Voornemen tot opzegging voor het Caribisch deel van het Koninkrijk van de Douaneovereenkomst inzake het internationale vervoer van goederen onder dekking van carnets TIR (TIR-Overeenkomst) ter stilzwijgende goedkeuring naar het parlement

Bij brief d.d. 24 februari 2023 heeft de Minister van Buitenlandse Zaken het voornemen tot opzegging voor het Caribisch deel van het Koninkrijk van de op 14 november 1975 te Genève tot stand gekomen Douaneovereenkomst inzake het internationale vervoer van goederen onder dekking van carnets TIR (TIR-Overeenkomst) (Trb. 1976, 184 en Trb. 1977, 91) ter stilzwijgende goedkeuring aan de Staten-Generaal overgelegd. Een toelichtende nota is daar bijgevoegd. De goedkeuring wordt ...
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Overzicht Nederlandse verdragen op het gebied van directe belastingen per 1 januari 2023 (Nederland)

Gisteren, donderdag 9 maart 2023, is door het Nederlandse Ministerie van Financiën het (Nederlandse) verdragenoverzicht op het gebied van directe belastingen per 1 januari 2023 op rijksoverheid.nl geplaatst. Klik hier om naar de betreffende pagina op rijksoverheid.nl te gaan. In dit overzicht zijn niet alleen belastingverdragen opgenomen, maar ook andere regelingen, zoals de Belastingregeling voor het Koninkrijk. Het verdragenoverzicht wordt elk kwartaal bijgewerkt. Nederland heeft met een groot aantal landen ...
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Verslag aan Tweede Kamer van de Ecofinraad van 14 februari 2023: Aruba en Curaçao hebben op hoog politiek niveau toegezegd dat zij uiterlijk in het najaar 2024 alsnog zullen voldoen aan de norm voor automatische uitwisseling van informatie

Bij brief d.d. 3 maart 2023 heeft de (Nederlandse) minister van Financiën verslag uitgebracht aan de Tweede Kamer van de Eurogroep en Ecofinraad van 13 en 14 februari 2023 in Brussel. In het verslag gaat de minister tevens in op drie toezeggingen uit het Commissiedebat Eurogroep/Ecofinraad van 9 februari jl. en informeert de Minister de Kamer over de beëindiging van het compensatiemechanisme voor het Europees Stabiliteitsmechanisme (ESM). Tijdens de Ecofinraad ...
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OECD Taxation Working Paper ‘The Design of Presumptive Tax Regimes’ published

On February 14, 2023, the OECD Taxation Working Paper ‘The Design of Presumptive Tax Regimes’ has been released. Authors of the working paper are Mariona Mas-Montserrat, Céline Colin, Eugénie Ribault and Bert Brys. Presumptive tax regimes, also known as simplified tax regimes, simplify the tax compliance process for micro and small businesses. By reducing tax compliance costs and levying lower tax rates compared to the standard tax system, these regimes ...
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Tax challenges of digitalisation: Public comments received on compliance and tax certainty aspects of global minimum tax

The OECD has published the public comments received on the compliance and tax certainty aspects of the Pillar Two global minimum tax. This has been announced with a news release on the website of the OECD. On 20 December 2022, as part of the ongoing work of the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on BEPS to implement the Two-Pillar Solution to Address the Tax Challenges Arising from the Digitalisation of the Economy, ...
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Global Forum’s capacity-building activities to support tax transparency deliver impactful results

On Monday, February 13, 2023, the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes published its 2023 Global Forum Capacity Building Report. The report sheds light on the Global Forum’s capacity-building and outreach activities carried out throughout 2022 in support of the global implementation of the tax transparency standards (exchange of information on request (EOIR) and automatic exchange of financial account information (AEOI)). This has been announced ...
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Luchtvaartverdrag Sint Maarten – Verenigde Arabische Emiraten treedt op 1 maart 2023 in werking, bevat ook bepalingen over douanerechten, gebruikersheffingen en andere heffingen

Het Verdrag tussen de Regering van het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden, ten behoeve van Sint Maarten, en de Regering van de Verenigde Arabische Emiraten inzake luchtdiensten tussen en via hun onderscheiden grondgebieden (met Bijlage) (Dubai, 17 augustus 2021) (Trb. 2021, 115) zal op 1 maart 2023 in werking treden. De stilzwijgende goedkeuring van het Verdrag door de Staten-Generaal is verleend op 27 juni 2022. Dit is op 16 februari 2023 bekendgemaakt ...
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Douaneverdrag met Panama ter stilzwijgende goedkeuring naar het parlement. Zal ook van toepassing zijn op de Caribische delen van het Koninkrijk

Bij brief d.d. 31 januari 2023 heeft de Minister van Buitenlandse Zaken het op 28 april 2021 te Panama-Stad tot stand gekomen Verdrag inzake samenwerking en wederzijdse administratieve bijstand in douanezaken tussen het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden en de Republiek Panama (Trb. 2021, 72) ter stilzwijgende goedkeuring overgelegd aan de Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal, vergaderjaar 2022-2023, met toelichtende nota. Aan de Gouverneurs van Aruba, Curaçao en van Sint Maarten is verzocht ...
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British Virgin Islands, Costa Rica, Marshall Islands and Russia added to EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes

The Council of the European Union decided on Tuesday, February 14, 2023, to add British Virgin Islands, Costa Rica, Marshall Islands and Russia  to EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes. This has been announced with a press release published on the website of the Council. With these additions, the EU list now consists of 16 jurisdictions: American Samoa, Anguilla, Bahamas, British Virgin Islands, Costa Rica, Fiji, Guam, Marshall ...
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State of play of the cooperation with the EU with respect to commitments taken by cooperative jurisdictions to implement tax good governance principles: both Aruba and Curaçao committed to improving their Global Forum determinations as regards the automatic exchange of information on financial accounts

The Council of the European Union on Tuesday, February 14, 2023, approved the usual ‘state of play document’ (Annex II) which reflects the ongoing EU cooperation with its international partners and the commitments of these countries to reform their legislation to adhere to agreed tax good governance standards. It also features two new commitments in the context of the work of the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax ...
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Multilateraal Instrument (MLI) en Nederlandse belastingverdragen: stand van zaken per 1 januari 2023 (Nederland)

Op 2 februari 2023 heeft het (Nederlandse) Ministerie van Financiën het schema inzake het Multilateraal Instrument (MLI) en Nederlandse belastingverdragen met de stand van zaken per 1 januari 2023 gepubliceerd op rijksoverheid.nl. In beginsel is het uitgangspunt dat dit schema elk kwartaal wordt geactualiseerd. Het MLI maakt het voor landen mogelijk op een snelle en efficiënte wijze hun belastingverdragen aan te passen om belastingontwijking tegen te gaan, zonder dat hiervoor ...
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OECD releases manual on the handling of multilateral mutual agreement procedures and advance pricing arrangements pursuant to tax certainty agenda

In line with the Forum on Tax Administration's (FTA) tax certainty agenda, the OECD has published a Manual on the Handling of Multilateral Mutual Agreement Procedures (MAPs) and Advance Pricing Arrangements (APAs), intended to be abbreviated as the MoMA. This has been announced with a news release on the website of the OECD. Further from the news release: It is widely acknowledged that multilateral MAPs and APAs offer greater tax certainty ...
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Tax challenges of digitalisation: Public comments received on the design elements of Amount B under Pillar One relating to the simplification of transfer pricing rules

The OECD has published the public comments received on the design elements of Amount B under Pillar One relating to the simplification of transfer pricing rules. This has been announced with a news release on the website of the OECD. On 8 December 2022, as part of the ongoing work of the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on BEPS to implement the Two-Pillar Solution to Address the Tax Challenges Arising from the ...
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OECD releases technical guidance for implementation of the global minimum tax

The OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on BEPS released technical guidance to assist governments with implementation of the landmark reform to the international tax system, which will ensure multinational enterprises (MNEs) will be subject to a 15% effective minimum tax rate. This has been announced yesterday with a news release on the website of the OECD. Further from the news release: The Agreed Administrative Guidance for the Pillar Two GloBE Rules will ensure co-ordinated ...
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Tax challenges of digitalisation: Public comments received on the draft Multilateral Convention provisions on digital services taxes and other relevant similar measures under Amount A of Pillar One

The OECD has published the public comments received on the Draft Multilateral Convention (MLC) Provisions on Digital Services Taxes (DSTs) and other Relevant Similar Measures under Amount A of Pillar One to assist members in further refining and finalising the relevant rules. This has been announced with a news release on the website of the OECD. On 20 December 2022, as part of the ongoing work of the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on ...
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Tax dispute resolution: OECD releases revised methodology for the BEPS Action 14 peer reviews, additional data points in the MAP Statistics and a new framework for APA Statistics. Curaçao scheduled for peer review in November 2023, Aruba in November 2024

Following the successful completion of peer reviews under the existing BEPS Action 14 Assessment Methodology, the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on BEPS has agreed a new Assessment Methodology for continuing the robust peer review process that seeks to increase efficiencies and improve the timeliness of the resolution of double taxation disputes. In addition, the Inclusive Framework has also agreed new data points to be reported in the annual Mutual Agreement Procedure ...
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Beantwoording door de Minister van Algemene Zaken van de door het Statenlid Mc William gestelde vragen inzake vroegtijdige betrokkenheid van Curaçao bij verdragsonderhandelingen door het Koninkrijk (Curaçao)

Bij brief d.d. 21 december 2022 heeft de Minister van Algemene Zaken de beantwoording naar de Staten gestuurd van de door het Statenlid G.M. Mc William bij brief d.d. 6 oktober 2022 gestelde vragen inzake vroegtijdiger betrokkenheid van Curaçao bij onderhandelingen door het Koninkrijk van internationale verdragen die ook Curaçao ‘raken’. De directe aanleiding voor de brief van het Statenlid was het in 2022 geratificeerde Verdrag tussen het Koninkrijk der ...
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Dinsdag 31 januari 2023: Fair Taxation Congress

KLIK HIER VOOR EEN LINK NAAR DE AFBEELDING IN GROTER FORMAAT. CFN-artikelnummer 20230120-46 Land/gebiedsdeel: Curaçao Betreft: international taxation, fair taxation, fair taxation congress, fair tax competion, The Growth of Tax Havens During the 1950s and 60s, Transfer Pricing Fair Taxation and Ethical Issues, Tax considerations arising from IFRS 17, IFRS 17, IFRS Regeling: Fair Taxation Congress, organized by Europe Direct Curaçao in conjunction with Centrale Bank van Curaçao en Sint ...
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Revenue impact of international tax reform better than expected, according to new OECD analysis

Revenue gains from the implementation of a historic agreement to reform the international tax system will be higher than previously expected, according to new OECD analysis released on Wednesday, January 18, 2023. This has been announced with a news release on the website of the OECD. Further from the news release: The two-pillar solution to address the tax challenges arising from the digitalisation and globalisation of the economy will lead ...
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OECD releases results that show further progress in countering harmful tax practices

Jurisdictions continue making progress on implementing the international standard under BEPS Action 5 to address harmful tax practices, as the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on BEPS releases new results on preferential tax regimes and substantial activities in no or only nominal tax jurisdictions. This has been announced with a news release on the website of the OECD. Further from the news release: At its November 2022 meeting, the OECD Forum on ...
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Tax challenges of digitalisation: OECD invites public input on the draft Multilateral Convention provisions on digital services taxes and other relevant similar measures under Amount A of Pillar One

As part of the ongoing work of the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on BEPS to implement the Two-Pillar Solution to Address the Tax Challenges Arising from the Digitalisation of the Economy, the OECD is seeking public comments on the Draft Multilateral Convention (MLC) Provisions on Digital Services Taxes (DSTs) and other Relevant Similar Measures of Amount A of Pillar One. This has been announced with a news release on the website of the OECD ...
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Tax challenges of digitalisation: OECD invites comments on compliance and tax certainty aspects of global minimum tax

As part of the ongoing work of the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on BEPS (Inclusive Framework) to implement the Two-Pillar Solution to Address the Tax Challenges Arising from the Digitalisation of the Economy, the OECD is seeking public comments on compliance and co-ordination aspects of the Pillar Two global minimum tax. This has been announced with this news release respectively with this news release on the website of the OECD. Further ...
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EU Richtlijn inzake een mondiaal minimumniveau van belastingheffing gepubliceerd (Pijler 2)

Op 22 december 2022 is de EU Richtlijn 2022/2523 van de Raad van de Europese Unie van 14 december 2022 tot waarborging van een mondiaal minimumniveau van belastingheffing voor groepen van multinationale ondernemingen en omvangrijke binnenlandse groepen in de Unie, gepubliceerd in het Publicatieblad van de Europese Unie (L 328/1). Klik hier voor de Engelstalige versie van de ‘Council Directive (EU) 2022/2523 of 14 December 2022 on ensuring a global ...
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Kamerbrief van 23 december 2022 inzake ondersteuning aan de Caribische Landen bij de totstandkoming van internationale verdragen (Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten)

Bij brief d.d. 23 december 2022 heeft de Minister van Buitenlandse Zaken, mede namens de staatssecretaris voor Koninkrijksrelaties en Digitalisering, de reactie aangeboden op het verzoek van de vaste commissie voor Buitenlandse Zaken tijdens de behandeling door de Tweede Kamer van het wetsvoorstel over een verdrag met de Dominicaanse Republiek inzake de afbakening van de maritieme zeegrens. Een afschrift van deze brief zal overigens ook verzonden worden aan de Staten ...
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Significant progress on countering harmful tax practices with almost 50 000 exchanges of information on tax rulings undertaken to date under the BEPS Action 5 standard

Wednesday, December 14, 2022, the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on BEPS released the latest peer review assessments for 131 jurisdictions in relation to the compulsory spontaneous exchange of information on tax rulings. This has been announced with a news release on the website of the OECD. Further from the news release: This is the sixth annual peer review of the implementation of the BEPS Action 5 minimum standard on tax rulings, ...
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Kamerbrief Minister van Financiën over besluitvorming Raad van Europa inzake de wereldwijde minimumbelasting voor multinationals (‘Pijler 2’) (Nederland)

Bij brief d.d. 13 december 2022 heeft de Minister van Financiën de Tweede Kamer geïnformeerd over (onder meer) de Europese besluitvorming inzake de wereldwijde minimumbelasting voor multinationals (ook bekend als ‘Pijler 2’). In de brief geeft de Minister aan dat het kabinet zich er de afgelopen tijd voor heeft ingezet om alsnog EU-eenheid te verkrijgen voor (onder meer) de Europese implementatie van Pijler 2. De Minister vindt het zeer positief ...
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European Commission welcomes agreement on minimum taxation of multinationals

The European Commission welcomes the unanimous agreement announced last night by the Czech Presidency of the EU Council on the Commission's proposal for a Directive [external link] ensuring a minimum effective tax rate for large multinational groups. This has been announced in a press release [external link] on the website of the European Commission. Further from the press release: With this historic agreement, the EU's pledge to be among the first ...
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Peer review report on the exchange of information on tax rulings regarding Sint Maarten: no rulings issued within the scope of the transparency framework, no exchanges, no peer input and no recommendations are made (Sint Maarten)

Wednesday, December 14, 2022, the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on BEPS released the latest peer review assessments for 131 jurisdictions in relation to the compulsory spontaneous exchange of information on tax rulings. This has been announced with a news release on the website of the OECD. Further from the news release: This is the sixth annual peer review of the implementation of the BEPS Action 5 minimum standard on tax rulings, ...
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Peer review report on the exchange of information on tax rulings regarding Curaçao: rulings issued within the scope of the transparency framework, no exchanges, no peer input, but two recommendations remain in place (Curaçao)

Wednesday, December 14, 2022, the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on BEPS released the latest peer review assessments for 131 jurisdictions in relation to the compulsory spontaneous exchange of information on tax rulings. This has been announced with a news release on the website of the OECD. Further from the news release: This is the sixth annual peer review of the implementation of the BEPS Action 5 minimum standard on tax rulings, ...
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Peer review report on the exchange of information on tax rulings regarding Aruba: no rulings issued within the scope of the transparency framework, no exchanges, no peer input and no recommendations are made (Aruba)

Wednesday, December 14, 2022, the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on BEPS released the latest peer review assessments for 131 jurisdictions in relation to the compulsory spontaneous exchange of information on tax rulings. This has been announced with a news release on the website of the OECD. Further from the news release: This is the sixth annual peer review of the implementation of the BEPS Action 5 minimum standard on tax rulings, ...
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