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Portugal: DTA with Ethiopia enters into force

June 11, 2017

The Double Taxation Agreement (DTA) between Ethiopia and Portugal entered into force on 9 April 2017. The agreement provides for...

Saudi Arabia: DTA with Egypt approved

June 11, 2017

On 1 May 2017, the cabinet of Saudi Arabian approved the Double Taxation Agreement (DTA) with Egypt for the avoidance...

Canada: An arrangement signed with U.S. regarding the exchange of CbC Reports

June 11, 2017

The competent authorities of Canada and the United States of America (U.S.), on 7th of June 2017, signed an arrangement...

Switzerland signs OECD Multilateral Treaty on Double Taxation

June 11, 2017

Switzerland signed the Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (“Multilateral Instrument”...

Greece signs Multilateral Convention to Prevent Tax Avoidance, Double Taxation

June 11, 2017

The Deputy Finance Minister, Katerina Papanatsiou, signed the Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent Base Erosion...

Turkey signs CRS Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement

June 11, 2017

Turkey has signed Common Reporting Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement (CRS MCAA) for the implementation of automatic exchange of financial account...

Canada: DTA negotiations with Switzerland

June 11, 2017

The Finance Department of Canada has declared that negotiations to update its Double Tax Agreements (DTA) with the Swiss Confederation...

Canada: DTA negotiations with Germany

June 11, 2017

The Finance Department of Canada has declared that negotiations to update its Double Tax Agreements (DTA) with Germany will be...

Netherlands: Bill on country-by-country reporting gazetted

June 10, 2017

The lower house of the Dutch parliament adopted a bill implementing EU directive 2016/881, mandating the automatic exchange of country-by-country...

Jersey signs MLI to implement tax treaty related BEPS measures

June 10, 2017

The Chief Minister of Jersey, Senator Ian Gorst, signed the Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to prevent...

Romania: Country-by-Country reporting requirement modified

June 8, 2017

The Romanian Ministry of Finance published a draft law on 24 May 2017 to modify the CbC reporting legislation of...

Guatemala: Tax fines and surcharges terminated

June 8, 2017

Public Finance Ministry of Guatemala published  Governmental Agreement No. 82-2017 on 4 May 2017, which terminated tax fines, penalties and surcharges...

Mozambique provides a draft law that revises the tax rules for oil and mining operations

June 7, 2017

The Council of Ministers in Mozambique, on 30th of May 2017, approved the proposed changes to the special tax regimes...

Morocco: House of Representatives approve Finance Bill 2017

June 7, 2017

On June 6, 2017, the Finance and Economic Development Committee in the House of Representatives approved the second reading of...

Tax Inspectors Without Borders: Annual Report for 2016/17

June 6, 2017

The organisation Tax Inspectors Without Borders (TIWB) has issued it Annual Report for 2016/17. The report covers the period from...

Turkey: Council of Minister proposes transfer pricing provisions

June 6, 2017

A draft Communique regarding transfer pricing has been published in Turkey. It generally represents measures of the OECD’s base erosion...

OECD: Terms of reference for peer review of BEPS action 6

June 4, 2017

On 29 May 2017 the OECD released the document that will form the basis of the peer review of the...

OECD: Implementation Guidance on Hard to Value Intangibles

June 4, 2017

On 23 May 2017 the OECD issued a public discussion draft entitled Implementation Guidance on Hard-to-Value Intangibles. The draft is...