28 Jurisdictions sign international tax agreements to exchange information with respect to income earned on digital platforms and offshore financial assets
This week 28 countries and jurisdictions took new steps to strengthen and expand their co-operation in tax matters by signing the multilateral competent authority agreement (MCAA) for the automatic exchange of information and/or the CRS Mandatory Disclosure Rules). This has been announced with a news release on the website of the OECD. At a signing ceremony held in Seville in the side-lines of the 15th Plenary Meeting of the Global Forum on ...
OECD releases international exchange framework for CRS-related mandatory disclosure rules and updates its XML schemas for the exchange of CRS, CbC and tax ruling information
In order to support the automatic exchange of information collected under the OECD's Model Mandatory Disclosure Rules (MDRs) on Common Reporting Standard (CRS) Avoidance Arrangements and Opaque Offshore Structures, on Thursday 27 June 2019 the OECD has released the international administrative and operational framework for the exchange of information collected under the MDRs. This was announced with a press release published on the website of the OECD. The MDR exchanges will be based ...
OECD addresses the misuse of residence/citizenship by investment schemes
The revelations on 19 April 2018 from the "Daphne Project" on the Maltese residence and citizenship by investment schemes underline the crucial importance of the OECD's work to ensure that the integrity of the OECD/G20 Common Reporting Standard (CRS) is preserved and that any circumvention is detected and addressed, according to the OECD in a press release of 19 April 2018. Over the last months, the OECD has been taking ...
OECD adopts tax disclosure rules for advisors
Responding to a request of the G7, on 9 March 2018, the OECD has issued new model disclosure rules that require lawyers, accountants, financial advisors, banks and other service providers to inform tax authorities of any schemes they put in place for their clients to avoid reporting under the OECD/G20 Common Reporting Standard (CRS) or prevent the identification of the beneficial owners of entities or trusts. This has been announced by the ...
Public comments received on new tax rules requiring disclosure of CRS avoidance arrangements and offshore structures
On 11 December 2017, interested parties were invited to provide comments on a discussion draft on model mandatory disclosure rules. The model rules are intended to target promoters and service providers with a material involvement in the design, marketing or implementation of CRS avoidance arrangements or offshore structures. The proposed rules would require such intermediaries to disclose information on the scheme to their national tax authority. The rules contemplate that information on those ...
OECD seeks input on new tax rules requiring disclosure of CRS avoidance arrangements and offshore structures
The OECD seeks input on new tax rules requiring disclosure of CRS avoidance arrangements and offshore structures, according to an announcement dated 11 December 2017 on the website of the OECD. The OECD informs as follows. There have been dramatic improvements in tax transparency over the past decade. However, challenges still remain. High profile leaks, such as the release of the 'Panama' and the 'Paradise' papers by the International Consortium ...