EU Announces Sanctions For 'Blacklisted' Countries

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Thursday, March 22, 2018

The European Commission is to take steps to ensure that EU external development and investment funds cannot be channelled or transited through entities in countries included on the EU's "blacklist" of non-cooperative tax jurisdictions. Read Full Story

EU Makes Changes To Tax Blacklist

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Wednesday, March 14, 2018

The EU has removed three countries from its list of non-cooperative tax jurisdictions and added a further three. Read Full Story

Bahrain Commits To Introducing VAT This Year

by Lorys Charalambous, Tax-News.com, Cyprus

Wednesday, February 28, 2018

Bahrain has committed to pushing towards the introduction of the Gulf Cooperation Council's value-added tax framework by the end of the year. Read Full Story

EU Removes Jurisdictions From Tax Blacklist

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Tuesday, January 23, 2018

The EU has announced the removal of eight jurisdictions from its tax blacklist. Read Full Story

EU Tax Blacklist To Be Slimmed By Nine

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Monday, January 22, 2018

At its meeting on January 22, the EU Council is to remove Barbados, Grenada, South Korea, Macao, Mongolia, Panama, Tunisia, and the United Arab Emirates from the EU's list of non-cooperative jurisdictions in taxation matters, according to an agenda released prior to the meeting. Read Full Story

Bahrain Commits To Introducing VAT This Year

by Lorys Charalambous, Tax-News.com, Cyprus

Friday, January 5, 2018

Bahrain has affirmed that it will introduce the Gulf Cooperation Council's value-added tax framework by the end of the year. Read Full Story

United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia Introduce Value-Added Tax

by Lorys Charalambous, Tax-News.com, Cyprus

Monday, January 1, 2018

Having introduced value-added tax on January 1, 2018, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia became the first two states of the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council grouping to follow through on the bloc's commitment to introduce a harmonized value-added tax. Read Full Story

Bahrain To Begin Levying GCC's Selective Tax

by Lorys Charalambous, Tax-News.com, Cyprus

Thursday, December 28, 2017

Bahrain's Cabinet has approved the introduction of the Gulf Cooperation Council's so-called selective tax on unhealthy commodities from December 30. Read Full Story

Oman Confirms No VAT In 2018

by Lorys Charalambous, Tax-News.com, Cyprus

Wednesday, December 27, 2017

Oman has officially stated it will not be joining the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia in introducing the agreed Gulf Cooperation Council value-added tax until at least 2019. Read Full Story

IMF Reports On Middle East's Fiscal Challenges

by Lorys Charalambous, Tax-News.com, Cyprus

Thursday, December 21, 2017

The International Monetary Fund has published a new paper on the fiscal consolidation challenges being faced by the members of the Gulf Cooperation Council – Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates – whose tax revenues have been depressed due to persistently low oil prices. Read Full Story

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