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    Tag: #Tax reporting

    UK urges to postpone the introduction of quarterly reporting

    Published: Sergey Panov | 20.05.2016 | Без категории
    Quarterly report. United Kingdom

    British Association for Taxes and Levies encourages postpones the introduction of a digital quarterly reporting at least one year. As part of the introduction of digital tax project, in 2020, the majority of enterprises, private entrepreneurs and landlords will be required to "monitor their tax affairs in digital form and update reports at least once a quarter with your digital tax records." In accordance with the statement of the association, the release of the five consultation documents on introduction of the digital tax returns, will be postponed until the European Union referendum, which will take place on 23 June. British Association of Taxes and Duties noted that such a delay could mean that the five consultations will be issued immediately, with simultaneous submission deadlines that allow for the launch of public testing in April 2017. Yvette Nunn, co-chairman of Tax Professionals Association, said: "If we assume that all consultations will be required to be represented by say at the end of September 2016 to carry out all the phases of public testing by April 2017, it will be impossible to adequately take into account the views and constructive the issues raised in...

    New Zealand, signing the report sharing

    Published: Sergey Panov | 19.05.2016 |
    New Zealand. Reports

    Revenue Minister of New Zealand, Michael Woodhouse, has said that recently signing agreement on the report exchange between countries will be increase country's tax collection capability. This agreement that provide country-by-country exchange of financial reports was recently signed by officials from New Zealand, Canada, China, Iceland, India, and Israel, totally 39 countries. Woodhouse also said that some large multinationals often use some difficult financial scheme, what helps them to escape of paying tax, called base erosion and profit shifting. This new country-by-country reporting agreement is on the centre of financial activity, allow to participants exchange information of multinationals activity. «Under that agreement, large multinationals will have to provide information relating to economic activity, including the global allocation of income and taxes paid," the Revenue Minister said. "Each revenue authority collecting this information to exchange with other countries. This also will show us a full picture of every multinational financial activity. According to this agreement it will be easier to control any tax wrongdoing». The agreement can ensure us that...

    Panama agreed to adopt international standards of tax reporting

    Published: Sergey Panov | 05.05.2016 | news
    Tax reporting Panama

    After the European powers threatened to make a raid on tax havens, Panama agreed to join the global standards of tax reporting. Secretary of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Angel Gurria, said that Panama agrees to comply with international standards, in spite of the differences which have arisen in the press, which emphasized Panama's refusal to cooperate in international efforts to curb tax evasion. "We have just received information that a few minutes ago Panama gave publicity that they will join the common accounting standards," he said at a press conference during the spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank in Washington Gurria. "If this is so, then it's really good news, and we welcome this step. It is the silver lining of this incident" said Gurria. Adherence to the common accounting standards will come into force next year. "Panama's path to financial transparency is irreversible," said the Vice-President and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Panama Isabel de Saint Malo. "To this end we willingly and actively support the diplomatic dialogue and internal reforms to address this global problem." ...

    Canada adopted the latest tax transparency standard

    Published: Sergey Panov | 20.04.2016 | news
    Tax transparency of Canada

    The Government of Canada released draft legislative proposals to implement common standards of tax reporting, which will enter into force on 1 July 2017. As of this date, Canadian financial institutions are required to have procedures to identify accounts belonging to non-residents. Then they must report certain information to the Agency of Canada revenue. Canada is one of more than 90 jurisdictions that are committed to the implementation of accounting standards. Agreement on the exchange of statements from other jurisdictions will strive to ensure that each jurisdiction has adequate capacity and guarantee for the exchange of information. Department of Finance said that the information received from the tax returns of the partners jurisdictions, will help Canada to better fight against tax evasion and ensure tax compliance and protect the integrity of the tax system. Consultations will be closed July 15, 2016. These consultations will announce new measures to combat tax evasion. The government also stated that it will establish an advisory offshore committee which will develop a strategy to help alleviate and prevent offshore non-compliance with tax reporting and will...

    Switzerland, US Agree FATCA

    Published: Sergey Panov | 03.03.2016 |
    Switzerland and the US

    Switzerland and the United States agreed on a new Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), with the exception of accounts belonging to lawyers and notaries. In accordance with the provision of the agreement, an account maintained for specific purposes by lawyers and notaries to their customers (ie accounts that are for certain activities) will be excluded from the scope of the new law. The financial institution account management will not be required to identify interested customers by providing written confirmation of a lawyer or notary that the accounts fall under the scope of the exemption clause. According to the Swiss Federal Council, this will ensure that professional confidentiality of lawyers and notaries will be maintained under Swiss law. Swiss Bankers Association will amend the relevant processes documentation to allow banks implement new products. Negotiations on the introduction of the new agreement are underway. In contrast to the current transaction, the new agreement will provide for the automatic exchange of information between the tax authorities. Author: Olena Kutova senior lawyer of the Finance Business...