Germany and Ecuador complete negotiations to amend their DTA

The US Trade Representative (USTR) Jamieson Greer and Ecuadorian Minister Luis Alberto Jaramillo signed a reciprocal trade agreement opening Ecuador's market of over 18 million consumers to American agricultural and industrial exports on 13 March

Ecuador’s Tax Authority (Servicio de Rentas Internas) has issued Resolution No.NAC-DGERCGC26-00000009, updating the country’s income tax withholding framework. The Resolution, effective from 1 March 2026, replaces the previous rules under

The German Federal Central Tax Office (Bundeszentralamt für Steuern, BZSt) has recently adopted a restrictive administrative practice concerning withholding tax on dividend distributions paid by German companies (GmbHs) to US parent companies. This

Germany’s Federal Ministry of Finance has released the officially prescribed data set for DAC8 reporting, applicable to crypto-asset service providers under the Kryptowerte-Steuertransparenz-Gesetz (KStTG). From 2027, providers must

The German Federal Central Tax Office published CRS Newsletter 01/2026 on 20 February 2026, which provides the provisional list of participating jurisdictions for the automatic exchange of financial account information under DAC2, the CRS MCAA, and

On 12 February 2026 the IMF issued a report following consultations with Germany under Article IV of the IMF’s articles of agreement. The economic shocks in recent years and weak underlying productivity growth contributed to two years of negative