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OECD Removes Last Three Jurisdictions From Blacklist,
by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels
Tuesday, June 02, 2009
The Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has announced
that Andorra, Liechtenstein and Monaco have been removed from its list of ‘uncooperative
tax havens’.
The OECD said that its Committee on Fiscal Affairs reached the decision to
remove the three jurisdictions from its ‘blacklist’ “in the
light of political commitments… to implement the OECD standards of transparency
and effective exchange of information, and the timetable set for the implementation.”
These three jurisdictions are now considered to have committed to the internationally
agreed tax standard but not yet substantially implemented it, and have therefore
been elevated to the OECD’s ‘grey list.’
“It is expected that all three jurisdictions will now swiftly implement
their commitments,” the OECD stated. This will mean entering into at least
a dozen Tax and Information Exchange Agreements (TIEAs).
Andorra intends, as soon as its General Council passes the necessary legislation,
to conclude a double tax treaty and a TIEA with France, and other member states,
by the end of the year. Monaco made a similar commitment to the OECD ahead of
the G20 London summit in April.
Liechtenstein declared on March 12 that it will commit to the OECD standard
on exchange of information for tax purposes, and stands ready to enter into
bilateral tax agreements with individual states.
Liechtenstein has already signed a TIEA with the US and concluded an anti-fraud
agreement with the European Union. On April 1, senior representatives of the
Liechtenstein government and HM Revenue and Customs met to discuss how to take
forward negotiations for a TIEA between the UK and Liechtenstein.
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