INTERNATIONAL TAX PLAZA - Netherlands/UK - Competent Authority Agreement signed

Details: Published: 16 October 2014

(October 16, 2014)

On October 15, 2014 The Dutch Ministry of Finance announced that in September 2014, the competent authorities of the United Kingdom and the Netherlands reached a mutual agreement regarding the application of the Convention between the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with respect to Taxes on Income and on Capital Gains and the related Protocol signed on September 26, 2008 to UK pension scheme and Charity investors in UK Common Investment Funds.

For further information click here to be forwarded to the press release that was issued by the Dutch Ministry of Finance in this respect. The Competent Authority Agreement is attached as a Pdf document to the press release.

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