Colombia News

Deadlines For Colombian Tax Amnesties This Month

by Mike Godfrey, Tax-News.com, Washington

Thursday, September 5, 2019

Two deadlines are approaching in Colombia for taxpayers wishing to take part in ongoing tax amnesties. Read Full Story

Global Carbon Tax Take Up 50 Percent In 2017

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Monday, May 28, 2018

Governments raised about USD33bn in carbon pricing revenue last year, a 50 percent increase from 2016, according to a new update by the World Bank. Read Full Story

Time For Latin America, Caribbean To Hike Tax: World Bank

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Thursday, April 19, 2018

With economic recovery being reported in Latin American and Caribbean states, a new World Bank report says governments must now look to fiscal policy to reduce their deficits. Read Full Story

OECD Urges International Tax Reform Of Savings, Investments

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Friday, April 13, 2018

"While countries do not necessarily need to tax savings more, there is a lot of room to improve the way countries tax savings," according to Pascal Saint-Amans, Director of the OECD Centre for Tax Policy and Administration. Read Full Story

Australia, Peru Sign Free Trade Agreement

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

Wednesday, February 14, 2018

Australia and Peru have signed a free trade agreement that will eliminate tariffs on 99 percent of Australian goods within five years of its entry into force. Read Full Story

Bermuda Lists CbC Report Exchange Partners

by Jason Gorringe, Tax-News.com, London

Wednesday, February 7, 2018

The Bermuda Government on January 31, 2018, updated the lists of the countries with which it will exchange country-by-country reports filed in Bermuda in 2018 and in 2019. Read Full Story

Colombia, Italy Sign New Double Tax Pact

by Mike Godfrey, Tax-News.com, Washington

Thursday, February 1, 2018

Colombia and Italy signed a double tax agreement on January 26, 2018, which provides for lower withholding tax rates on cross-border payments of dividends, interest, and royalties income. Read Full Story

Netherlands Confirms Tax Treaty Negotiation Priorities

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Wednesday, January 31, 2018

The Netherlands will seek to resume discussions towards double taxation avoidance treaties with several countries in 2018, including the United States, the Government has said. Read Full Story

EFTA, Colombia Promote Free Trade Agreement

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Wednesday, December 6, 2017

The European Free Trade Association member states (Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Iceland, and Norway) and Colombia recently held a seminar to promote their bilateral free trade agreement. Read Full Story

Telecoms Firms Ask Argentina To Ease Suffocating Tax Regime

by Mike Godfrey, Tax-News.com, Washington

Friday, December 1, 2017

The GSM Association, which represents almost 800 mobile operators worldwide, has called for reform of the tax settings for the mobile telecoms sector in Argentina, pointing out the tax burden far exceeds that in neighboring states. Read Full Story

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