Japan’s Ministry of Finance announced on 24 April 2017, that the governments of Japan and Spain will begin negotiations to amend their existing tax treaty (1974) for the Avoidance of Double Taxation with respect to Taxes on Income. The first round of negotiations will take place from April 25 in Tokyo.
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