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 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 ...
Documentation regarding removal of Aruba from the EU list of non-cooperative tax jurisdictions
Last week it was announced that Aruba has been removed from the EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes. We now have access to the relevant official documents of the Council of the European Union. The removal was formalized in a Note from the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union to Permanent Representatives of the Committee/Council, 15 May 2019 and the final description and assessment of ...
Voldoende commitment Curaçao richting EU Gedragscodegroep
Op 12 maart 2019 werd door de Europese Commissie de nieuwe (aangepast) lijst van niet-coöperatieve belastingjurisdicties (EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes) bekend gemaakt, in de praktijk ook wel aangeuid als de “zwarte lijst”. Aruba stond op deze lijst vermeld, aangezien Aruba nog één schadelijk belastingregime niet had aangepast dan wel afgeschaft (overigens heeft Aruba het betreffende regime – het regime van de transparante vennootschap – inmiddels ook ...
EU updates list of non-cooperative tax jurisdictions. Aruba among the countries that have been moved from the grey list to the blacklist
EU Finance Ministers have updated the EU list of non-cooperative tax jurisdictions, based on an intense process of analysis and dialogue steered by the Commission. The list has proven a true success with many countries having changed their laws and tax systems to comply with international standards. This was announced in a press release dated 12 March 2019 as published on the website of the European Commission. From the press ...
Reactie Minister van Financiën op brief EU Gedragscodegroep inzake de vervanging van preferentiële belastingregimes (Curaçao)
Met een brief van 15 februari 2019 heeft de Minister van Financiën van Curaçao gereageerd op de brief van 1 februari 2019 van de voorzitter van de Gedragscodegroep van de Europese Unie (de “EU Code of Conduct Group”) inzake de “Replacement of Curaçao's harmful preferential tax regimes with measures of similar effect”. De brief van de Gedragscodegroep houdt verband met de EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes. Wij rapporteerden ...
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 ...