The Cook Islands have signed the Multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters. The Convention, signed today, together with the [Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement on Automatic Exchange of … Read More
Tax Co-operation
Panama Signs Multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters
The OECD announced today that Panama has become the 105th jurisdiction to join the world’s leading instrument for boosting transparency and combating cross-border tax evasion. This it did by signing … Read More
Towards Enhanced Transparency in International Tax Matters
The OECD announced today that five new jurisdictions have signed the tax co-operation agreement to enable automatic sharing of country-by-country information. Brazil, Guernsey, Jersey, the Isle of Man and Latvia … Read More
Global Review of Mutual Agreement Procedure (MAP) Programmes Under BEPS
The OECD has released key documents that will form the basis of the MAP peer review and monitoring process under Action 14 of the [Base Erosion and Profit Sharing (BEPS) … Read More
Automatic Exchange of Information Between Tax Authorities
The OECD has announced that the first series of bilateral automatic exchange relationships has been established among the first batch of jurisdictions committed to exchanging information automatically as of 2017. … Read More
EU Council Conclusions on Tax Transparency
The European Council has [adopted conclusions](http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2016/10/11-ecofin-conclusions-tax-transparency/) in response to a Commission communication on tax transparency. The conclusions highlight the continued need to prevent the large-scale concealment of funds, which hinders … Read More
EU Approves Monaco Taxation Agreement
The European Council has approved the conclusion of an agreement with Monaco that will improve tax compliance by private savers. The agreement requires EU member states and Monaco to exchange … Read More
FATF Report to G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has published its report to G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors which sets out its on-going work to improve the implementation of international … Read More
Switzerland Ratifies Multilateral Convention on Administrative Assistance
Switzerland today deposited the instruments of ratification for the Multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters with the OECD in Paris. A [release](https://www.admin.ch/gov/en/start/documentation/media-releases.msg-id-63924.html) from the Swiss Federal Council … Read More
Common EU List of Non-Cooperative Tax Jurisdictions
The European Commission is forging ahead with work to draw up a first common EU list of non-cooperative tax jurisdictions by presenting a pre-assessment (‘scoreboard of indicators’) of all third … Read More