Annual government corporate renewal fees collected in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) grew in 2009, as did the number of sea vessels registered in the first two months of 2010, leading the Government officials to extol a sense of optimism in the economic prospects for the 2010 year. New figures from the BVIs’ Financial Services Commission (FSC) released on March 15th show that annual corporate renewal fees collection rose to more than USD 162.66 million in 2009, compared to USD 156.15 million ... Read More

Since the April G20 summit, over 50 new TIEA agreements have been signed across the globe. The London G20 Summit, held on the 2nd of April this year, heralded an unprecedented wave of Tax Information Exchange Agreement (TIEA). In what was described as “revolutionary” by Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General, the number of completed TIEAs has almost doubled since their inception in late 2000. Since the G20 summit, and subsequent global push for greater tax transparency and compliance, the following 53 agreements have been ... Read More

The British Virgin Islands now have the twelve Tax Information Exchange Agreement signatures required to achieve ranking on the OECD “white list” of countries. The British Virgin Islands will soon join the ranks of 47 countries that the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has deemed to have “substantially implemented the internationally agreed tax standards”. The move comes with the signing of the 12th Tax Information Exchange Agreement (TIEA) for the British Virgin Islands, the partner of which was New Zealand. At the ... Read More