Mar 19, 2010
The international fight against cross-border tax evasion has taken a step forward with the initiation of a peer review group which aims to assess the progress made by nations in implementing internationally agreed standards of tax transparency.
On March 18th the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) announced the initiation of the first step in [...]
The international fight against cross-border tax evasion has taken a step forward with the initiation of a peer review group which aims to assess the progress made by nations in implementing internationally agreed standards of tax transparency.
On March 18th the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) announced the initiation of the first step in the most extensive and through international tax transparency assesment process that has ever been undertaken. Eighteen nations from the 91 participating members of the Global Forum on ... Read More
Dec 17, 2009
Increasing fiscal transparency was an important issue in the economic and political spectrum of the 2009 year. With only a few weeks remaining in 2009, December happened to be one of the most active month of the passing year, with Governments around the globe completing efforts made in negotiations of Double Taxation Agreements (DTA) and [...]
Increasing fiscal transparency was an important issue in the economic and political spectrum of the 2009 year. With only a few weeks remaining in 2009, December happened to be one of the most active month of the passing year, with Governments around the globe completing efforts made in negotiations of Double Taxation Agreements (DTA) and Tax Information Exchange Agreements (TIEA).
In an unprecedented step, Switzerland wishes to cease ratification of its DTA with France in protest at the French authorities' handling of account ... Read More
Dec 9, 2009
Within the week ending November 11th, the Greek Finance Ministry will bring forwarx six Double Taxation Avoidance Agreements (DTA) for ratification in the country’s Parliament.
Among the presented agreements, the DTA with Canada is the most significant and unique, being a product of almost 25 years of continued bilateral negotiations. Within the standard stipulations characteristic for [...]
Within the week ending November 11th, the Greek Finance Ministry will bring forwarx six Double Taxation Avoidance Agreements (DTA) for ratification in the country's Parliament.
Among the presented agreements, the DTA with Canada is the most significant and unique, being a product of almost 25 years of continued bilateral negotiations. Within the standard stipulations characteristic for DTAs, the most attention has been drawn to the provisions regulating the tax treatment of Canadian pensions received by Greek nationals living outside of Canada. Taking into ... Read More
Nov 9, 2009
Gordon Brown, UK Prime Minister, brought forward a suggestion at the G20 summit, to instate a global foreign currency transaction tax on banks (commonly referred to as a Tobin Tax). The idea created an almost immediate split of opinion within the G20.
At the G20 Summit on November 7th, in St. Andrews, Scotland, the UK Prime [...]
Gordon Brown, UK Prime Minister, brought forward a suggestion at the G20 summit, to instate a global foreign currency transaction tax on banks (commonly referred to as a Tobin Tax). The idea created an almost immediate split of opinion within the G20.
At the G20 Summit on November 7th, in St. Andrews, Scotland, the UK Prime Minister suggested banks be levied with a tax on their financial transactions. Gordon Brown made it clear that he wishes to see the burden of bank bailouts ... Read More
