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Jun

2019

OECD strengthens co-operation with Morocco – Renews Morocco Country Programme Agreement

The OECD and the Government of the Kingdom of Morocco signed today a Memorandum of Understanding to renew the Country Programme, for a period of three years, to support Morocco’s reform agenda.

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Jun

2019

Bolivian Tax Amnesty To Close June 28

Bolivian taxpayers have until a twice-extended deadline of June 28, 2019, to regularize their affairs and benefit from reduced penalty rates.

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Jun

2019

IRS Opens US Compliance Assurance Program To Applicants

On June 14, 2019, the US Internal Revenue Service announced that it is looking for new applicants for the Compliance Assurance Process (CAP), a cooperative compliance program aimed at publicly traded corporate taxpayers.

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Jun

2019

Mauritius Overhauls Tax Regime In 2019-20 Budget

Mauritius announced a multitude of changes to all areas of its tax regime in its 2019-2020 Budget, including international tax reforms; value-added tax changes; new corporate tax relief measures, including a new patent box regime; a regime for peer-to-peer lending; individual tax breaks; and a tax amnesty scheme.

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Jun

2019

OECD expands functionality of MLI Matching Database to include information on entry into effect

The OECD has added new features to its MLI Matching Database. The database now includes information on entry into effect dates for matched agreements and the option to calculate entry into effect dates on the basis of anticipated dates of deposits. The expanded database also includes references to synthesised texts, if available.

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18

Jun

2019

Russian Federation deposits its instrument of ratification for the Multilateral BEPS Convention

Today, the Russian Federation deposited its instrument of ratification for the Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (multilateral convention or MLI) with the OECD’s Secretary-General, therewith underlining its strong commitment to prevent the abuse of tax treaties and base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) by multinational enterprises.

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Jun

2019

OECD expands transfer pricing country profiles to cover 55 countries

The OECD has just released new transfer pricing country profiles for Chile, Finland and Italy, bringing the total number of countries covered to 55. In addition, the OECD has updated the information contained in the country profiles for Colombia and Israel.

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18

Jun

2019

Switzerland Schedules Corporate Tax Overhaul For 2020

The Swiss Federal Council has announced that the Federal Act on Tax Reform and AHV Financing will enter into force on January 1, 2020.

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18

Jun

2019

Finland Launches Consultation On EU Exit Tax

On June 14, 2019, the Finnish Ministry of Finance launched a consultation on draft exit tax legislation.

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Jun

2019

Costa Rica To Introduce VAT From July 1

Costa Rica will introduce a new value-added tax regime, in place of sales tax, starting July 1, 2019.

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Jun

2019

OECD launches new handbook to strengthen tax administrations' capacity to support the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing

The OECD is encouraging tax administrations around the globe to step up their efforts to support the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing with the launch of a handbook intended to raise the awareness of tax examiners, auditors, and investigators of the important role they can play in combatting these crimes.

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Jun

2019

Serbia joins international efforts against tax evasion and avoidance

Today, at the OECD Headquarters in Paris, Slavica Savicic, State Secretary for Finance of the Republic of Serbia, signed the Multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters (the Convention) in the presence of the OECD Deputy Secretary-General Jeffrey Schlagenhauf. Serbia is the 129th jurisdiction to join the Convention.

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