In today’s edition: IMF – Government Officials from Central and Southern Africa Promote Good Practice in Preventing Tax Fraud; Hong Kong – Orders on tax information exchange agreements with Nordic jurisdictions and protocol on avoidance of double taxation arrangement with the Mainland gazetted Australia – Company tax rates; United Kingdom – Draft Legislation: modernising the taxation of corporate debt and derivative contracts amending Regulations - informal consultation; United States – IRS  Announces Key Milestone in FATCA Implementation; U.S. Begins Reciprocal Automatic Exchange of Tax Information under Intergovernmental Agreements; The Netherlands – A selection of Dutch Jurisprudence

From the International Monetary Fund (IMF):

Government Officials from Central and Southern Africa Promote Good Practice in Preventing Tax Fraud  

From the Australian Taxation Office (ATO):

Company tax rates

From the Inland Revenue of Hong Kong:

Orders on tax information exchange agreements with Nordic jurisdictions and protocol on avoidance of double taxation arrangement with the Mainland gazetted

From the HM Revenue & Customs:

Draft Legislation: modernising the taxation of corporate debt and derivative contracts amending Regulations - informal consultation (Business tax – policy paper)

From the IRS:

IRS Announces Key Milestone in FATCA Implementation; U.S. Begins Reciprocal Automatic Exchange of Tax Information under Intergovernmental Agreements

Dutch Jurisprudence:

• Gerechtshof 's-Hertogenbosch, 17-09-2015, ECLI:NL:GHSHE:2015:3623 (Overdrachtsbelasting - artikel 4 en artikel 10 van de Wet op belastingen van rechtsverkeer (WBR) - Hof acht de vervreemding van aandelen in een vennootschap wier bezittingen in mindere mate dan hoofdzakelijk (hebben) bestaan uit die onroerende zaken niet aan de heffing van overdrachtsbelasting onderworpen)

• Hoge Raad, 02-10-2015, ECLI:NL:HR:2015:2904 (Verzekering volksverzekeringen. Art. 11, lid 2, Rijnvarendenverdrag, art. 7, lid 2, Verordening (EEG) 1408/71. Expolitant schip in Nederland. Werkgever in Cyprus, dat wél EU-lidstaat is, maar geen partij is bij Rijnvarendenverdrag. Betekenis van door Luxemburg afgegeven E106-verklaring.)

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