Jurisdictions news

08.08.2019 Switzerland and New Zealand update double taxation avoidance agreement

August 08^th, 2019 Switzerland and New Zealand signed a protocol updating the Double Taxation Treaty between the two countries.

06.08.2019 UBS will give the French authorities information about their customers

On July 26^th, 2019, the Swiss Federal Court ruled in the UBS case.

29.07.2019 Regulation of cryptocurrency in the Russian Federation

The chairman of the State Duma Committee on the Financial Market of the Russian Federation, Anatoly Aksakov declared that the Law on Digital Financial Assets could be adopted before October 1 of the current year.

24.07.2019 Swiss banks pay extra for loans?

A number of Swiss banks, notably Zuger Kantonalbank and Graubündner Kantonalbank, have started to lend to their customers at a very low or even zero rate.

22.07.2019 A unified database of citizens will be created in Russia

On July 22^nd, 2019, the Government of the Russian Federation introduced a bill to the State Duma on the creation of a unified federal database containing information about the country's country population.

18.07.2019 Visa-free for Russian citizens on the Maldives

On June 6^th, 2019, the Government of the Russian Federation published the Decree of the Government on signing the Agreement between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Maldives on mutual abolition of visa requirements for Russian citizens and citizens of the Republic of Maldives on its official website.

17.07.2019 Bulgaria is actively strengthening relations with the OECD

On June 5^th, 2019, the Prime Minister of Bulgaria presented an Plan of actions to improve public policy, as well as to develop a program of reforms that meet OECD standards.

16.07.2019 Morocco signed a Memorandum of understanding in the framework of the OECD

On June 25^th, 2019, the Government of Morocco signed the Memorandum of Understanding to renew the Country Programme on a 3-year period in the OECD framework.

15.07.2019 The French Parliament has approved the digital tax

On July 11^th, 2019, the both houses of the French Parliament have approved the digital services tax.

11.07.2019 The State Duma adopted amendments to currency regulation

On June 11^th, 2019, the State Duma adopted amendments to the Federal law "On currency regulation and currency control" concerning the requirements for the repatriation of export revenues in the first reading.

09.07.2019 Croatia enters the Eurozone

On July 4^th, 2019, Croatia notified the EU of its intention to join the ERM II mechanism (European Exchange Rate Mechanism) in its official letter.

08.07.2019 Unified platform for KYC in Scandinavia

The six largest Scandinavian banks decided to set up platform for handling Know Your Customer (KYC) data.

05.07.2019 OECD produces international system of information disclosure for the purposes of the CRS

On 27^th June the OECD published administrative and operational mechanism for the exchange of information collected in accordance with Standard rules of the OECD mandatory disclosure of information (MDRs) in order to support the automatic exchange of information collected in accordance with Common Reporting Standards (CRS).

03.07.2019 The companies can be compulsory liquidated in Latvia

According to the Law “On combating money laundering and financing of terrorism”, which entered into force in Latvia on 29th June 2019, companies registered in Latvia and owned by foreign citizens must submit information about their ultimate beneficiaries /beneficiaries to the Latvian Register of Enterprises.

02.07.2019 The Treaty on Fundaments of Relations between Russian Federation and the Commonwealth of Dominica

On June 26^th, 2019, the Federation Council approved the law on ratification of the Treaty on the basis of international cooperation with the Commonwealth of Dominica.

01.07.2019 Countries submit instruments of ratification to OECD in the framework of a Multilateral Convention

As of 28^th June, 2019, Multilateral Convention to implementation Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent BEPS had been signed by 89 jurisdictions, ratified and deposited instruments of ratification by 29 jurisdictions.

28.06.2019 FATF has published a guide to the legal settlement of cryptocurrency

The FATF has published a Guide to the application of state control over virtual assets for 37 states, including the Russian Federation on its official website.

27.06.2019 Ratification of the Convention with Belize

On June 26^th, 2019, the Federation Council has approved the draft law of ratification of the Convention on international cooperation with Belize.

26.06.2019 Panama and San Marino will be excluded from the "black" list

The Federal Tax Service of Russia plans to exclude Panama and San Marino from the list of States and territories that do not provide information exchange for taxation with the Russian Federation.

25.06.2019 EU has published a modified "black" list of jurisdictions

On June 14^th, 2019, the EU published an updated black list of non-cooperating tax jurisdictions on its official website.

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