Cook Islands News

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

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

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
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