Bahrain News - Business, Taxation & Offshore
Switzerland Publishes Review Of 2021 Tax Progress
Thursday, January 20, 2022
As part of its commitment to fighting cross-border tax evasion and profit shifting, Switzerland sent information on over 3m financial accounts in 2021, according to a new review of the Swiss financial center by the State Secretariat for International Financial Matters. Read Full Story
OECD Completes Phase One BEPS Action 14 Reviews
by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels
Monday, February 22, 2021
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
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- 21/11/2019 OECD Seeks Input On 13 New Dispute Resolution Peer Reviews »
- 06/11/2019 New Zealand Tops World Bank's 'Doing Business' 2020 »
- 08/10/2019 Netherlands Begins Consultation On Tax Blacklist »
- 07/08/2019 Oman Says VAT Not On The Backburner »
- 03/01/2019 Netherlands Announces Tax 'Blacklist' »
- 27/09/2018 Netherlands Begins International Tax System Review »
- 30/05/2018 EU Removes Bahamas, Saint Kitts From Tax Blacklist »
- 23/03/2018 EU Announces Sanctions For 'Blacklisted' Countries »
- 15/03/2018 EU Makes Changes To Tax Blacklist »
- 27/02/2018 Bahrain Commits To Introducing VAT This Year »
- 24/01/2018 EU Removes Jurisdictions From Tax Blacklist »
- 23/01/2018 EU Tax Blacklist To Be Slimmed By Nine »
- 08/01/2018 Bahrain Commits To Introducing VAT This Year »
- 02/01/2018 United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia Introduce Value-Added Tax »
- 29/12/2017 Bahrain To Begin Levying GCC's Selective Tax »
- 28/12/2017 Oman Confirms No VAT In 2018 »
- 22/12/2017 IMF Reports On Middle East's Fiscal Challenges »
- 18/12/2017 Irish Tax Regime 'Most Business Friendly In EU' »
- 12/12/2017 EU Accused Of Tax Blacklist Hypocrisy »
- 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 »
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