Montserrat News

OECD Reports Progress On Harmful Tax Regimes Work

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Friday, November 23, 2018

Releasing a progress update, the OECD said international efforts to curb harmful tax practices and prevent the misuse of preferential tax regimes are having a tangible impact worldwide. Read Full Story

Caribbean States Appeal To EU Over Tax Blacklisting

by Mike Godfrey, Tax-News.com, Washington

Friday, March 23, 2018

The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States, a grouping of 15 Caribbean territories, says it is working hard through its Brussels embassy to address EU concerns, which have led to a number of its members being included on a tax blacklist. Read Full Story

CARICOM, Cuba Expand Free Trade Deal

by Mike Godfrey, Tax-News.com, Washington

Friday, November 10, 2017

The Caribbean Community countries and Cuba on November 9 signed a Second Protocol to an Agreement that will expand tax-free access to each other's markets for goods. Read Full Story

IMF Reports On CARICOM Tax Reform Efforts

by Mike Godfrey, Tax-News.com, Washington

Thursday, April 6, 2017

Caribbean Community member states have benefitted from the introduction of value-added taxes, but more reform is needed, says a new paper from the International Monetary Fund. Read Full Story

International Support For Beneficial Ownership Info Exchange

by Robert Lee, Tax-News.com, London

Wednesday, April 27, 2016

More than 20 jurisdictions have signed up to a pilot project to exchange data held on beneficial ownership registers and registers of trusts, according to UK Chancellor George Osborne. 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

Mexico Praised For Tax Transparency

by Mike Godfrey, Tax-News.com, Washington

Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Mexico was the only country to be rated fully compliant with international tax transparency standards out of ten jurisdictions that were issued ratings by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development on August 8, 2014. Read Full Story

OECD Releases New Peer Review Reports

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Wednesday, August 6, 2014

On August 4, 2014, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purpose published peer review reports and compliance ratings for a new batch of jurisdictions. Read Full Story

Montserrat Premier Highlights Tax Transparency Efforts

by Mike Godfrey, Tax-News.com, Washington

Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Montserrat is taking steps to comply with the United States Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act and its United Kingdom equivalent, Premier Rueben Meade said in his budget speech on March 24, 2014. Read Full Story