Bahrain News - Business, Taxation & Offshore

Switzerland To Add Anti-BEPS Provisions To Two Treaties
by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels
Wednesday, September 9, 2020
On August 26, 2020, the Swiss Federal Council ratified a new double taxation agreement with Bahrain and a Protocol to revise its DTA with Kuwait. Read Full Story

Saudi Arabia To Treble VAT Rate To 15pc In Response To COVID-19
by Lorys Charalambous, Tax-News.com, Cyprus
Friday, May 15, 2020
Saudi Arabia has announced its decision to increase its headline value-added tax rate to 15 percent from five percent, in a surprise break from the Gulf Cooperation Council's harmonized value-added tax framework.Read Full Story

Netherlands Adds To Tax Blacklist
by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels
Tuesday, December 31, 2019
Barbados and Turkmenistan have been added to the Netherlands' list of low-tax jurisdictions for the purposes of enforcing certain anti-tax avoidance rules, the Dutch Ministry of Finance announced on December 30, 2019. Read Full Story

Switzerland, Bahrain Sign DTA
by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels
Monday, December 2, 2019
On November 25, 2019, Switzerland and Bahrain signed a double tax agreement that caps maximum withholding tax rates and provides for the exchange of information. Read Full Story

Caribbean Territories To Undergo Dispute Resolution BEPS Peer Review
by Jason Gorringe, Tax-News.com, London
Tuesday, December 31, 2019
The OECD has launched a review of dispute resolution mechanisms in place in Aruba, Bahrain, Barbados, Gibraltar, Greenland, Kazakhstan, Oman, Qatar, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, the United Arab Emirates, and Vietnam, as part of follow-up work under BEPS Action Plan Action 14. Read Full Story

OECD Seeks Input On 13 New Dispute Resolution Peer Reviews
by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels
Monday, November 25, 2019
The OECD is seeking input from taxpayers on dispute resolution mechanisms in place in Aruba, Bahrain, Barbados, Gibraltar, Greenland, Kazakhstan, Oman, Qatar, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, the United Arab Emirates, and Vietnam, as part of follow-up work under BEPS Action Plan Action 14. Read Full Story
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- 18/12/2017 Irish Tax Regime 'Most Business Friendly In EU' »
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- 06/12/2017 Offshore IFCs Absent From EU's New Tax Blacklist »
- 01/12/2017 UAE Finalizes Adoption Of New VAT Framework »
- 17/11/2017 Saudi Arabia Explains VAT Rules For Transport Sector »
- 23/10/2017 Bahraini Ministers Approve GCC's Selective Excise Tax »
- 27/07/2017 Saudi Arabia Readies For Value-Added Tax »
- 25/07/2017 IMF Praises Saudi Tax Reforms »
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