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

Pakistan Targeting Panama, Bahamas Leaks Taxpayers

by Mary Swire, Tax-News.com, Hong Kong

Thursday, October 20, 2016

Pakistan's Finance Minister, Mohammad Ishaq Dar, has directed the Federal Board of Revenue to approach the tax authorities of nine territories about information in the Panama and Bahamas leaks.Read Full Story

Italy Amends Country 'Black Lists'

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Washington

Monday, April 6, 2015

On April 1, Italy's Minister of the Economy and Finance, Pier Carlo Padoan, signed two decrees that modify Italy's "black lists," and announced on the same day that Italy and the Vatican had signed their previously agreed tax information exchange agreement.Read Full Story

NZ, Canada Ratify Multilateral Tax Convention

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Tuesday, November 26, 2013

New Zealand and Canada have ratified the multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters. Read Full Story

Belgium Boosts International Tax Agreement Tally

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Tuesday, July 9, 2013

The Belgian Council of Ministers has approved for ratification the protocol amending the bilateral double taxation agreement between Belgium and Japan in the area of taxes on income.Read Full Story

Cameron Urges On Crown Dependencies Over Tax Info Exchange

by Robert Lee, Tax-News.com, London

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

"There is no point in dealing with tax evasion in one country if the problem is simply displaced to another," David Cameron has claimed in a letter to the leaders of the UK's Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories. Read Full Story

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