Cook Islands News

Pacific Countries Sign PACER Plus Deal

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

Wednesday, June 14, 2017

Australia, New Zealand, and eight Pacific island countries have signed the Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations, a free trade agreement covering goods, services, and investment. Read Full Story

Australia Welcomes Conclusion Of PACER Plus Talks

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

Thursday, April 20, 2017

Australian Trade Minister Steven Ciobo has welcomed the conclusion of negotiations toward the Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations Plus, a trade deal he said will drive economic growth and raise living standards in the region. Read Full Story

OECD Reports Cook Islands 'Largely Compliant'

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

Wednesday, March 18, 2015

The Cook Islands has been rated "largely compliant" in a phase two peer group review conducted by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes. Read Full Story

EU, Fiji To Implement Interim Pacific EPA

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

Tuesday, July 22, 2014

On July 18, Fiji notified its decision to apply the interim Pacific Region Economic Partnership Agreement, which provides for duty and quota free access into the European Union for all products from the countries concerned. Read Full Story

WTO Advises On Services Trade For Pacific Islands

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

Wednesday, August 14, 2013

As trade in services has become the main engine of economic growth for the Pacific island countries that have little other export capacity, the World Trade Organization was involved in organizing a regional workshop on that topic in Vanuatu from August 5-8, 2013. Read Full Story

ATO Unveils Compliance In Focus Program

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

Friday, July 19, 2013

The Australian Taxation Office has said that it will spend the next year focusing on profit shifting, tax crime, and the misuse of trusts. Read Full Story

US, UK, Australia To Provide Tax Information To Others

by Mike Godfrey, Tax-News.com, Washington

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

It has been announced that the tax administrations from the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom have developed a plan to share tax information involving trusts and companies holding assets on behalf of residents in jurisdictions worldwide. Read Full Story

French Senate Backs Oman DTA Protocol

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

The French Senate has recently adopted a bill authorizing the approval of a protocol to the bilateral agreement between France and Oman aimed at avoiding double taxation. Read Full Story

Pacific Islands Urged To Conclude EU EPA Negotiations

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

Monday, September 3, 2012

In his opening remarks to the Leaders Meeting of the Pacific states within the African, Caribbean and Pacific group, the Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, Tuiloma Neroni Slade, encouraged them to conclude their negotiations on an Economic Partnership Agreement with the European Union this year. Read Full Story

France Publishes Revised 2012 'Black List'

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Thursday, April 26, 2012

French Finance Minister François Baroin and Budget Minister Valérie Pécresse have recently updated the country’s ‘black list’ of countries deemed to be ‘uncooperative’ in tax matters. Read Full Story

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