Panama Gets Off FATF Gray ListConfirmation has been given that the country is to be removed from the list compiled by the Financial Action Task Fprce a year and a half after adjusting laws and regulations for the financial sector.Thursday, February 18, 2016
The Minister of Economy and Finance in Panama, Dulcidio De La Guardia, confirmed that the removal of Panama from the gray list was approved during the plenary session of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) held on Thursday February 18 in Paris, France. ¿Busca soluciones de inteligencia comercial para su empresa?Panama: More Agreements to Exchange Tax InformationMay 2016 Japan, India and Australia will join the list of countries with which Panama will exchange tax information. Panama: Another Step Towards Getting Off the Gray ListSeptember 2015 The government says it has completed the action plan agreed with FATF and requested they visit the country to check for compliance, in order to speed up the process to leave the list of countries considered as tax havens.
Panama: Tax Evasion is Not Money LaunderingMarch 2015 Despite being a FATF recommendation, reforms to the law on prevention of money laundering being prepared by the government will not include the definition of tax evasion as a criminal offense. Panama Could Go Back to OECD Gray ListMarch 2014 The Minister of Finance announced that the country did not pass the first stage of the review by the OECD because it has not implemented a law immobilizing bearer shares.
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