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Russia, Malta, Mauritius, Hungary, Gabon, Indonesia, Lithuania sign tax agreement on exchange of country-by-country reports
In an effort to provide their tax administrations with tools to combat corporate tax avoidance through transfer pricing, officials from 7 more countries have signed an agreement setting out the parameters for automatic exchange of country-by-country reports on large . . .
EU Commission calls out harmful tax practices in Belgium, Cyprus, Hungary, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands
The EU Commission took tentative steps toward reducing harmful tax competition among EU member countries today, publishing European Semester country reports that identify seven EU countries as potentially facilitating tax avoidance by multinationals. The Commission today also released a taxation paper detailing economic evidence that suggests that particular tax avoidance structures , , ,
EU finance ministers split on public release of multinational corporation tax data
Dutch finance minister and president of the Eurogroup, Jeroen Dijsselbloem, expressed support for a proposal that would mandate public release of country-by-country tax data on multinationals, while finance ministers from Malta, Belgium, and Austria . . .
EU committee publishes letters from 13 nations on tax ruling practices
A European Parliament committee has published letters from EU member state officials describing tax ruling practices, efforts to combat tax avoidance, and compliance with EU spontaneous exchange of information directives. The letters, published by. . .
EU Commission to investigate tax ruling practices of all EU states
The European Commission has enlarged its state aid investigation into private tax ruling practices to cover all 28 European Union states. “The Commission will ask Member States to provide information about their tax ruling practice, in particular to confirm whether they provide tax rulings, and, if they do, to request a list of all companies that have received a tax ruling from 2010 to 2013,” the Commission said December 17 in a press release . . .
Malta and Curaçao sign double tax treaty
Malta and Curaçao signed a tax treaty on November 18, Malta’s Ministry for Finance . . .
Malta and Mauritius sign double tax treaty, text available.
The governments of Malta and Mauritius on October 15 signed an agreement for the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income. See, treaty.