Cape Verde News - Business, Taxation & Offshore

10 IGAs Join 'In Substance' FATCA List Just Before July 1

by Mike Godfrey, Tax-News.com, Washington

Monday, July 7, 2014

Ten further foreign jurisdictions were included by the United States Treasury in its latest monthly list, issued on July 1, 2014, as having reached agreements in substance on June 30, 2014, on the terms of intergovernmental agreements under the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act.Read Full Story

US Looks At TIFA With West Africa

by Mike Godfrey, Tax-News.com, Washington

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Acting United States Trade Representative Demetrios Marantis has announced that the United States is exploring the possibility of a Trade and Investment Framework Agreement with the Economic Community of West African States.Read Full Story

WTO Accession Process Eased For Poorer Countries

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

World Trade Organization members have approved proposals to streamline and facilitate the accession process for Least Developed Countries seeking membership of the global trade body.Read Full Story

Portugal Begins New DTA Negotiations

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

The Portuguese government is seeking to expand its tax treaty network, beginning negotiations with three new countries over the last month: Peru, Gabon and Senegal. Read Full Story

Portugal, Mozambique Ink Tax Agreement

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Portugal and Mozambique have recently signed a bilateral tax agreement, designed to strengthen cooperation between the respective tax administrations.Read Full Story

Final Link In African Search-And-Rescue Chain Closed

by Jason Gorringe, Tax-News.com, London

Friday, March 4, 2011

Complete search and rescue cover around Africa’s coast was secured on March 3 with the signing of an ad-hoc multilateral cooperative agreement on the North and West African sub-regional Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre, which establishes a new base in Morocco, the International Maritime Organization announced.Read Full Story