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

EU Adds Cayman Isles, Panama, Seychelles To Tax Blacklist

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Thursday, February 20, 2020

The EU has added the Cayman Islands, Palau, Panama, and the Seychelles to its list of non-cooperative tax jurisdictions, bringing the total tally to 12 from 8. Read Full Story

EU Member States Slow To Implement VAT Quick Fixes

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Thursday, February 6, 2020

The European Commission has launched infringement proceedings against 14 member states for failing to implement the so-called value-added tax quick fixes.Read Full Story

Many EU States Tardy In Adopting Anti-Tax Avoidance Directives

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Thursday, February 6, 2020

On January 24, 2020, the European Commission issued formal notices to numerous European Union member states with regards to lapses in the implementation of various EU anti-tax avoidance directives. Read Full Story

France Updates Tax Blacklist

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Wednesday, January 15, 2020

On January 6, 2019, a decree was published in the French Official Journal to modify the list of non-cooperative states and territories in tax matters. 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

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• 11/10/2019 EU Updates Tax Blacklist »
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• 07/08/2019 Oman Says VAT Not On The Backburner »
• 18/07/2019 Romanian Opposition Pushes For 16pc VAT Rate »
• 31/05/2019 Switzerland To Expand AEOI Network »
• 14/03/2019 EU Drops Digital Tax Plans »
• 24/01/2019 EU To Probe Potential Abuses Of Citizenship By Investment Schemes »
• 06/12/2018 Still No Deal On EU Digital Services Tax »
• 09/10/2018 Switzerland Begins Sharing Tax Data Internationally »
• 29/06/2018 France Exits EU's Excessive Deficit Procedure »
• 22/05/2018 EU Challenges Hungarian, Italian, Romanian Tax Provisions »
• 14/03/2018 OECD Releases New Dispute Resolution Peer Reviews »
• 07/03/2018 Oman Adds Tax-Exempt REITs To Offering »
• 27/02/2018 Bahrain Commits To Introducing VAT This Year »
• 08/02/2018 Bermuda Lists CbC Report Exchange Partners »
• 26/01/2018 Six More States Sign The BEPS Multilateral Instrument »
• 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 »

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