News Stories Tagged 'Cook Islands'
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Progress Being Made On Closing 'Harmful' Tax Regimes: OECD
by Ulrika Lomas, Lowtax.net, Brussels
25 July, 2019
The OECD has issued another update on jurisdictions' progress to amend their preferential tax regimes to remove harmful elements under the OECD base erosion and profit shifting Action Plan minimum standard on harmful tax regimes (Action 5).
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Cook Islands Joins Automatic Tax Info Exchange Initiative
by Mike Godfrey, Lowtax.net, Washington
28 October, 2016
On October 28, at the OECD Headquarters in Paris, the Cook Islands signed the Multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters.
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Cook Islands To Cut Lower Income Tax Rate
by Jason Gorringe, Lowtax.net, London
21 December, 2015
The Cook Islands has announced personal income tax cuts that will take effect from January 1, in the 2016/17 Budget Policy Statement.
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Cook Islands Unveils New Online Tax System
by Jason Gorringe, Lowtax.net, London
09 November, 2015
The Cook Islands tax authority has launched a new eTax website for taxpayers.
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13 States Sign Up To OECD's New Tax Info Exchange Standard
by Mike Godfrey, Lowtax.net, Washington
03 November, 2015
Thirteen jurisdictions signed the OECD Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement at a meeting on October 29-30, 2015, in Barbados.
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Cook Islands Commits To Automatic Tax Information Exchange
by Jason Gorringe, Lowtax.net, London
30 October, 2015
The Cook Islands' Minister of Finance, Mark Brown, has announced that the Cook Islands will exchange tax information on an automatic basis with other territories from 2018.
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Cook Islands Signs Tax Agreement With Belgium
by Mike Godfrey, Lowtax.net, Washington
17 September, 2015
The Cook Islands' 21st Tax Information Exchange Agreement, signed with Belgium, demonstrates the territory's continued commitment to international cooperation on tax matters and to the principles of transparency and effective exchange of information, according to the jurisdiction's finance minister.
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Cook Islands Expanding Tax Assistance
by Mike Godfrey, Lowtax.net, Washington
02 March, 2015
The Cook Islands has signed a tax information exchange agreement with the Czech Republic and has noted that Italy has now completed its domestic ratification procedures to bring into force a similar deal concluded with that nation.
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Pressure To Cut Cook Islands' Departure Tax
by Mary Swire, Lowtax.net, Hong Kong
23 April, 2014
The Cook Islands Government is under pressure from the tourist industry to relax the rules on the payment of departure tax by cruise ship passengers.
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Cook Islands Approves 2014 Budget
by Mary Swire, Lowtax.net, Hong Kong
19 December, 2013
The Cook Islands parliament has approved the 2014 Budget, which includes a number of tax changes to be introduced progressively over the period from January 1 and April 1, 2014.
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