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Cayman Islands and Netherlands draft tax information exchange agreement
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| Published on Friday, June 26, 2009 | Email To Friend Print Version
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Seated from left - Rob van Kuik, International Tax Counsellor for the
Netherlands Ministry of Finance; Cayman Islands Attorney General, Samuel
Bulgin; standing from left: Anthonie van Baarle, Maikel Evers, Cindy Scotland
and Anthony Travers.
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands -- Technical negotiating teams from the Cayman Islands and the
Kingdom of the Netherlands have finalised the terms of an agreement and protocol for the exchange of information with respect to tax matters.
The proposed Tax Information Exchange Agreement (TIEA) was drafted during two days of meetings in George Town on Wednesday and Thursday, 24-25 June. The text has been initialled by both parties.
The draft agreement covers many of the standard provisions in the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) model agreement for the exchange of information on tax matters.
It will now be submitted for formal approval by the cabinet and parliament of both jurisdictions.
Attorney General, Samuel Bulgin, led the Cayman Islands delegation while Rob van Kuik, International Tax Counsellor for the Netherlands Ministry of Finance, led his country’s delegation.
At the conclusion of the discussions both delegations welcomed the efforts and commitment by the two jurisdictions to conclude a TIEA in a timely manner, noting that the agreement will provide an internationally recognised framework for the exchange of tax information.
In addition to the Attorney General, other members of the Cayman delegation were: Solicitor General, Cheryll Richards; Cayman Islands Monetary Authority Managing Director, Cindy Scotland, and Cayman Islands Stock Exchange Chairman, Anthony Travers.
For the Netherlands, van Kuik was joined by Maikel Evers, Policy Advisor in the Ministry of Finance, and Anthonie van Baarle, Head of the Mutual Assistance Unit of the Netherlands Information and Investigation Service. | | | | Reads : 1141 | | | |
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