The Swiss Federal Department of Finance reported on a working dinner held this evening in Berlin between Swiss Federation President Hans-Rudolf Merz and German Finance Minister Peer Steinbrück. The meeting … Read More
Tax Co-operation
Switzerland and USA: Revised DTA
Yesterday in Washington, Switzerland and the United States of America initialled a revised Double Taxation Agreement – confirming that they have agreed at a technical level to the extension of … Read More
Cayman Aims For Removal from Grey List
The Cayman Islands Government signed a number of supplementary agreements with the Nordic countries at the Norwegian Embassy in Paris today. The agreements are commercial deals to accompany the main … Read More
BVI Signs TIEA with France
The British Virgin Islands announced today that Premier and Minister of Finance, the Hon. Ralph T. O’Neal, OBE has signed, in Paris, a bilateral Tax Information Exchange Agreement (TIEA) on … Read More
Cayman and UK sign DTA
Cayman’s Leader of Government Business the Hon. McKeeva Bush OBE, JP has signed a Double Taxation Agreement (DTA) with the UK on behalf of the Cayman Islands Government. According to … Read More
Switzerland and Mexico: Revised double taxation agreement
The Swiss Federal Council has announced that Switzerland and Mexico have agreed – at a technical level – to the extension of administrative assistance in tax matters under Article 26 … Read More
G8 Finance Ministers Agree Framework for Global Legal Standard
The G8 Finance Ministers have agreed to a framework in recognition that *”the breadth and intensity of the prolonged downturn have revealed fundamental weaknesses of the global economic and financial … Read More
Bermuda signs tax information accord with the Netherlands
Bermuda and the Netherlands have signed an agreement for the exchange of information for tax purposes. Bermuda’s Minister of Finance Paula A. Cox announced today the bilateral agreement provides for … Read More
Luxembourg: Tax Cooperation
Yesterday **Luxembourg** signed a new tax cooperation agreement with **France** and today signed a protocol to its double taxation convention with **Denmark**. The protocol, which allows exchange of bank information … Read More
Liechtenstein and Luxembourg to Conclude DTA
The governments of Luxembourg and Liechtenstein have announced their intention to enter into negotiations to conclude an OECD model convention on the avoidance of double taxation. The announcement was made … Read More