Burgess Yachts Launches Singapore Office

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

Thursday, May 28, 2015

Burgess, the leading global superyacht broker, has set up a new office in Singapore, as announced at the Singapore Yacht Show in April. Read Full Story

Manx Ship Registry Permits Monaco, Switzerland Ownership Structures

by Jason Gorringe, Tax-News.com, London

Thursday, May 28, 2015

The Isle of Man Ship Registry can now take vessels with ownership structures in Monaco or Switzerland thanks to legislative changes which were passed by the Manx parliament, Tynwald, in April 2015. Read Full Story

Italy Amends Country 'Black Lists'

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Washington

Monday, April 6, 2015

On April 1, Italy's Minister of the Economy and Finance, Pier Carlo Padoan, signed two decrees that modify Italy's "black lists," and announced on the same day that Italy and the Vatican had signed their previously agreed tax information exchange agreement. Read Full Story

Colombia, Panama Agree To Sign TIEA

by Mike Godfrey, Tax-News.com, Washington

Thursday, October 23, 2014

The Colombian Government announced on October 21, 2014, that it will remove Panama from its blacklist of non-cooperative territories after the two countries agreed to sign a tax information exchange agreement. Read Full Story

Monaco Signs OECD Multilateral Tax Convention

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Monaco has become the 84th jurisdiction to commit to strengthen international tax cooperation through its participation in the Multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters. Read Full Story

Šemeta Confident Of March Savings Tax Accord

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Wednesday, February 26, 2014

European Union Tax Commissioner Algirdas Šemeta has confirmed that an agreement on plans to revise the European Union Savings Tax Directive is expected in March. Read Full Story

Austria's Coalition Accord Sets Out AEI Tax Stance

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Friday, December 20, 2013

Within the framework of its coalition agreement, Austria's incoming Government has set out its stance on plans for a comprehensive automatic exchange of tax information within the European Union. Read Full Story

Luxembourg, Austria Block Accord On Savings Tax Revision

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Friday, December 13, 2013

Dealing a severe blow at the eleventh hour, although not entirely unexpectedly, Austria and Luxembourg have once again blocked plans for a comprehensive automatic exchange of tax information within the European Union. Read Full Story

Monaco Satisfied With OECD's "Largely Compliant" Tax Rating

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Thursday, November 28, 2013

The Principality of Monaco has taken note of its rating by the OECD as "largely compliant" with international standards on tax transparency. Read Full Story

Switzerland Under Tax Pressure Ahead Of Jakarta Global Forum

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Thursday, November 21, 2013

Despite the significant progress that has undoubtedly been made in terms of tax transparency, Switzerland fears that it will be placed under enormous pressure to up the tempo of reform at the upcoming Global Forum meeting in Jakarta. Read Full Story

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