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13-Jul-2009
On 8 July 2009 in the Hague, the Cayman Islands and the Netherlands signed a bilateral agreement for the exchange of information for tax purposes and an additional protocol, bringing to 11 the number of such agreements entered into by the Cayman Islands.
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10-Jul-2009
The Kingdom of Bahrain has recently signed double taxation conventions with Bulgaria (26 June 2009) and Austria (2 July 2009) that provide for exchange of information in accordance with the OECD standard. These agreements bring to 12 the number of agreements that Bahrain has signed that meet the OECD standard. As a result, Bahrain can be considered as having substantially implemented the internationally agreed standard in this area.
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09-Jul-2009
In a statement following their 8 July meeting in L’Aquila, the G8 leaders stated "all jurisdictions must now quickly implement their commitments... an appropriate follow up framework is needed to fully benefit from this renewed emphasis on tax information exchange and transparency... We ask the OECD to swiftly address these challenges, propose further steps and report by the time of the next G20 Finance Ministers’ meeting.”
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08-Jul-2009
Luxembourg has signed a protocol to its double taxation convention with Norway, bringing to 12 the number of agreements it has on exchange of information for tax purposes and thus crossing the threshold for being considered to have substantially implemented the internationally agreed standard in this area.
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07-Jul-2009
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), with assistance from the Centre for Tax Policy and Administration, has just completed a study, Money Laundering through the Football Sector, on what may make the football sector attractive to criminals. It provides several case examples of areas that could be exploited by those wanting to invest illegal money into football, as well as examples of tax evasion.
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03-Jul-2009
Bermuda and Germany today signed a bilateral agreement for the exchange of information for tax purposes, bringing to 13 the number of such agreements that Bermuda has entered into.
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25-Jun-2009
Gibraltar and Ireland signed yesterday, 24 June 2009, a bilateral agreement for the exchange of information for tax purposes, bringing to 2 the number of such agreements entered into by Gibraltar.
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24-Jun-2009
The Cayman Islands and Ireland signed yesterday, 23 June 2009, in Berlin, a bilateral agreement for the exchange of information for tax purposes, bringing to 10 the number of such agreements entered into by the Cayman Islands.
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23-Jun-2009
At a meeting in Berlin on 23 June hosted by France and Germany, ministers from 19 countries reviewed progress in the fight against international tax evasion, welcoming recent moves by significant financial centres, including four OECD member countries, towards implementation of the OECD standard on transparency and exchange of information in tax matters.
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08-Jun-2009
Bermuda and the Netherlands today signed a bilateral agreement for the exchange of information for tax purposes, bringing to 12 the number of such agreements that it Bermuda has entered into and thereby crossing the threshold for being considered to have substantially implemented the internationally agreed standard in this area.
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Implementing the Tax Transparency Standards: A Handbook for Assessors and Jurisdictions - Second Edition
