TaxSource Total

Here you can access summary of the key current tax developments in Ireland, the UK and internationally as reported by Chartered Accountants Ireland

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OECD claims that some 300 Tax Information Exchange Agreements Signed in the Past Year

Following the surge in numbers of TIEAs, the focus should now move from commitments and agreements to achieving an effective implementation of the standards according to the OECD Secretariat.

In January a further update to the OECD's “Tax Standards” list was published at http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/50/0/ 43606256.pdf.Of the more than 40 offshore financial centres identified by the OECD as tax havens in 2000 all but six now have one or more agreements that meet the standards of tax transparency and effective exchange of information.