Mexico, Qatar Sign DTA 15/5/2012
On May 14, 2012 in Mexico City, Mexico’s Deputy Secretary of the Treasury and Public Credit, José Antonio González Anaya, and Qatar's Director of Public Revenues and Taxes, Moftah Jassim Al Moftah, signed a double taxation agreement between their two countries.

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IoM Concludes 30th Tax Sharing Pact, With Qatar 10/5/2012
The Isle of Man government has announced the signing of a comprehensive double tax agreement with Qatar, only the fifth agreement of its type to be negotiated by the Isle of Man, but the 30th agreement to include tax information exchange provisions.

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Singapore's TIE Protocols With Mexico, Qatar To Enter Into Force 6/12/2011
The protocols to the existing double taxation agreements between Singapore and both Mexico and Qatar, which incorporate the internationally-agreed Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development standard for the exchange of information for tax purposes, will enter into force on January 1, 2012.

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Switzerland Seeks To Amend DTAs 11/4/2011
The Swiss Federal Council has recently requested authorization from the National Council and the Council of States to amend certain double taxation agreements, already approved by parliament, to ensure that they are in line with internationally applicable standards on administrative assistance in tax matters.

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Malaysia, Qatar Sign TIEA Protocol 17/2/2011
Malaysia’s Secretary General of the Treasury, Wan Abdul Aziz Wan Abdullah, and Qatar’s Director of Public Revenues and Taxes, Moftah Jassim Al-Moftah, have signed, in Kuala Lumpur, a protocol to their countries’ existing double taxation agreement.

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Qatar and Austria Sign Tax Agreement 5/1/2011
Qatar and Austria signed an agreement on double taxation during last week's visit to Vienna of the Emir of Qatar, Shaikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani.

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Switzerland, Qatar Hold Tax Talks 5/10/2010
During a working visit to Qatar, Switzerland’s President Doris Leuthard met with the Emir of Qatar Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, with Prime Minister Sheik Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabr Al-Thani and with Qatar’s Finance Minister Youssef Hussein Kamal, with the talks focusing on bilateral relations, the global financial and economic situation as well as on international matters.

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Panama, Qatar Sign Double Taxation Treaty 4/10/2010
The president of Panama, Ricardo Martinelli Berrocal, accompanied by the vice-president, Juan Carlos Varela, met with the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani, at the United Nations Building in New York to sign a double taxation treaty between Panama and Qatar.

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Panama Expands Tax Agreement Network 8/9/2010
Panamanian Vice President and Foreign Minister Juan Carlos Varela has flown to Europe to sign double taxation treaties with Portugal, Italy, Spain, France, and Luxembourg.

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Qatar And Bulgaria Sign DTA 30/3/2010
A convention for the avoidance of double taxation and fiscal evasion was signed between Bulgaria and Qatar last week, during an official visit to Qatar by Bulgaria’s Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov.

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Hong Kong Property Taxes Reviewed 16/3/2010
Hong Kong’s Financial Secretary, John C Tsang, made the traditional post-budget speech at the Joint Business Community Luncheon on March 12 and, in particular, reviewed the tax measures taken to increase the transaction cost of property speculation so as to reduce the risk of a property bubble being created.

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NZ Emissions 'Tax' Attacked 15/3/2010
The ACT New Zealand Party, a member of the country’s present coalition government, has continued its opposition to New Zealand’s new carbon emissions trading scheme, calling it a tax that will increase inflation in the economy.

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Australia Promised Full Debate On Tax Review 15/3/2010
Following indications that the Australian government was thinking of a delay to the release of the Henry tax review, the Treasurer, Wayne Swan, has now confirmed that it will be issued in good time for a full debate on any proposed tax changes.

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Orascom Loses Algerian Tax Appeal 12/3/2010
Egyptian telecom company, Orascom Telecom, has announced that its Algerian subsidiary, Orascom Telecom Algérie, has received a rejection to its appeal, made in December last year, against the notice for taxes and penalties it had received from the Algerian tax authorities the month previously.

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Switzerland, Slovakia Initial Revised DTA 12/3/2010
It has recently emerged that Switzerland and Slovakia have initialled a revised bilateral double taxation agreement, containing the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s standard on tax information exchange.

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Germany Approves Liechtenstein TIEA 15/3/2010
Germany’s Cabinet has recently approved a bill pertaining to the bilateral tax information exchange agreement with Liechtenstein.

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UAE Completes VAT Study 12/3/2010
Authorities in the United Arab Emirates are inching closer to the introduction of a value-added tax.

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Malaysia Not Cancelling GST 12/3/2010
After a government meeting, Malaysia’s Second Finance Minister, Datuk Seri Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah, has rejected any suggestion that the proposed introduction of a goods and services tax has been cancelled.

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BVI To Review Taxes And Fees 15/3/2010
British Virgin Islands Prime Minister, Ralph O’Neal has said that the territory will run a budget surplus during 2010, although the government still intends to review indirect taxes and fees on financial services.

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IRS Offers Help To Struggling Taxpayers 14/3/2010
The US Internal Revenue Service has announced several additional steps it is taking this tax season to help people having difficulties meeting their tax obligations because of unemployment or other financial problems.

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Baucus Seeks Trade Preference Reform 15/3/2010
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus is leading efforts for reform of US trade preference programs accorded to developing countries.

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Jersey Riding Out Onshore Storm 15/3/2010
Jersey will overcome the evolving challenges being faced by offshore international financial centres, Geoff Cook, Chief Executive of Jersey Finance, told participants at a Breakfast Briefing in London.

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OECD Urges Fiscal Policy Shift 12/3/2010
Governments must now gear their economies towards jobs, international competitiveness and increasing the tax-take, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development has said in its latest ‘Going for Growth’ report, analyzing the next step for recovering economies.

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UK Budget To Hit The Rich 12/3/2010
Wealthy individuals may have less than two weeks to put plans in place to reduce the tax impact of the Chancellor’s pre-election Budget, warns PKF Accountants and business advisers.

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Tax Relief For California Storm Victims 11/3/2010
The State of California’s Franchise Tax Board on March 9 announced special tax relief for California taxpayers affected by the recent severe winter storms that started in January.

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