Costa Rica: From OECD "Black List" to "Gray List"For this to occur, it was enough to send a letter to the OECD, agreeing to adopt the international standard for the exchange of tax information.Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Following the decision by the G20 to act against nations that fail to cooperate in the international exchange of tax information in their last meeting in London, Costa Rica had to act quickly to get out of the "black list" of countries that were not committed to adopting this standard. It was enough, like the other three countries in the same situation (Uruguay, Malaysia and Philippines), to send a document to the OECD adopting the commitment. Source: Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development ¿Busca soluciones de inteligencia comercial para su empresa?Panama Behind in Fiscal TransparencyOctober 2011 The country has not been able to pass the first filter set by the Global Forum on Fiscal Transparency. Guatemala At Risk of Being Considered a Tax HavenAugust 2011 If Congress does not approve the bank secrecy law, the country will remain on list of countries which do not contribute to fiscal transparency. OECD Updates Tax Haven ListsSeptember 2009 Costa Rica and Guatemala were upgraded to the "Gray List", whereas Panama remains listed as a "Tax Haven". Costa Rica, Guatemala, Panama: Tax Havens?April 2009 They are included in an OECD list of countries that have not implemented the international standard for exchanging tax information.
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