Panama Plans More TIEAs 1/2/2012
Panama's Minister for the Economy and Finance, Frank De Lima has confirmed the government will continue to seek out tax information exchange agreements with other nations despite having reached the twelve agreement quota set for inclusion on the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development's white list.

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French Lawmakers' Green Light To Panama DTA 26/12/2011
Safeguarding the interests of businesses in France, the French National Assembly has definitively adopted a highly controversial bilateral tax agreement between France and Panama.

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Singapore-Panama DTA Enters Into Force 22/12/2011
The double taxation agreement between Singapore and Panama, which was signed on October 18, 2010, entered into force on December 19 this year.

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Israel Boosts Tax Treaty Network 16/8/2011
The Israeli government has announced that double tax avoidance treaties have been signed and initialled with Malta and Panama respectively.

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Latin American States Expand Treaty Networks 5/7/2011
Panama and Costa Rica have expanded their tax treaty networks, with the former signing a new double tax agreement, and the latter inking seven tax information exchange agreements.

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Portugal Begins New DTA Negotiations 21/6/2011
The Portuguese government is seeking to expand its tax treaty network, beginning negotiations with three new countries over the last month: Peru, Gabon and Senegal.

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Luxembourg Approves Multiple Tax Treaties 8/2/2011
During a recent meeting, Luxembourg’s governing council adopted the bill providing for the approval of bilateral tax agreements with Barbados and Panama, as well as for the approval of amendments to multiple existing bilateral tax treaties.

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Panama, Korea Sign Tax Agreement 25/10/2010
President of Panama, Ricardo Martinelli and his counterpart Lee Myung-bak have witnessed the signing of a double taxation agreement between the two countries.

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Singapore, Panama Sign DTA 21/10/2010
Singapore’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, George Yeo, and Panama’s Vice President and Foreign Minister, Juan Carlos Varela, have signed a bilateral agreement for the avoidance of double taxation between their respective countries.

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Panama Signs European Tax Agreements 13/10/2010
The vice-president and minister of foreign affairs of the Republic of Panama, Juan Carlos Varela, has visited Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Spain to sign double taxation agreements.

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Panama Faces Up To OECD Test 6/10/2010
The Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes criticized Panama in its phase one peer review covering the legal and regulatory framework.

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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, Cyprus Discuss Tax Agreement 29/9/2010
Panama’s President, Ricardo Martinelli met with his Cypriot counterpart, Demetris Christofias on September 22, to discuss improving economic cooperation, including through the signing of a convention for the avoidance of double taxation and fiscal evasion.

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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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Panama Pushes For White List Placement 18/8/2010
Panama’s Deputy Economy Minister, Frank De Lima has said that by the beginning of 2011 Panama should be placed on the OECD's white list of territories that have substantially implemented the internationally agreed standard for transparency and tax information exchange through the signing of comprehensive Double Tax Agreements.

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Panama Ratifies Barbados Tax Agreement 12/8/2010
The Panamanian government announced the ratification of three cooperation agreements on August 10.

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South Korea Looks For FTAs In Central America 6/7/2010
South Korea’s President, Lee Myung-bak, has held recent meetings with the leaders of Panama and the other countries in the Central American Integration System, Colombia and Mexico, and has attempted, with each, to progress discussions on bilateral free trade agreements.

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Panama To Sign DTA With Luxembourg 6/7/2010
The Panamanian government has finalized negotiations in Luxembourg ahead of the signing of a treaty to avoid double taxation between the two countries, announced deputy economy minister, Frank De Lima, who led the negotiating team for Panama.

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Panama, Barbados Initial DTA 24/6/2010
Meeting to discuss enhancing bilateral relations, Panama’s Vice President, Juan Carlos Varela and George Hutson, Barbados’s Minister of International Business, initialed the text of a convention for the avoidance of double taxation and fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income between the two countries.

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Panama, Singapore Begin Tax Treaty Talks 20/5/2010
The government of Singapore has confirmed to the Panamanian Ministry of Finance that it will begin negotiations for the signing of a comprehensive double taxation agreement. The agreement will include provisions for the exchange of tax information on request.

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Chile Plans More Tax Agreements 30/4/2010
Chilean finance minister, Felipe Larraín, has announced that the government had begun negotiation of Tax Information Exchange Agreements with a series of low-tax jurisdictions as a way of combating tax evasion.

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Panama, Japan Agree DTA 19/4/2010
Panama and Japan have agreed to begin negotiations towards the signing of a Double Tax Agreement, according to a statement from the Panama government.

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Panama Building DTA Network 9/4/2010
The government of Panama has announced the conclusion of the first round of negotiations towards a double tax agreement, containing information exchange provisions, with the Netherlands. Several more bilateral tax agreements are due to be completed by Panama in due course.

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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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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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