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(September 14, 2015)
On September 10, 2015 the Spanish Ministry of Finance published a press release announcing that on September 10, 2015 Spain and Qatar signed an agreement to avoid Double Taxation and to prevent Fiscal Evasion. Unfortunately we were not yet able to locate the text of the Agreement.
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(September 14, 2015)
In the overview of Tax Information Exchange Agreements as available on the website of the States of Guernsey it is stated that the Protocol Amending the Agreement between the Government of the British Virgin Islands and the States of Guernsey for the Exchange of Information Relating to Tax Matters, signed on 12th April 2013 and 17th April 2013 (Hereafter: the existing TIEA) entered into force on September 3, 2015.
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(September 14, 2015)
On September 14, 2015 the Swiss Federal Department of Finance issued a press release via which it informs the public that on September 14, 2015 on the fringes of the 20th Annual Conference of the International Association of Prosecutors in Zurich Swiss Federal Councillor Widmer-Schlumpf met US Attorney General Loretta Lynch for bilateral talks on the implementation of the US programme for settling the tax dispute with Swiss banks.
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(September 14, 2015)
The OECD has published an announcement on its website announcing that it is going to hold its 4th OECD Forum on Tax and Crime in Amsterdam on September 16 and 17, 2015.
According to the announcement this 4th Forum, hosted by the Netherlands Tax and Customs Administration, will primarily focus on the future threats and opportunities for law enforcement agencies to work together in the tax and crime area and the use of technology. It is furthermore stated that experts will discuss topics that are currently high on the political agenda, such as corruption, terrorist financing, alternative payment methods, the dark web, the use of analytics and exploring emerging tax evasion risks in an era of greater transparency.
Read more: The OECD is going to hold its 4th OECD Forum on Tax and Crime on September 16 and 17
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(September 14, 2015)
On the official website of the European Parliament’s Special Committee on Tax Rulings and Other Measures Similar in Nature or Effect (TAXE) a Draft Agenda was published for TAXE’s meeting of September 22, 2015.
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