The OECD has announced that Liechtenstein and San Marino have become the 62nd and 63rd signatories of the Multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters at a ceremony held on Thur 21.11.2013. The ceremony took place on the first day of the 6th meeting of the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes held in Jakarta, Indonesia.
The OECD also noted that Canada, New Zealand, the Slovak Republic and South Africa deposited instruments of ratification, while the Philippines and the Seychelles signed letters of intention to sign the Convention.
Another important development is the deposit by the United Kingdom of declarations extending the territorial scope of the Convention to cover the following jurisdictions: Isle of Man (Crown Dependency) and Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Montserrat, and Turks & Caicos (Overseas Territories).
Source: OECD media release, 21 November 2013
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