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 ...
First edition of Tax Transparency in Latin America report outlines growing role of tax transparency and exchange of information in helping Latin American governments fight financial crimes and mobilise resources
On 12 July 2021, the report Tax Transparency in Latin America 2021 was published. The report is a key output of the Punta del Este Declaration, a Latin American initiative to tackle tax evasion, corruption and other financial crimes through transparency and exchange of information (EOI) for tax purposes. This has been announced with a press release on the website of the OECD. Furthermore from the press release: The report analyses the ...
Douaneverdrag met Vietnam stilzwijgend goedgekeurd door de Staten-Generaal, ook gelding voor de Caribische Koninkrijksdelen. Inwerkingtreding op 1 februari 2020
Op 6 december 2019 is door de Staten-Generaal stilzwijgende goedkeuring verleend van het op 9 april 2019 te Hanoi getekende Verdrag tussen het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden en de Socialistische Republiek Vietnam inzake wederzijdse administratieve bijstand in douanezaken (hierna: het Verdrag) (Trb. 2019, 74, Trb. 2019, 158). Dit is bekendgemaakt in Tractatenblad van het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden van 28 januari 2020, jaargang 2020, no. 8 (Trb. 2020, 8). De bepalingen van het ...
Douaneverdrag met Vietnam ter stilzwijgende goedkeuring overgelegd aan Staten-Generaal. Goedkeuring ook gevraagd voor de Caribische Koninkrijksdelen
Bij brief van 18 oktober 2019 aan de Voorzitters van de Eerste en van de Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal heeft de Minister van Buitenlandse zaken het op 9 april 2019 te Hanoi getekende Verdrag tussen het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden en de Socialistische Republiek Vietnam inzake wederzijdse administratieve bijstand in douanezaken (hierna: het Verdrag) (Trb. 2019, 74) ter stilzwijgende goedkeuring overgelegd, met toelichtende nota. De goedkeuring wordt voor het gehele Koninkrijk gevraagd ...
Caribisch Douaneverdrag ter stilzwijgende goedkeuring overgelegd aan parlement, goedkeuring wordt voor het gehele Koninkrijk gevraagd. Advies Raad van State ook openbaar
Bij brief van 14 oktober 2019 heeft de Minister van Buitenlandse Zaken het Verdrag tot oprichting van de Caribische Douane Organisatie en inzake wederzijdse administratieve bijstand in douanezaken; Havana, 22 mei 2019 (Trb. 2019, 108) (hierna: “het Verdrag”) ter stilzwijgende goedkeuring overgelegd aan de Voorzitter van de Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal. Een toelichtende nota werd bijgevoegd. De goedkeuring wordt voor het gehele Koninkrijk gevraagd. Aan de Gouverneurs van Aruba, Curaçao ...
Caribisch Douaneverdrag (mede van toepassing op Caribische Koninkrijksdelen) in Tractatenblad – details
In het CFN van 24 mei 2019 rapporteerden wij reeds over het Caribisch Douaneverdrag dat op woensdag 22 mei 2019 door de Nederlandse staatssecretaris namens Nederland werd ondertekend samen met in ieder geval 12 andere landen, waaronder Cuba, Antigua, Dominicaanse Republiek, de Bahama’s, vijf overzeese gebieden van het VK in de Cariben (zoals de Kaaimaneilanden en Bermuda), Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten en Nederland. Inmiddels is dit verdrag – voluit: het ...
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 ...
Douaneverdrag met Vietnam, ook voor de Caribische Koninkrijksdelen
Op 14 mei 2019 is het op 9 april 2019 te Hanoi getekende Verdrag tussen het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden en de Socialistische Republiek Vietnam inzake wederzijdse administratieve bijstand in douanezaken (hierna: het Verdrag) geplaatst in het Tractatenblad van het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden, jaargang 2019 no. 74 (Trb. 2019, 74). Voor wat betreft het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden zal het Verdrag gelding hebben met betrekking tot het in Europa gelegen deel van ...
Latin American Ministers launch regional initiative to combat tax evasion and corruption
On 19 November, Uruguay’s Minister of Economy and Finance Danilo Astori hosted a discussion with Ministers, high level representatives and senior officials from Latin America on how to strengthen regional efforts to combat tax fraud and corruption. This was announced in a press release published on the website of the OECD. From the press release: The meeting concluded with the signing of the Punta del Este Declaration in which the Ministers and Deputy ...
Ecuador joins international efforts against tax evasions and avoidance
Ecuador has signed the Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters ("the Convention"). This was announced on 29 October on the website of the OECD. The Convention was signed on behalf of Ecuador by Mrs. Marisol Andrade, Director-General of the Internal Revenue Service of Ecuador, signs the Convention in the presence of the OECD Deputy Secretary-General Ludger Schuknecht. The Convention was developed jointly by the OECD and the Council of ...
Major enlargement of the global network for the automatic exchange of offshore account information as over 100 jurisdictions get ready for exchanges
On 5 July 2018, the OECD published a new set of bilateral exchange relationships established under the Common Reporting Standard Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement (CRS MCAA). This was announced by the OECD in a press release dated 5 July 2018. In total, the international legal network for the automatic exchange of offshore financial account information under the CRS now covers over 90 jurisdictions, with the remaining dozen set to follow ...
International tax co-operation: key indicators and outcomes relating to the Netherlands
On the website of the OECD, the international state of play can be discovered with an interactive map presenting key indicators and outcomes of the OECD work on international tax matters (in particular regarding transparency and co-operation in tax matters through the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes and most recently the Inclusive Framework on BEPS), with close to 150 countries and jurisdictions. Refer to the ...
International tax co-operation: key indicators and outcomes relating to Sint Maarten
On the website of the OECD, the international state of play can be discovered with an interactive map presenting key indicators and outcomes of the OECD work on international tax matters (in particular regarding transparency and co-operation in tax matters through the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes and most recently the Inclusive Framework on BEPS), with close to 150 countries and jurisdictions. Refer to the ...
International tax co-operation: key indicators and outcomes relating to Curaçao
On the website of the OECD, the international state of play can be discovered with an interactive map presenting key indicators and outcomes of the OECD work on international tax matters (in particular regarding transparency and co-operation in tax matters through the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes and most recently the Inclusive Framework on BEPS), with close to 150 countries and jurisdictions. Refer to the ...
International tax co-operation: key indicators and outcomes relating to Aruba
On the website of the OECD, the international state of play can be discovered with an interactive map presenting key indicators and outcomes of the OECD work on international tax matters (in particular regarding transparency and co-operation in tax matters through the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes and most recently the Inclusive Framework on BEPS), with close to 150 countries and jurisdictions. Refer to the ...