CARICOM, Cuba Expand Free Trade Deal

by Mike Godfrey, Tax-News.com, Washington

Friday, November 10, 2017

The Caribbean Community countries and Cuba on November 9 signed a Second Protocol to an Agreement that will expand tax-free access to each other's markets for goods.Read Full Story

Enhanced US Tax Relief Urged For Dominican Apparel Exports

by Mike Godfrey, Tax-News.com, Washington

Friday, October 6, 2017

Eight years after its implementation, the Earned Import Allowance Program is not providing enough incentives to significantly boost Dominican apparel exports to the US market, says the US International Trade Commission.Read Full Story

OECD Global Forum Adds Four To Its Ranks

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Friday, September 8, 2017

Greenland, Cambodia, Madagascar, and Haiti have joined the OECD's Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes. Read Full Story

IMF Reports On CARICOM Tax Reform Efforts

by Mike Godfrey, Tax-News.com, Washington

Thursday, April 6, 2017

Caribbean Community member states have benefitted from the introduction of value-added taxes, but more reform is needed, says a new paper from the International Monetary Fund.Read Full Story

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

IMF Urges Caribbean To Cooperate, Not Compete

by Mike Godfrey, Tax-News.com, Washington

Tuesday, July 1, 2014

Christine Lagarde, the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), has told Caribbean states that they can make their territories more competitive by working together on tax policy and by making tax incentives more transparent. Read Full Story

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