GUIDANCE

As well as the results of the review of preferential tax regimes, the 2017 Progress Report includes important guidance in its four annexes:

1. Timelines for implementing the nexus approach for IP regimes;
2. Guidance on closing off of regimes and grandfathering for non-IP regimes;
3. Monitoring data on preferential regimes; and
4. Substantial activities in non-IP regimes.

Updated results on preferential tax regimes

In November 2018, the Inclusive Framework on BEPS approved updates to the results for regime reviews conducted in connection with BEPS Action 5. Please note that this was the last update to the 2017 Progress Report. Any new updates on regime results are now published in the 2018 Progress Report.

The FHTP will continue its work, including to monitor and review preferential tax regimes which are being amended to conform to the Action 5 standard.

FURTHER INFORMATION

The Action 5 minimum standard consists of two parts. One part relates to preferential tax regimes, where a peer review is undertaken to identify features of such regimes that can facilitate base erosion and profit shifting, and therefore have the potential to unfairly impact the tax base of other jurisdictions. The second part includes a commitment to transparency through the compulsory spontaneous exchange of relevant information on taxpayer-specific rulings which, in the absence of such information exchange, could give rise to BEPS concerns.

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• Learn more about the Inclusive Framework on BEPS
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