US And Liechtenstein To Negotiate Double Tax Treaty

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Friday, March 16, 2018

The governments of Liechtenstein and the United States have recently discussed the possibility of beginning negotiations for a bilateral double tax avoidance treaty. Read Full Story

European, African States To Review Free Trade Agreement

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Friday, February 16, 2018

The European Free Trade Association states (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland), and the South African Customs Union have begun negotiations to review their existing free trade agreement. 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

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

EU Ratifies Swiss Deal To Link Emissions Trading Schemes

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Wednesday, January 24, 2018

At its meeting on January 22, the EU Council ratified a law to link the bloc's emissions trading system with Switzerland's. Ratification of the agreement with Switzerland concludes what has been an eight-year process for the EU. Read Full Story

Liechtenstein Amended VAT Rates, Rules On January 1

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Tuesday, January 9, 2018

Liechtenstein introduced comprehensive changes to its value-added tax regime from January 1, 2018, on the basis of the law of November 10, 2017, on the amendment of the VAT law, published in the nation's Official Gazette. Read Full Story

Philippines May Soon Ratify FTA With European States

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

Monday, January 8, 2018

Having endorsed the deal, the President of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, has forwarded on a bill to ratify the free trade agreement with the European Free Trade Association states to the Senate. Read Full Story

US Agrees To Exchange CbC Reports With Spain

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Thursday, December 28, 2017

In a recent update, the Internal Revenue Service has announced that it has agreed a bilateral competent authority agreement with authorities in Spain to exchange country-by-country reports. Read Full Story

EFTA And Ecuador Progress Free Trade Talks

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Tuesday, December 19, 2017

The European Free Trade Association states – Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland – and Ecuador have concluded the fifth round of talks towards an agreement that will reduce tariff and non-tariff barriers to bilateral trade. Read Full Story

EU Announces Challenge To IKEA's Tax Arrangements

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Monday, December 18, 2017

The European Commission announced on December 18 that it had decided to launch an in-depth investigation in the Netherlands' tax treatment of Inter IKEA, one of the two groups operating the IKEA business. Read Full Story

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