The Finance Department of Canada has declared that negotiations to update its Double Tax Agreements (DTA) with Germany will be held in June 2017. The main objective of this release is to ensure that persons whose interests are affected have an opportunity to inform the Government of any particular issues of double taxation that might be resolved in a tax treaty. The Government is particularly interested in gathering knowledge of any difficulties encountered by Canadians under the German tax system so that these issues might be considered in negotiations. Persons are invited to give their comments regarding this negotiations and send it to the Finance Department.
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