Argentina Becomes Party To The Multilateral Convention On Mutual Administrative Assistance In The OECD’s Tax Matters

The Convention will enter into force on January 1, 2013 in Argentina and includes exchange of information, assistance in recovery and service of documents.

On September 13, 2012 Argentina ratified the Multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters of the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (the “Convention”).

According to the Convention, the parties shall provide administrative assistance in tax matters. This administrative assistance shall consist of: a) exchange of information; b) assistance in […]

By |December 14th, 2012|

South Africa: The Google Tax

The way in which we keep up with the news has changed greatly overly the past decade. How many of us still buy a daily newspaper? Most of us prefer to get our news from a variety of online sources.  Much of the news that’s available to us online comes via news aggregators.   These news aggregators come in different types. Media monitoring firms, for example, provide a commercial service to their customers – a […]

By |December 12th, 2012|

Financial Transaction Tax Update – EU Ministers Consider Enhanced Cooperation On FTT

So far, 11 European Union (EU) member states are moving rapidly towards agreement on the introduction of a financial transaction tax (FTT), which is likely to start in January 2014. Now is the time for action. By the end of December we should have an idea of what the FTT will look like and, importantly, who will be the recipient of the taxes raised.
Background
Although fiscal measures normally require unanimity, a new legal procedure called […]

By |December 3rd, 2012|