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Swiss international tax update addresses OECD deal, treaties, MAP
Switzerland’s State Secretariat for International Financial Matters on January 10 issued a report on various ongoing tax projects, including the country’s take on the OECD deal, as well as the status of tax treaty negotiations, tax information exchange, mutual agreement procedure (MAP), and recent . . .
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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 . . .
Americas
Bahamas, US Virgin Islands, Saint Kitts to be added to EU tax blacklist, leaked document says
The Bahamas, US Virgin Islands, and Saint Kitts and Nevis will be added to the EU’s blacklist of non-cooperative third-country tax havens on March 13 during an EU finance ministers meeting, Reuters has reported, citing a leaked EU document dated March 8. This latest leak follows a widely-reported earlier leak that . . .
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Swiss advance information exchange for tax purposes with Singapore, Hong Kong, other financial centres
Davide Anghileri of the University of Lausanne discusses the Swiss government’s progress advancing exchange of financial account information for tax purposes with Singapore, Hong Kong, and several countries, including Bahamas and Bahrain, that apply automatic exchange in a non-reciprocal manner . . .
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Tax treaty between Cyprus and Bahrain enters into force
A tax treaty between Cyprus and Bahrain entered in to force on April 26, Cyprus’s Ministry of Finance . . .
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US, Bahrain sign Model 1 FATCA IGA
The US Treasury Department today updated its FATCA website, reporting that Bahrain and the US signed a Model 1 intergovernmental . . .
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EU finance ministers adjust tax haven blacklist, approve tax transparency scheme for intermediaries
Davide Anghileri of the University of Lausanne discusses today’s proceedings at the European Union’s Economic and Financial Affairs Council, where the EU’s blacklist of non-cooperative jurisdictions in taxation matters was updated and the ministers voted to approve a Commission proposal requiring mandatory reporting by intermediaries involved with potentially aggressive tax planning schemes . . .
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Taiwan offers VAT refund to some foreign enterprises without fixed place of business
Taiwan’s taxation office announced Monday that foreign enterprises and other entities from specified countries that have no fixed place of business in Taiwan but engage in. . .
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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” . . . ,
