Multilateral Convention in Tax Matter.

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..... Multilateral Convention in Tax Matter. - News and Press Release Dated:- 6-9-2012 - News - Press Information Bureau Government of India Ministry of Finance 06-September-2012 17:42 IST Multilateral Convention in Tax Matter India signed the Multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters (Multilateral Convention) on 26th January, 2012 and ratified it a .....

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..... s on 2nd February, 2012. The Multilateral Convention has come in to effect for India on 1st June, 2012. At present 38 countries have signed the Multilateral Convention including Costa Rica, Ghana, Columbia and Tunisia with which we do not have Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement/Tax Information Exchange Agreement at present in force. The Parties to the Multilateral Convention are obliged to exch .....

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..... ange information for tax purposes as per international standards, including banking information, if a specific request is made in this regard. They are also obliged to assist each other in collection of taxes. These provisions will held in verifying whether the black money is stashed abroad in the countries/jurisdictions that are parties to the Multilateral Convention and we will also get assistan .....

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..... ce in collection of taxes from these countries/jurisdictions. We are also making efforts at global forums that the Multilateral Convention is signed by Offshore Financial Centres and countries traditionally believing in secrecy of banking laws and other laws. This was stated by the Minister of State for Finance, Shri S.S. Palanimanickam in written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today. .....

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..... * * * DSM/RS/bs - News - Press release - PIB Tax Management India - taxmanagementindia - taxmanagement - taxmanagementindia.com - TMI - TaxTMI - TMITax .....

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