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Panama, Bahrain, Lebanon, Nauru, Vanuatu pledge to combat tax evasion through automatic information exchange
Panama was among five countries that this week pledged to share financial account information automatically with other countries, the OECD . . .
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Twenty nations’ tax laws may aid multinational profit shifting, OECD report says
Twenty countries have tax laws that may be considered harmful preferential regimes, facilitating tax avoidance by multinationals and reducing the tax base of other countries, an OECD report released Monday revealed. The review, conducted by the OECD Forum on Harmful Tax Practices (FHTP), assessed countries’ tax laws against . . . .
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Panama joins BEPS inclusive framework
The OECD has today announced that Panama has become the 87th member of the “inclusive framework on BEPS,” which is a group of countries . . .
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Japan, Panama sign tax information exchange agreement regarding Panama City
In an effort to combat tax evasion, Japan and Panama have signed a tax information exchange agreement relating to tax matters in Panama City, Japan’s . . .
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Japan and Panama to negotiate tax information exchange agreement
The Japanese government has today announced that it will begin negotiations with Panama for a new. . .
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US FATCA IGAs with Panama, Georgia enter into force; IGA with Antigua and Barbuda signed
The US Treasury Department today updated its FATCA website, reporting that Model 1 intergovernmental agreements (IGAs) entered . . .
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EU updates list of non-cooperative jurisdictions in taxation matters
Today the Council of the European Union removed Barbados, Grenada, the Republic of Korea, Macao SAR, Mongolia, Panama, Tunisia and the United Arab Emirates from the EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions in taxation matters, writes Davide Anghileri of the University of Lausanne, Switzerland . . . .
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17 nations placed on EU blacklist of tax havens
Davide Anghileri of the University of Lausanne discusses the EU’s tax blacklist, released December 5, which identifies 17 “non-cooperative jurisdictions” and warns many others that they could be listed in the future if they do follow through with commitments to improve specified aspects of their tax regimes . . .
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EU removes Bahamas, Saint Kitts and Nevis from tax blacklist, agrees on rules for intermediaries
MNE Tax contributing editor, Davide Anghileri, discusses a Council of the European Union May 25 meeting where EU States agreed on new rules for regulating intermediaries that design or promote tax planning schemes; new wording to be included in agreements with third countries on good governance in tax matters; and moving the Bahamas and Saint Kitts and Nevis from the EU’s tax blacklist list to its “gray list” . . . ,
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Japan, Panama tax information exchange agreement to enter into force
A tax information exchange agreement between Japan and Panama, signed August 25, 2016, will enter into force on March 12, Japan’s Ministry . . .
