Today the Commission presented an [Action Plan](http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/taxation/company_tax/fairer_corporate_taxation/index_en.htm) to fundamentally reform corporate taxation in the EU. The Action Plan sets out a series of initiatives to tackle tax avoidance, secure sustainable … Read More
Tax Co-operation
New Countries Join the Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement (MCAA)
##Boost for International Efforts to Strengthen Cooperation Against Offshore Tax Evasion## The OECD reports that seven new countries have joined the agreement to exchange information automatically under the OECD/G20 standard. … Read More
El Salvador Signs Multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters
[El Salvador](http://www.oecd.org/ctp/el-salvador-joins-international-efforts-to-fight-offshore-tax-evasion.htm) today signed the [Multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters](http://www.oecd.org/ctp/exchange-of-tax-information/conventiononmutualadministrativeassistanceintaxmatters.htm), becoming the 86th signatory to the most comprehensive instrument for boosting international co-operation against offshore tax … Read More
Development of the BEPS Multilateral Instrument
The OECD announced today that the work on the development of the Multilateral Instrument to implement the tax treaty-related Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) Action Plan began on 27 … Read More
New Peer Review Reports
[The Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes](http://www.oecd.org/tax/transparency/) published today [new peer review reports](http://www.oecd.org/tax/transparency/theglobalforumreleasesnewcomplianceratingsontaxtransparency.htm) for the Czech Republic, Kazakhstan and Morocco. The Global Forum has now … Read More
FATCA Compliance
On Thursday, April 16, the Ministry of Financial Services and Ministry of Finance co-hosted a FATCA Industry Briefing to highlight the progress made by The Bahamas in readying itself and … Read More
EC Presents Tax Transparency Package
The European Commission today presented a package of tax transparency measures as part of its ambitious [agenda](http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-14-2703_en.htm) to tackle corporate tax avoidance and harmful tax competition in the EU. A … Read More
Global Forum Peer Review Reports
##International Community Continues Making Major Progress to End Tax Evasion## The [Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes](http://www.oecd.org/tax/transparency/) published today [9 new peer review reports](http://www.oecd.org/tax/international-community-continues-making-major-progress-to-end-tax-evasion.htm), including … Read More
Seychelles Deepens Commitment to Fight Offshore Tax Avoidance and Evasion
The OECD has reported that today the Seychelles became the 85th signatory of the [Multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters](http://www.oecd.org/ctp/exchange-of-tax-information/conventiononmutualadministrativeassistanceintaxmatters.htm). The signing of the Convention represents another … Read More
Bahamas Signs FATCA IGA
After substantially agreeing the terms of its IGA on April 17, 2014, on November 3rd The Bahamas completed the necessary formalities and signed the [intergovernmental agreement](http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/tax-policy/treaties/Documents/FATCA-Agreement-Bahamas-11-3-2014.pdf) with the US Treasury … Read More