International Olympic Committee 21 Sep 2023 – The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has issued two guides to assist global sports, business and cultural event organisers and their stakeholders in monitoring, measuring and evaluating the social, economic and environmental benefits of their events using robust and evidence-driven methodology. The guides were developed by the OECD […]
OECD issues independent guides to measure long−term impacts of global events such as the Olympic and Paralympic Games
September 24, 2023 by Leave a Comment
New economic substance regimes in the BVI, Cayman, Guernsey and Jersey receive OECD support
August 1, 2019 by Leave a Comment
From Mourant 31 July 2019 The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), has concluded a review of recent economic substance changes to the tax regimes and legislation in each of our jurisdictions of the BVI, Cayman, Guernsey and Jersey and has confirmed that the domestic legal frameworks in each jurisdiction are in line with […]
Why some startups are choosing to incorporate in the Cayman Islands
March 12, 2019 by Leave a Comment
By Jonathan Prezman From SEEDLEGALS In addition to being a great destination for beautiful beaches, the Cayman Islands are also a global financial centre (the fifth largest banking sector in the world), with a number of major banks, leading global financial institutions, accountancy practices and offshore law firms. Most interestingly perhaps is the huge number […]
Anthony Travers: Letter to the Washington Times – Cayman initiative is warfare
January 15, 2019 by Leave a Comment
By Anthony Travers From The Washington Times Recently, Pascal Saint-Amans, a representative of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development(OECD), was in Cayman to explain the OECD position with respect to the proposed European Union and OECD“black list” of the Cayman Islands. I am not sorry that I missed his visit, as the true position of the OECD cannot be explained politely. As Richard […]
Cayman Finance responds to Netherlands blacklisting
January 10, 2019 by 1 Comment
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands – Cayman Finance finds as unusual a recent decision by the Kingdom of the Netherlands to break from other European Union member states to “blacklist” 21 jurisdictions, including the Cayman Islands, based simply on having a stated corporate tax rate that the Netherlands has subjectively determined is too low. As noted […]
OECD Tax Policy representatives visit Cayman Islands
January 7, 2019 by Leave a Comment
High-ranking representatives from the OECD Centre for Tax Policy and Administration visited the Cayman Islands on 3 and 4 January. The centre’s Director, Pascal Saint-Amans; and its Head of Unit for Harmful Tax Practices, Melissa Dejong, met with Cabinet and caucus members; local financial services and commerce regulators; and private-sector financial services and commerce representatives. […]
Cayman Islands Government statement on The Netherlands blacklisting
January 6, 2019 by Leave a Comment
From The Office of the Premier The Cayman Islands Government regrets that the Kingdom of The Netherlands has chosen to break from other EU Member States to pursue a “blacklist” of 21 jurisdictions, including the Cayman Islands, based solely on the criteria of having a lower corporate tax rate than any EU Member State. This […]
Cayman Finance statement on the ‘Cayman Islands Economic Substance Bill’
December 9, 2018 by 1 Comment
6 December 2018 The Cayman Islands Government today released the draft International Tax-Co-operation (Economic Substance) Bill, 2018 “a law to provide for an economic substance test to be satisfied by certain entities; and for incidental and connected purposes” (the “Bill”). The draft Bill is scheduled for debate in the Legislative Assembly later this month, and […]
