Montserrat Encourages SMEs To Use Tax Exemptions

by Mike Godfrey, Tax-News.com, New York

Tuesday, August 20, 2013

The Montserrat Development Corporation is encouraging small and micro business owners to take advantage of the various incentive schemes available. Read Full Story

CARICOM Change Team Pleased With Guyana Consultations

by Mike Godfrey, Tax-News.com, New York

Wednesday, August 14, 2013

The Change Facilitation Team based at the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat has expressed satisfaction at the response by participants at the Guyana national consultations on a Five-year Strategic Plan for the trade bloc. Read Full Story

Belgium Boosts International Tax Agreement Tally

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Tuesday, July 9, 2013

The Belgian Council of Ministers has approved for ratification the protocol amending the bilateral double taxation agreement between Belgium and Japan in the area of taxes on income. Read Full Story

US, CARICOM Sign TIFA

by Mike Godfrey, Tax-News.com, Washington

Friday, May 31, 2013

On May 28, in Port of Spain, Trinidad, Vice President Joe Biden and Haitian President Michel Martelly signed a trade and investment framework agreement, which will provide for a forum to discuss specific trade issues between the United States and the Caribbean Community. Read Full Story

Cameron Urges On Crown Dependencies Over Tax Info Exchange

by Robert Lee, Tax-News.com, London

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

"There is no point in dealing with tax evasion in one country if the problem is simply displaced to another," David Cameron has claimed in a letter to the leaders of the UK's Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories. 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

CARIFORUM FTA A Force For Good, Says EU

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Tuesday, January 1, 2013

European Union Ambassador to the Caribbean region, Paola Amadei has sought to dispel misconceptions in relation to the Economic Partnership Agreement concluded to establish a free trade zone between the European Union and the fifteen members of the Caribbean Community and the Dominican Republic in 2008. Read Full Story

USTR Consults On Caribbean Trade Benefits

by Mike Godfrey, Tax-News.com, Washington

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

The United States Trade Representative has begun a consultation on whether certain Caribbean countries should be designated as eligible to receive benefits under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act or the Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act. Read Full Story

CARICOM Pushes For Conclusion Of Canadian FTA

by Amanda Banks, Tax-News.com, London

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

At the recent Caribbean Community heads of government meeting in Saint Lucia, Barbados Prime Minister Freundel Stuart expressed optimism that Canada and the Caribbean Community could agree to a free trade agreement to replace the CARIBCAN preferential trade programme with Canada before the arrangement expires at the end of the year. Read Full Story

Montserrat Plans To Strengthen Tax Transparency Framework

by Amanda Banks, Tax-News.com, London

Thursday, June 28, 2012

The government of the Caribbean territory of Montserrat has announced that it is to revise several of the nation's laws to address deficiencies identified in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's Phase One review of the island's frameworks for tax transparency and information exchange for tax purposes. Read Full Story

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