OECD Secretary-General Tax Report presented to G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (Indonesia, February 2022)
The OECD Secretary-General’s Tax Report with international tax updates has been presented to G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (Indonesia, February 2022). Click here for a link to the report (pdf) on the website of the OECD. From the introduction to the report: Since October 2021 and the historic agreement reached on the two-pillar international tax package, the G20/OECD Inclusive Framework on Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) - ...
Women leaders in tax transparency pilot programme starts with twenty-three registered participants
The first meeting of the Women leaders in tax transparency programme took place on 17 and 18 February 2022. Initially planned to train a maximum of fifteen female participants, the pilot programme had to be expanded to respond to the strong interest. Twenty-three tax professionals from 23 developing-country members of the Global Forum are participating in this first edition. This has been announced on 18 February 2022 with a news ...
Tax challenges of digitalisation: OECD invites public input on the draft rules for tax base determinations 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 Rules for Tax Base Determinations under Amount A of Pillar One. This has been announced on 18 February 2022 with a news release on the website of the OECD. Furthermore from ...
OECD launches public consultation on the tax challenges of digitalisation with the release of a first building block under Pillar One
The OECD has launched the public consultation campaign on the tax challenges of digitalisation with the release of a first building block under Pillar One and invites public input on the draft rules for nexus and revenue sourcing under Pillar One amount A. This has been announced on Friday, February 4, 2022 with a news release on the website of the OECD and follows from information on this page on ...
Ten years of capacity building to advance tax transparency: landmark Global Forum report highlights successful activities
On February 3, 2022, the 2022 Global Forum Capacity Building Report has been published. The report highlights ten years of successful capacity-building activities to support the global implementation of the two international standards on exchange of information on request (EOIR) and automatic exchange of financial account information (AEOI). The report also provides an update on the Global Forum’s capacity-building programme and outreach activities carried out in 2021. This has been announced by ...
Fiche ‘Richtlijn minimumniveau aan belastingheffing’ aangeboden aan de Tweede Kamer
Op 28 januari 2022 heeft de Minister van Buitenlandse Zaken het fiche ‘Richtlijn minimumniveau aan belastingheffing’ aangeboden aan de Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal. Dit fiche betreft het EU Richtlijnvoorstel om een wereldwijd minimumniveau aan belastingheffing voor multinationals in de Europese Unie (EU) te waarborgen. Hierbij attenderen wij u op dit fiche. Overigens zijn door de minister van Financiën bij brief van 17 januari 2022 vragen beantwoord die de vaste commissie ...
Onderhandelplan belastingverdragen 2022. Nederland wil (her)onderhandelingen starten met onder andere Suriname en gesprekken starten over aanpassing van de belastingregeling met Sint Maarten. Met Aruba en Curaçao is ambtelijk overeenstemming bereikt over een nieuwe respectievelijk aangepaste belastingregeling, gericht op afronding in 2022 (Nederland)
Bij brief d.d. 1 februari 2022 heeft de staatssecretaris van Financiën (Fiscaliteit en Belastingdienst) de Tweede Kamer geïnformeerd over de onderhandelingen van belastingverdragen. In de brief gaat de staatssecretaris in op de volgende onderwerpen: de in het afgelopen jaar gevoerde onderhandelingen en de in het afgelopen jaar ondertekende belastingverdragen; het onderhandelplan voor het komende jaar; en een overzicht en status van actieve onderhandelingen. Over het onderhandelplan belastingverdragen voor het jaar ...
Countries continue the successful implementation of international standards on harmful tax practices and tax dispute resolution
Progress continues in combatting harmful tax practices and providing greater tax certainty. New outcomes on the review of preferential tax regimes and new peer review reports on Mutual Agreement Procedures have been approved by the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on BEPS, which groups over 140 countries and jurisdictions on an equal footing for multilateral negotiation of international tax rules. This has been announced by the OECD with a press release dated 24 ...
Tax dispute resolution – MAP peer review report (Stage 2): Curaçao meets all of the elements of the Action 14 Minimum Standard and solved all of the identified deficiencies
New peer review reports on Mutual Agreement Procedures (MAP) have been approved by the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on BEPS, which groups over 140 countries and jurisdictions on an equal footing for multilateral negotiation of international tax rules. This has been announced by the OECD with a press release dated 24 January 2022 on the occasion of the release of the peer review reports. Curaçao The Stage 2 peer review monitoring ...
OECD Taxation Working Paper ‘Measuring Effective Taxation of Housing. Building the Foundations for Policy Reform’
On January 12, 2022, the OECD published the Taxation Working Paper ‘Measuring Effective Taxation of Housing. Building the Foundations for Policy Reform’. Click here to go to the relevant page concerning this publication on the website of the OECD. This paper measures the effective taxation of housing investments in 40 OECD member and partner countries. The paper derives both Marginal Effective Tax Rates (METRs) and Average Effective Tax Rates (AETRs), ...
New OECD hub to boost transparency on the tax treatment of foreign aid
The OECD launched a new digital hub to improve transparency around the taxation of development aid by presenting approaches taken by participating donor countries to claiming tax exemptions on goods and services funded by official development assistance (ODA), the ‘Tax Treatment of Aid: Digital Transparency Hub’. This has been announced on 19 January 2022 with a news release on the website of the OECD. Furthermore form the news release: The ...
OECD releases latest edition of the Transfer Pricing Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and Tax Administrations
The OECD has released the 2022 edition of the OECD Transfer Pricing Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and Tax Administrations. This has been announced on 20 January 2022 with a news release on the website of the OECD. Furthermore form the news release: The OECD Transfer Pricing Guidelines provide guidance on the application of the "arm’s length principle", which represents the international consensus on the valuation, for income tax purposes, of cross-border transactions between ...
Multilateraal Instrument (MLI) en Nederlandse belastingverdragen: stand van zaken per 1 januari 2022 gepubliceerd (Nederland)
Op 27 december 2021 heeft het (Nederlandse) Ministerie van Financiën het schema inzake het Multilateraal Instrument (MLI) en Nederlandse belastingverdragen met de stand van zaken per 1 januari 2022, gepubliceerd op rijksoverheid.nl. In beginsel is het uitgangspunt dat dit schema elk kwartaal wordt geactualiseerd. Het Multilateraal Instrument (MLI) maakt het voor landen mogelijk op een snelle en efficiënte wijze hun belastingverdragen aan te passen om belastingontwijking tegen te gaan, zonder ...
Europese Commissie stelt voor een einde te stellen aan het misbruik van lege entiteiten voor belastingdoeleinden binnen de EU (voorstel EU-richtlijn)
Op woensdag 22 december 2021 heeft de Europese Commissie een belangrijk initiatief gepresenteerd om het misbruik van lege entiteiten voor oneigenlijke belastingdoeleinden te bestrijden. Het voorstel moet ervoor zorgen dat entiteiten in de Europese Unie die geen of minimale economische activiteiten ontplooien, niet in aanmerking komen voor belastingvoordelen en geen financiële lasten voor de belastingbetaler met zich meebrengen. Dit zal ook het gelijke speelveld waarborgen voor de overgrote meerderheid van ...
Europese Commissie stelt snelle omzetting van de internationale overeenkomst inzake minimumbelasting van multinationals voor (voorstel EU-richtlijn)
Op woensdag 22 december 2021 heeft de Europese Commissie een richtlijn voorgesteld die voorziet in een minimaal effectief belastingtarief voor de mondiale activiteiten van grote multinationale groepen. Hiermee realiseert de EU haar belofte om als eerste zeer snel werk te maken van de uitvoering van het recente historische mondiale akkoord over belastinghervorming, dat gericht is op eerlijkheid, transparantie en stabiliteit in het internationale kader voor de vennootschapsbelasting. Dit is bekendgemaakt ...
Heads of tax administration prioritise collaboration on the implementation of the Two-Pillar Solution, digital transformation and capacity building
The OECD's Forum on Tax Administration (FTA) held its 14th Plenary meeting on 16-17 December 2021, bringing together tax commissioners from across the globe as well as representatives from international organisations and regional tax administration bodies. Participants discussed top-of-mind tax administration issues including the implementation of the landmark Two-Pillar Solution, lessons learned from the ongoing responses to the global COVID-19 pandemic, digital transformation and capacity building. This has been announced on 17 December ...
OECD releases Pillar Two model rules for domestic implementation of 15% global minimum tax
Monday December 20th, 2021, the OECD published detailed rules to assist in the implementation of a landmark reform to the international tax system, which will ensure Multinational Enterprises (MNEs) will be subject to a minimum 15% tax rate from 2023. This has been announced on 20 December 2021 with a news release on the website of the OECD. Furthermore from the news release. The Pillar Two model rules provide governments ...
Nederlandse uitvoeringsvoorschriften inzake belastingverdragen vastgesteld ten behoeve van het interestartikel en het royaltyartikel in belastingverdragen en in belastingregelingen binnen het Koninkrijk (Nederland)
Op 22 december 2021 is het Besluit van 7 december 2021 van de Staatssecretaris van Financiën, nr. 2021-21220, betreffende Nederlandse uitvoeringsvoorschriften inzake belastingverdragen vastgesteld ten behoeve van het interestartikel en het royaltyartikel, gepubliceerd in de Staatscourant van het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden, jaargang 2021, nr. 48054 (Stcrt. 2021, 48054). Dit besluit bevat de regeling waarin de (universele) Nederlandse uitvoeringsvoorschriften inzake belastingverdragen zijn vastgesteld ten behoeve van het interestartikel en het royaltyartikel ...
Over 130 jurisdictions comprehensively reviewed in the latest BEPS Action 5 peer review on tax rulings
Tuesday December 14th, 2021, the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on BEPS released the 2020 peer review assessments of 131 jurisdictions in relation to the spontaneous exchanges of information on tax rulings. The conclusions show that the global reach of the BEPS Action 5 minimum standard on tax rulings continues to increase, with 22 000 tax rulings having been identified and 41 000 exchanges between jurisdictions having taken place. The exchange on tax ...
OECD releases new transfer pricing profiles for 21 countries
Monday December 13th, 2021, the OECD released the second batch of updated transfer pricing country profiles for Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, France, Georgia, Germany, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, Poland, Seychelles, Singapore, South Africa and Sweden. Monday’s release also includes for the first time country profiles for Albania, Kenya and the Maldives, bringing the total number of countries covered to 63. This has been announced on 13 December 2021 ...
BEPS Action 5 peer review on tax rulings: Sint Maarten has met all aspects of the terms of reference for the calendar year 2020 that can be met in the absence of rulings being issued in practice, no recommendations are made (Sint Maarten)
Tuesday December 14th, 2021, the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on BEPS released the 2020 peer review assessments of 131 jurisdictions in relation to the spontaneous exchanges of information on tax rulings. The conclusions show that the global reach of the BEPS Action 5 minimum standard on tax rulings continues to increase, with 22 000 tax rulings having been identified and 41 000 exchanges between jurisdictions having taken place. The exchange on tax ...
BEPS Action 5 peer review on tax rulings: Curaçao has met all aspects of the terms of reference for the year 2020 except for identifying rulings within the scope of the transparency framework and under which category of rulings they fall and completing exchanges of information on rulings in accordance with the timelines. Curaçao receives recommendations (Curaçao)
Tuesday December 14th, 2021, the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on BEPS released the 2020 peer review assessments of 131 jurisdictions in relation to the spontaneous exchanges of information on tax rulings. The conclusions show that the global reach of the BEPS Action 5 minimum standard on tax rulings continues to increase, with 22 000 tax rulings having been identified and 41 000 exchanges between jurisdictions having taken place. The exchange on tax ...
BEPS Action 5 peer review on tax rulings: Aruba has met all aspects of the terms of reference for the year 2020 that can be met in the absence of rulings being issued in practice, no recommendations are made (Aruba)
Tuesday December 14th, 2021, the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on BEPS released the 2020 peer review assessments of 131 jurisdictions in relation to the spontaneous exchanges of information on tax rulings. The conclusions show that the global reach of the BEPS Action 5 minimum standard on tax rulings continues to increase, with 22 000 tax rulings having been identified and 41 000 exchanges between jurisdictions having taken place. The exchange on tax ...
Government support cushions tax revenues in OECD countries from the worst impacts of the COVID-19 crisis
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on tax revenues was less pronounced than during previous crises, in part due to government support measures introduced to support households and businesses, according to new OECD research published on Monday, December 6th, 2021: Revenue Statistics 2021, The Initial Impact of COVID-19 on OECD Tax Revenues. This has been announced on 6 December 2021 with a news release on the website of the OECD ...
Global Forum organises workshop on automatic exchange of information’s effectiveness review process
The Global Forum Secretariat organised a workshop on the effectiveness review process with a focus on ensuring compliance by financial institutions in relation to the Automatic Exchange of Financial Account Information (AEOI). Held virtually on 1-2 December 2021, it was attended by over 420 participants from 84 jurisdictions. This has been announced on 3 December 2021 with a news release on the website of the OECD. Furthermore from the news ...
Belgium, Estonia, the Netherlands and Qatar deposit new notifications under the Multilateral BEPS Convention
Belgium, Estonia, the Netherlands and Qatar have deposited new notifications under the Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (Multilateral Convention or MLI) subsequent to their ratification. This has been announced on Tuesday 25 November 2021 with a news release on the website of the OECD. Furthermore from the news release: Estonia has notified, in relation to Article 35(7)(a)(i) of the MLI, ...
Taxpayer education is a key tool to transform tax culture and increase voluntary compliance
Raising sufficient tax revenues remains a major challenge for many countries, especially in light of the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Taxpayer education can be a key tool to boost the willingness of individuals and businesses to voluntarily pay tax, and play a vital role at the heart of mobilising the tax revenues urgently needed to help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, according to a new OECD study, the second ...
Nota van Wijziging inzake de ontwerplandsbegroting 2022 – belastingaangelegenheden uitgelicht (Curaçao)
Op 29 november 2021 is een Nota van Wijziging inzake de ontwerp-landsverordening tot vaststelling van de Begroting van Curaçao voor het dienstjaar 2022 (Zittingsjaar 2021-2022-199, no. 6) aangeboden aan de Staten. De ontwerplandsverordening stond ook geagendeerd voor behandeling tijdens een openbare vergadering van de Staten op maandag 29 november 2021 (en de latere dagen van die week), om 10 uur ’s ochtends (klik hier voor de oproep). Middels deze nota ...
New mutual agreement procedure statistics on the resolution of international tax disputes released on OECD Tax Certainty Day
As part of the BEPS Action 14 minimum standard and the wider G20/OECD tax certainty agenda to improve the effectiveness and timeliness of tax-related dispute resolution mechanisms, the OECD released the latest mutual agreement procedure (MAP) statistics covering 118 jurisdictions and practically all MAP cases worldwide. This has been announced on Tuesday 22 November 2021 with a news release on the website of the OECD. Furthermore from the news release: ...
Rapport Commissie Doorstroomvennootschappen: ‘Grote aantal brievenbusfirma’s is nadelig voor Nederland’
Bij brief d.d. 22 november 2021 heeft de staatssecretaris van Financiën (Fiscaliteit en Belastingdienst) het rapport van de Commissie Doorstroomvennootschappen van oktober 2021 (“Op weg naar acceptabele doorstroom”) toegezonden aan de Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal. In de brief is ook de reactie van het kabinet op het rapport gegeven. Hierover is ook een nieuwsbericht verschenen op rijksoverheid.nl. ‘Brievenbusfirma’s leveren de Nederlandse economie weinig op, benadelen ontwikkelingslanden onevenredig via verlies aan ...
