Tax transparency moves forward as twelve no or only nominal tax jurisdictions began their first exchange information on the substance of entities
On Wednesday 31 March 2021, twelve no or only nominal tax jurisdictions began their first tax information exchanges under the Forum on Harmful Tax Practice’s (FHTP) global standard on substantial activities. The standard ensures that mobile business income can no longer be parked in a low tax jurisdiction without the core business functions being carried out from that jurisdiction and that the countries where the parent entities and beneficial owners ...
OECD releases the final batch of the stage 1 peer review reports for BEPS Action 14 on dispute resolution mechanisms
On 16 February 2021 the OECD released the final batch of the stage 1 peer review reports for BEPS Action 14 on dispute resolution mechanisms. The stage 1 peer review assessments for Aruba, Bahrain, Barbados, Gibraltar, Greenland, Kazakhstan, Oman, Qatar, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, United Arab Emirates and Viet Nam evaluate the efforts made by each jurisdiction to implement the Action 14 minimum standard of the OECD/G20 BEPS Project, which aims to improve the resolution of tax-related disputes between jurisdictions ...
Stage 1 peer review report on dispute resolution released by OECD: overall Aruba meets the majority of the elements of the Action 14 Minimum Standard and where it has deficiencies, Aruba is working to address some of them
On 16 February 2021 the OECD released the final batch of the stage 1 peer review reports for BEPS Action 14 on dispute resolution mechanisms, including the stage 1 peer review assessment for Aruba. This has been announced by the OECD with a press release dated 16 February 2021 on the occasion of the release of the peer review reports. The reports evaluate the efforts made by each jurisdiction to implement ...
BEPS Action 14: OECD releases stage 1 peer review reports on dispute resolution for Brunei Darussalam, Curaçao, Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey, Monaco, San Marino and Serbia
The work on BEPS Action 14 continued with the publication on 24 February 2020 of the eighth round of stage 1 peer review reports. Each report assesses a country's efforts to implement the Action 14 minimum standard as agreed to under the OECD/G20 BEPS Project. This was announced with a press release published on the website of the OECD. From the press release: The reports of Brunei Darussalam, Curaçao, Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey, Monaco (also available ...
Stage 1 peer review report on dispute resolution released by OECD: overall Curaçao meets most of the elements of the BEPS Action 14 Minimum Standard
On 24 February 2020 the stage 1 peer review report for Curaçao on dispute resolution (BEPS Action 14) was released by the OECD: Making Dispute Resolution More Effective – MAP Peer Review Report, Curaçao (Stage 1): Inclusive Framework on BEPS: Action 14, OECD/G20 Base Erosion and Profit Shifting Project (hereafter to be referred to as: “the report”). The report assesses the country's efforts to implement the Action 14 minimum standard ...
OECD releases latest results on preferential regimes and new results on no or only nominal tax jurisdictions
Progress continues on implementing the BEPS Action 5 minimum standard, with a further 22 jurisdictions changing their laws to address harmful tax practices. 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 ...
Nederland stelt zelf lijst laagbelastende landen vast in strijd tegen belastingontwijking
Er staan 21 landen op de nieuwe Nederlandse lijst van laagbelastende landen, die wordt gebruikt bij nieuwe maatregelen tegen belastingontwijking. De lijst met landen is vandaag gepubliceerd in de Staatscourant. Dit is vandaag bekend gemaakt met een nieuwsbericht op de website van de Rijksoverheid. Op de lijst staan de vijf landen die op dit moment op de zwarte lijst van de Europese Unie staan: Amerikaans Samoa, Amerikaanse Maagdeneilanden, Guam, Samoa en ...
Nederlandse kabinet start consultatie lijst laagbelastende landen en vernieuwing fiscaal verdragsbeleid
Met een persbericht op de website van de rijksoverheid is op 25 september 2018 bekendgemaakt dat de Nederlandse regering een consultatieronde is gestart om te komen tot een lijst van laagbelastende landen en over vernieuwing van het verdragsbeleid. Uit het persbericht: “Dit kabinet neemt verschillende maatregelen om belastingontwijking- en ontduiking tegen te gaan en Nederland tegelijkertijd aantrekkelijk te houden voor het reële bedrijfsleven. Daar past bij dat Nederland haar verdragsbeleid ...
The Global Forum on Tax Transparency intensifies the pressure on tax evaders worldwide
200 Delegates from more than 90 delegations met in Yaoundé, Cameroon for the 10th meeting of the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes which now includes 147 countries and jurisdictions. The meeting took place last week, 15-17 November 2017. The Global Forum adopted the first report on the status of implementation of the AEOI Standard a few weeks after almost 50 countries started exchanges of information ...
10th Meeting of the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes, 15-17 November 2017, in Yaoundé, Cameroon
New efforts to ensure a worldwide level playing field and global implementation of transparency standards will top the agenda during the 10th meeting of the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes, in Yaoundé, Cameroon on 15-17 November 2017, according to a press release dated 9 November 2017 on the website of the OECD. Global Forum members will discuss key developments in the areas of exchange of ...