News Stories Tagged 'Bahamas'
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100 States Now Expected To Swap Taxpayer Data In September
by Ulrika Lomas, Lowtax.net, Brussels
06 July, 2018
More than 100 jurisdictions will automatically exchange financial account information in September 2018 after a significant increase in the number of countries participating in the Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters, the OECD has said.
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Bahamas, Aruba Hiked Consumption Tax Rate On July 1
by Mike Godfrey, Lowtax.net, Washington
04 July, 2018
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Bahamas To Hike VAT To 12 Percent
by Mike Godfrey, Lowtax.net, Washington
04 June, 2018
The Bahamas Government has announced that it will hike the value-added tax rate from 7.5 percent to 12 percent from July 1, 2018.
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Bahamas To Be Removed From EU Tax Blacklist
by Mike Godfrey, Lowtax.net, Washington
19 April, 2018
The Bahamas has welcomed news that it will be removed from the EU's list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes.
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Cayman Said To Be Offshore's Leading Finance Center
by Mike Godfrey, Lowtax.net, Washington
06 April, 2018
The Cayman Islands is the top offshore financial center, according to the latest Global Financial Centres Index, published biannually by the City of London think tank Z/Yen.
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Bahamas Regulator Issues New Securities Policies
by Amanda Banks, Lowtax.net, London
28 March, 2018
The Securities Commission of the Bahamas has published three new policies on its website clarifying its position on various aspects of securities laws and the Financial and Corporate Service Providers Act.
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Bahamas Overhauls Corporate Services Provider Rules
by Jason Gorringe, Lowtax.net, London
22 March, 2018
The Securities Commission of the Bahamas has released a package of draft legislation in connection with its initiative to modernize the regulation of financial and corporate service providers.
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Bahamas Aiming To Be Removed From EU Tax Blacklist
by Mike Godfrey, Lowtax.net, Washington
19 March, 2018
Bahamas Minister of Finance Peter Turnquest has responded to the European Council's March 13 decision to include the territory on its list of non-cooperative tax jurisdictions.
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ECLAC Reinforces Need For 'Fair Tax' In LatAm, Caribbean
by Mike Godfrey, Lowtax.net, Washington
15 January, 2018
At a seminar to mark its 70th anniversary, the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean highlighted the importance of territories in the region to wholeheartedly adopting evolving tax transparency standards, given the reputational impact on their economies if they are found to be non-compliant.
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Bahamas Releases CRS Guidance Notes
by Mike Godfrey, Lowtax.net, Washington
04 January, 2018
The Bahamas Ministry of Finance has published guidance notes on the Common Reporting Standard, the OECD's new international standard for the automatic exchange of financial account information in tax matters.
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