Maldives News - Business, Taxation & Offshore

Asia-Pac's Tax Take Dropped, Even Before COVID-19: Report

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

Friday, August 6, 2021

Tax revenues fell in 2019 in two-thirds of economies across Asia and the Pacific as a result of an economic slowdown prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new OECD report.Read Full Story

Switzerland To Expand AEOI Network

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Thursday, June 13, 2019

The Swiss Federal Council has adopted a dispatch on the introduction of the automatic exchange of financial account information with a further 19 partner states. Read Full Story

OECD Reports Progress On Harmful Tax Regimes Work

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Friday, November 23, 2018

Releasing a progress update, the OECD said international efforts to curb harmful tax practices and prevent the misuse of preferential tax regimes are having a tangible impact worldwide.Read Full Story

Maldives Introduces Thin Capitalization Rule

by Lorys Charalambous, Tax-News.com, Cyprus

Friday, May 11, 2018

The Maldives Inland Revenue Authority has issued a ruling prescribing a thin capitalization rule to limit deductions for interest and payments economically equivalent to interest.Read Full Story

Maldives Signs First Bilateral Free Trade Deal, With China

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

Wednesday, December 13, 2017

China and the Maldives signed a free trade agreement on December 7, having concluded negotiations towards the deal in September.Read Full Story

OECD Global Forum Discusses Tax Transparency Progress

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Friday, November 17, 2017

200 delegates from more than 90 delegations met in Yaoundé, Cameroon, on November 15-17, 2017, for the 10th meeting of the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes which now includes 147 countries and jurisdictions.Read Full Story