Sonntag, 5. Februar 2017

Swiss Government adds countries to tax data exchange



The Swiss government says it intends to begin automatic exchanges of tax data with 20 additional countries in 2019. Switzerland already has agreed to such exchanges – based on international standards aimed at ensuring that taxpayers pay the right amount of tax to the right jurisdiction – with 38 nations and territories starting in 2018. Now, the Swiss finance department will begin consulting with 20 more countries to set up the exchanges starting in 2019, the cabinet said in a statement on Thursday. The new countries to be added are China, Indonesia, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Liechtenstein, Colombia, Malaysia, the United Arab Emirates, Montserrat, Aruba, Curacao, Belize, Costa Rica, Antigua and Barbuda, Grenada, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, the Cook Islands and the Marshall Islands. “These additional countries will have to respect the principle of speciality and safeguard the confidentiality of the data delivered,” said the ...

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Intellectual Property PhD - Herchel Smith Scholarships 2017-18

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Samstag, 4. Februar 2017

ICC Prize 2017

The 6th edition of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Institute Prize, sponsored by the ICC Institute of World Business Law, will take place this year. The Prize awards 10,000 euros to an excellent thesis in the field of international commercial law, including arbitration. The prize ceremony will take place following the 37th Annual Meeting of the ICC Institute of World Business Law on December 1, 2017.

The ICC Prize 2017 is open to:

- anyone aged 40 or under on 7 April 2017
- doctoral dissertations and long essays of a minimum of 150 pages
- drafted in French or English, the two official languages of ICC
- on international commercial law (including arbitration)

Deadline for entries: 7 April 2017