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Barbados Rejects UK Push For Public Beneficial Ownership Register
by Mike Godfrey, Tax-News.com, Washington
Friday, May 11, 2018
Barbados's Minister of Industry, International Business, Commerce, and Small Business Development, Donville Inniss, has told a Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) conference there is no support on the island for a public register of beneficial ownership. Read Full Story

50 Countries To Automatically Exchange Tax Data: OECD
by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels
Wednesday, December 28, 2016
Over 50 jurisdictions have committed to automatically exchange tax information under the OECD's Common Reporting Standard. Read Full Story

Panama Must Put Its House In Order, Says OECD
by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels
Wednesday, April 6, 2016
The OECD has said Panama must ensure that it fully implements international tax transparency standards, describing the territory as the "last major holdout" that allows funds to be hidden offshore. Read Full Story

Sixteen States' Tax Transparency Frameworks Reviewed
by Jason Gorringe, Tax-News.com, London
Wednesday, November 4, 2015
Sixteen peer review reports were released at the recent plenary meeting of the OECD Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes on October 29-30, 2015.
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Switzerland, Italy Treaty Announcement 'Imminent'
by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels
Monday, January 12, 2015
An announcement is expected imminently on the terms of the long-awaited revised tax treaty between Italy and Switzerland, reports say. Read Full Story

ICC Hails Progress On Automatic Exchange Of Information
by Mike Godfrey, Tax-News.com, Washington
Monday, November 3, 2014
The International Chamber of Commerce has welcomed an agreement reached this week by over 90 countries to automatically exchange tax information, describing the development as an important milestone for the international tax reform agenda. Read Full Story

Automatic Info Exchange Moves A Step Closer
by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels
Friday, October 31, 2014
On October 29, 2014, 51 jurisdictions signed a Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement on the automatic exchange of information that will enable "early adopters" to begin sharing data by September 2017. Read Full Story

Dutch Banking Tax Study Flawed, Says ABN AMRO
by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels
Thursday, September 4, 2014
Dutch bank ABN AMRO has criticized a new report, The Fair Banking Guide, published by the Dutch BankWiser after an investigation into international tax avoidance in the Dutch banking sector. Read Full Story

Swiss To Take Tough Stance On Client Data Leaks
by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels
Monday, August 18, 2014
The Swiss Federal Council has backed calls to close a legal loophole that currently makes those who pass on client data stolen from a financial institution or use it for their own benefit ineligible for prosecution. Read Full Story

Jersey To Oust Abusive UK Tax Scheme Promoters
by Jason Gorringe, Tax-News.com, London
Thursday, August 7, 2014
After a statement from the Jersey Government that it does not wish to host promoters of abusive tax avoidance schemes to UK participants, Jersey promoters will be required, from October 1, 2014, to inform the Financial Services Commission of any schemes falling under the ambit of the UK's Disclosure of Tax Avoidance Scheme regime. Read Full Story
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