Jurisdictions news

31.01.2020 OECD publishes the statement following a meeting of 137 countries

On January 31, 2020, the OECD issued a statement following a meeting of representatives of 137 countries that have already joined the BEPS plan on taxation of profits of international companies in the digital economy.

30.01.2020 Bank of China settles money laundering case for $4 million

The Bank of China agreed to pay a large fine to the French tax authorities.

29.01.2020 Reduce of personal income tax rate for non-residents

Experts from the Ministry of Finance are working on the adoption of a law by which the tax on income of non-resident individuals will be reduced to 13%.

27.01.2020 Cyprus and Saudi Arabia deposit their instruments of ratification for the MLI

On January 23, Cyprus and Saudi Arabia deposited with the OECD documents confirming the ratification of the Convention.

24.01.2020 Unified Identification System within the EAEU

On January 21, 2020, the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission approved a draft agreement on a unified system of identification of participants in foreign economic activity (FEA) within the framework of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU).

23.01.2020 The Queen signs Brexit act

The prime minister's Withdrawal Agreement Act was signed off by the Queen on Thursday after completing its journey through parliament. Now the deal has officially become UK law.

21.01.2020 Netherlands add new countries to the “low tax list”

On December 30, 2019, the Dutch Ministry of Finance added Barbados and Turkmenistan to the list of low tax countries.

20.01.2020 OECD initiatives on the international taxation rules

In October 2019, the OECD published for public discussion its proposals for Pillar One as a part of the implementation of the Program for the development of an agreed solution to tax issues arising from the digitalization of the economy, approved by the G20 at the Japan Summit in June 2019.

17.01.2020 Record number of anti-money laundering penalties

In 2019 there were 58 anti-money laundering (AML) penalties totaling $8.14bn, representing double the amount, and nearly double the value, of penalties handed out in 2018 in the world.

15.01.2020 Case of Metkombank

On October 31, 2011, a loan agreement was concluded between PJSC Metkombank and E3 OCM-Asset LLC, and in 2014 the Metkombank was notified of the conclusion of the assignment agreement between the LLC and the defendant, WINTERLUX LIMITED (Company), a company registered in Cyprus.

14.01.2020 Panama approves bill on beneficial owner register

On December 19, the Panama Legislative Assembly approved a bill introducing the Register of Beneficial Owners of Companies (Bill No. 169).

27.12.2019 Mandatory exchange of information in cross-border arrangements

On July 1, 2020 the EU Council Directive 2018/822 comes into force.

25.12.2019 Bermuda publishes new economic substance laws

On 24 December 2019, the Bermuda Minister of Finance released changes to Bermuda’s economic substance laws and related guidance, including the Economic Substance Amendment (No. 2) Act 2019 (“ESA”), the Economic Substance Amendment (No. 3) Regulations 2019 (“Regulations”), and the final version of the General Principles Guidance Notes (“Guidance Notes”).

18.12.2019 Offshore Companies Disclosure Bill

A bill was submitted to the State Duma introducing the requirement of mandatory disclosure of information about the founders (participants) and beneficiaries of offshore companies when registering with the Unified State Register of Legal Entities (initiated by deputies G. Zyuganov and others).

16.12.2019 Switzerland Redrafts Double Tax Treaty Law

The Swiss Government has released new legislation governing Switzerland's application of provisions in its network of double tax agreements.

09.12.2019 International corporations have been asked to disclose information about taxes paid in different countries

International corporations may begin to publish in open sources data on taxes paid in each country.

06.12.2019 Changes in Structure of the Group ABLV Bank, AS

There were changes in the structure of the Group of ABLV Bank, AS in liquidation in early December 2019.

05.12.2019 Tax-free regime in St. Vincent comes to the end

After June 30, 2021, international commercial companies (IBCs) registered in St. Vincent will automatically be recognized simply as commercial companies (BCs) and will be taxed at a rate of 30% of all global income (received in St. Vincent and outside the jurisdiction).

04.12.2019 France adds Seychelles to blacklist of tax heavens

France has added Seychelles to its tax-haven blacklist because the island state did not provide full information about some French offshore entities acting on Seychelles.

03.10.2019 New rules of tax residency in Russia

The Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation has suggested to strict rules of tax residency in its Draft Law of National budget on 2020-2022.

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