in particular through the OECD/G20 Inclusive ...
OECD, government officials and parliamentarians discuss developments in international tax co-operation at high-level meeting in Georgia
Over 70 participants from 20 countries in Europe and Central Asia gathered in Tbilisi, Georgia, for a high-level regional event on Developments in International Tax Co-operation: Fighting Tax Evasion and Avoidance on 17-18 July 2018. This was announced in a press release dated 20 July 2018 published on the website of the OECD. From the press release: Over two days, participants discussed policy responses to fighting tax evasion and avoidance, as well ...
Afschaffing aandelen aan toonder na aanbevelingen Global Forum en FATF
Op 9 april 2018 is aan de Tweede Kamer een wetsvoorstel aangeboden tot wijziging van het Burgerlijk Wetboek en het Burgerlijk Wetboek BES houdende de omzetting van aandelen aan toonder in aandelen op naam ten behoeve van de vaststelling van de identiteit van houders van deze aandelen (Wet omzetting aandelen aan toonder) (Vergaderjaar 2017-2018, nr. 34 930). Algemeen Het wetsvoorstel maakt de identificatie van alle houders van aandelen aan toonder ...
Ontwerplandsverordening aanvullende documentatieverplichtingen verrekenprijzen: aanpassing definitie uiteindelijk gerechtigde, aanlevering informatie en instelling UBO-register
Samenvatting zaak Op 20 maart 2018 is de ontwerplandsverordening tot wijziging van de Landsverordening op de Winstbelasting 1940, de Algemene landsverordening Landsbelastingen en de Landsverordening internationale bijstandverlening bij de heffing van belastingen (Landsverordening houdende aanvullende documentatieverplichtingen verrekenprijzen) (Zittingsjaar 2017-2018-123) (hierna: de ontwerplandsverordening) ter goedkeuring aangeboden aan de Staten van Curaçao. In een artikel in het CFN van 13 april 2018, nr. 2018/15 maakten wij er reeds melding van dat deze ontwerplandsverordening ...
Global Forum issues tax transparency compliance ratings for nine jurisdictions as membership rises to 150
On 4 April 2018, the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes (the Global Forum) published nine peer review reports assessing compliance with international standards on tax transparency, according to a press release dated 4 April 2018 on the website of the OECD. Eight of these reports assess countries against the updated standards which incorporate beneficial ownership information of all legal entities and arrangements, in line with the Financial ...
OECD Secretary-General Report to the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors. Update on the Progress Report of the Global Forum includes Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten
The OECD has published the OECD Secretary-General Report to the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors, for their meeting in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The report contains two parts. Part I is a report on the activities and achievements of the OECD’s tax agenda, and is made of two subparts: looking back at significant achievements and looking ahead at the further progress needed, in particular through the Inclusive Framework on ...
Ministeriële regeling dringende redenen II met betrekking tot internationale bijstandsverlening bij de heffing van belastingen: Supplementary Review van Global Forum aangemerkt als dringende reden. Eerdere Ministeriële regeling dringende redenen ingetrokken
Op 15 november 2017 is Ministeriële regeling met algemene werking van de 1ste november 2017 ter uitvoering van artikel 30, vierde lid, van de Landsverordening internationale bijstandsverlening bij de heffing van belastingen (Ministeriële regeling dringende redenen II) uitgegeven en geplaatst in het Publicatieblad van Curaçao van 2017, no. 95 (P.B. 2017, no. 95). Deze regeling is in werking getreden met ingang van de dag na de datum van bekendmaking en ...
International tax co-operation: key indicators and outcomes relating to the Netherlands
On the website of the OECD, the international state of play can be discovered with an interactive map presenting key indicators and outcomes of the OECD work on international tax matters (in particular regarding transparency and co-operation in tax matters through the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes and most recently the Inclusive Framework on BEPS), with close to 150 countries and jurisdictions. Refer to the ...
International tax co-operation: key indicators and outcomes relating to Sint Maarten
On the website of the OECD, the international state of play can be discovered with an interactive map presenting key indicators and outcomes of the OECD work on international tax matters (in particular regarding transparency and co-operation in tax matters through the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes and most recently the Inclusive Framework on BEPS), with close to 150 countries and jurisdictions. Refer to the ...
International tax co-operation: key indicators and outcomes relating to Curaçao
On the website of the OECD, the international state of play can be discovered with an interactive map presenting key indicators and outcomes of the OECD work on international tax matters (in particular regarding transparency and co-operation in tax matters through the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes and most recently the Inclusive Framework on BEPS), with close to 150 countries and jurisdictions. Refer to the ...
International tax co-operation: key indicators and outcomes relating to Aruba
On the website of the OECD, the international state of play can be discovered with an interactive map presenting key indicators and outcomes of the OECD work on international tax matters (in particular regarding transparency and co-operation in tax matters through the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes and most recently the Inclusive Framework on BEPS), with close to 150 countries and jurisdictions. Refer to the ...
International tax co-operation: key indicators and outcomes. OECD releases interactive map with international state of play re transparency and co-operation in tax matters
In an announcement dated 5 December 2017 on its website, the OECD notes that over the last 50 years, the OECD led the way on tax issues and has been at the forefront of promoting transparency and co-operation in tax matters through the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes and most recently the Inclusive Framework on BEPS. Both the Global Forum and the Inclusive Framework on ...
EU publishes list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes. Aruba and Curaçao determined co-operative, subject to the successful delivery of their commitments
The first ever EU list of non-cooperative tax jurisdictions has been agreed today, Tuesday 5 December 2017, by the Finance Ministers of EU Member States during their meeting in Brussels, as the European Commission announced today in a press release published on its website. The Council, at its meeting of today, adopted the Council conclusions on the EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes. In total, ministers have listed ...
Peer Review Report on the Exchange of Information on Request 2017 (Second Round) concludes that Curaçao is rated Partially-Compliant overall
The Peer Review Report on the Exchange of Information on Request in relation to Curaçao 2017 (Second Round) released today by the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes, concludes that Curaçao is rated “Partially-Compliant” overall. The report – full name: Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes: Curaçao 2017 (Second Round). Peer Review Report on the Exchange of Information on Request, ...
Vragen Statenlid Obispo over kwalificatie Curaçao bij het Global Forum en over wijziging belastingregimes in het kader van de Peer Review Phase 2
Onder verwijzing naar het overdrachtsdocument van voormalig minister van financiën de heer Jose Jardim uit december 2016 “Een solide basis voor een betere toekomst, verantwoording- en overdrachtsdocument – aanvulling” heeft het Statenlid de heer Curtley Obispo (PAR) in een schrijven van 24 oktober 2017 een aantal vragen gesteld aan de Minister van Financiën van Curaçao, de heer Kenneth Gijsbertha, met betrekking tot de kwalificatie van Curaçao onder het project van ...
Ministeriële regeling dringende redenen met betrekking tot internationale bijstandsverlening bij de heffing van belastingen uitgegeven in verband met tweede ronde Peer Review van Global Forum
Op 26 juli 2017 is Ministeriële regeling met algemene werking van de 21ste juli 2017 ter uitvoering van artikel 30, vierde lid, van de Landsverordening internationale bijstandsverlening bij de heffing van belastingen (Ministeriële regeling dringende redenen) uitgegeven in het Publicatieblad van Curaçao van 2017, no. 61 (P.B. 2017, no. 61). Deze regeling is in werking getreden met ingang van de dag na de datum van bekendmaking, dat wil zeggen met ...
Major progress reported towards a fairer and more effective international tax system, according to a press release of the OECD with the release of the Secretary-General’s Report to G20 Leaders
On 5 July 2017 the OECD Secretary-General released his Report to G20 Leaders, according to a press release dated 5 July 2017 on the website of the OECD. The Report from OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría to G20 Leaders describes the continuing fight against tax avoidance and tax evasion as one of the major success stories of the G20, founded on enhanced international co-operation. The report updates progress in key areas ...
Strong progress seen on international tax transparency, OECD announces; Aruba rated as largely compliant, Curaçao mentioned as jurisdiction that has already applied to have its next Global Forum peer review advanced in order to reflect the recent progress it has made
In July 2016, G20 countries called on the Global Forum to devise objective criteria to identify jurisdictions that have not made sufficient progress toward a satisfactory level of implementation of the agreed international standards. These include those on Exchange of Information on Request (EOIR) and Automatic Exchange of Information (AEOI). The Global Forum established a Fast-Track review process to evaluate continuing efforts by some jurisdictions to meet transparency standards in the ...
On 18 March 2017 the OECD published the OECD Secretary General’s Tax Report to the G20 Finance Ministers: update latest developments in the international tax agenda (incl. tax certainty) and progress Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information
On 18 March 2017 the OECD published the OECD Secretary General’s Tax Report to the G20 Finance Ministers, March 2017. The report consists of two parts. Part I is an update report by the OECD Secretary-General regarding the latest developments in the international tax agenda, including the joint OECD/IMF Report on Tax Certainty. Part II is a Progress Report to the G20 by the Global Forum on Transparency and ...
OECD announces further developments in international tax co-operation
On 16 March 2017 the OECD announced further developments in international tax co-operation. These developments hold, inter alia, that six treaty partners of Hong Kong (China), including the Netherlands, signed a competent authority agreement (CAA) with Hong Kong (China). CFN • Caribisch Fiscaal Nieuwsblad will monitor whether the CAA between Hong Kong and the Netherlands was signed by the Netherlands also on behalf of one or more of the Caribbean ...