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, ...
Conference of the Parties to the MLI approve an opinion on interpretation and implementation
On 3 May 2021, the Conference of the Parties to the Multilateral Instrument (MLI) approved an opinion that sets out a series of guiding principles for addressing questions about the interpretation and implementation of the MLI. Those principles, discussed and approved by the Conference of the Parties to the MLI, were drawn from public international law, the design of the MLI itself, and its drafting history. This has been announced with a ...
OECD publishes 30 country profiles applying Arbitration under the multilateral BEPS Convention
On 25 March 2021, the OECD, in its capacity as Depositary of the Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (the MLI), has published the Arbitration Profiles of 30 jurisdictions applying Part VI on Arbitration of the MLI and an opinion of the Conference of the Parties to the MLI. This has been announced with a press release on the website of ...
Barbados deposits its instrument of ratification for the Multilateral BEPS Convention
On 21 December 2020, Barbados deposited its instrument of ratification for the Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (Multilateral Convention or MLI), which now covers over 1700 bilateral tax treaties, thus underlining its strong commitment to prevent the abuse of tax treaties and base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) by multinational enterprises. For Barbados, the MLI will enter into force on ...
Panama deposited its instrument of ratification for the Multilateral BEPS Convention (MLI)
Panama has deposited its instrument of ratification for the Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (Multilateral Convention or MLI), which now covers almost 1700 bilateral tax treaties, “thus underlining its strong commitment to prevent the abuse of tax treaties and base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) by multinational enterprises”. This was announced by the OECD in a press release dated 5 ...
Uruguay deposits its instrument of ratification for the Multilateral BEPS Convention
On 6 February 2020, Uruguay deposited its instrument of ratification for the Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (Multilateral Convention or MLI) with the OECD's Secretary-General, Angel Gurría, thus underlining its strong commitment to prevent the abuse of tax treaties and base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) by multinational enterprises. For Uruguay, the MLI will enter into force on 1 June ...
OECD releases first stage 2 monitoring reports for BEPS Action 14 on improving tax dispute resolution mechanisms, including a report on the Netherlands
The work on BEPS Action 14 continues with the publication on 13 Augustus 2019 of the first round of stage 2 peer review monitoring reports, which consists of monitoring the follow-up of any recommendations resulting from jurisdictions' stage 1 peer review reports. This was announced in a press release published on the website of the OECD. The stage 2 monitoring reports for Belgium, Canada, the Netherlands, Switzerland, United Kingdom and the United States evaluate the progress made by ...