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NZ, Bermuda To Sign Tax Information Exchange Agreement,
by Mary Swire, Tax-News.com, Hong Kong
Wednesday, April 01, 2009
New Zealand and Bermuda are to sign a bilateral agreement that provides for the
full exchange of information on criminal and civil tax matters between the two
countries, Revenue Minister Peter Dunne announced on March 31.
The signing of the Tax Information Exchange Agreement (TIEA) will take place
at the New Zealand Embassy in Washington DC on April 16.
"I welcome the signing of this important agreement with Bermuda, which
was one of the first international finance centres to engage in partnership
with OECD countries in the worldwide effort to achieve greater transparency
and co-operation in tax matters," Mr Dunne remarked, adding:
"The TIEA will enable tax authorities to access information about any
persons who are seeking to evade payment of tax and will also help disclose
assets that have not been reported in their home country."
Information to be exchanged includes information on beneficial ownership of
companies in the whole ownership chain; settlers, trustees and beneficiaries
of trusts, and information held by banks and financial institutions.
"New Zealand has an established network of exchange-of-information arrangements
in the 35 double tax agreements it has with major trading and investment partners,"
Mr Dunne continued.
That network is now being extended by the negotiation of TIEAs with international
finance centres.
New Zealand signed its first TIEA, with the Netherlands Antilles, in 2007.
The TIEA with Bermuda will be New Zealand's second. Others are under negotiation.
"Recent weeks have seen major developments worldwide in tax co-operation
as an increasing number of financial centres have announced that they will adopt
OECD standards for exchange of information," Dunne went on.
"These developments are expected to further the negotiation of an extensive
network of exchange of information arrangements, making it increasingly difficult
for people to hide income and assets offshore. Bermuda agreed to work with New
Zealand towards the conclusion of a TIEA long before the recent developments.
I congratulate Bermuda on its progressive stance, and look forward to strengthening
the spirit of goodwill that has developed between our two countries," he
concluded.
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