Kuwait
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 . . .
Lebanon, Kuwait, Turkey sign international tax agreements
Lebanon and Kuwait have signed the Multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters, bringing total signatories to the agreement. . .
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. . .
Kuwait signs tax transparency agreement
The OECD has announced that Kuwait has signed the CRS Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement, a step required to put into place automatic exchange of financial account information with . . .
UAE says nations still negotiating terms of regional VAT, corporate tax under study
The UAE Ministry of Finance’s (MoF) said August 18 that while Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries have agreed to simultaneously launch a value added tax (VAT), the countries have yet to settle. . .