Vaduz (ots) - On 30 September 2016, the EEA Joint Committee, whose decisions result in the inclusion of new EU law in the EEA Agreement, decided to incorporate the first package of legal acts relating to the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs). "This is a milestone for the competitiveness of our financial centre, since equal access to the EU single market has now ...
Vaduz (ots) - Italy has placed Liechtenstein on its domestic white list. The ministerial decree to this effect was adopted on 9 August 2016 and published on 22 August 2016. Pursuant to that decision, Italy deems Liechtenstein a cooperative state for tax purposes on the basis of the agreement with the EU on automatic exchange of information and exchange of information ...
Vaduz (ots) - The OECD and the G20 countries aim to take action against tax avoidance in multinational enterprises. They have developed measures against artificial profit shifting and tax base erosion (Base Erosion and Profit Shifting - BEPS). The goal of the BEPS Project is to support countries in protecting their tax base and at the same time to ensure that legal ...
Vaduz (ots) - On 27 January 2016, Liechtenstein signed a multilateral agreement on the automatic exchange of country-by-country reports. The agreement was developed within the framework of the Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) Project by the G20 states and the OECD in the area of corporate taxation and is considered a new minimum standard. By signing the ...
Vaduz (ots) - Liechtenstein fulfils the international standards of the OECD on exchange of information for tax purposes. The report of the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes (Global Forum) finds that the legal framework and practical implementation in Liechtenstein largely ...
Vaduz (ots) - Aurelia Frick, Liechtenstein's Minister for Foreign Affairs and Pierre Gramegna, Minister of Finance of Luxembourg, as representative of the EU Presidency and Commissioner Pierre Moscovici on behalf of the EU Commission in Strasbourg today signed an Agreement on Automatic Exchange of Financial Account Information. Liechtenstein and the EU Member States ...
Vaduz (ots) - The Liechtenstein Government and the British Tax Authority Her Majesty'sRevenue and Customs (HMRC) have published another Joint Declaration to the Memorandum of Understanding of 2009 and the Liechtenstein Disclosure Facility (LDF). The Fifth Joint Declaration recognises the continuing success of the ...
Vaduz (ots) - Liechtenstein decisively rejects the reproach that it is failing to cooperate with the EU in tax matters, and refers to the already-existing close cooperation with the EU in tax matters as well as its commitment to applicable international standards. In view of the already well-advanced status of the negotiations and discussions with the EU concerning ...
Vaduz (ots) - On 24 March 2015, the Government adopted its Government Bill on 20 years of membership of the Principality of Liechtenstein in the European Economic Area (EEA). With this Government Bill, the Government aims to provide comprehensive information to Parliament and the Liechtenstein public on the ...
Vaduz (ots) - On 1 May 2015, Liechtenstein will look back on 20 years of membership in the European Economic Area (EEA). For this occasion, the Government commissioned a representative survey among Liechtenstein voters for the first time in November 2014. The survey was prepared by the Liechtenstein Institute in cooperation with the EEA Coordination Unit, the Ministry ...
Liechtensteinisches Landesmuseum
Vaduz (ots) - The exhibition "Gladiators and the Colosseum - Heroes and Architecture in the Service of the Powerful" opened at Liechtenstein National Museum in Vaduz with spectacular displays of gladiatorial combat. In a special exhibition, original artefacts from the Colosseum are on display for the first time in the Alpine region and only the second time outside ...
Liechtensteinisches Landesmuseum
Vaduz (ots) - Liechtenstein National Museum receives two valuable plaster models created by Spanish artist Salvador Dalí (1904-1989). At a small ceremony held on 6 February 2014, the family of Wilfried Kindli presented the valuable original plaster models made by Spanish artist Salvador Dalí (1904-1989) to the Liechtenstein National Museum as a donation for the museum's collection. In 1966, with royal approval, Albert ...
Liechtensteinisches Landesmuseum
Vaduz (ots) - The story of the gladiators and the Colosseum continues to resonate to this day. Countless films such as Gladiator, Spartacus or Quo Vadis describe the extraordinary phenomenon of the men who fought for life and to the death, and examine the dedicated architecture that was created for their ...
Vaduz (ots) - In its meeting of 15 May 2012, the Government passed the report and motion to the Liechtenstein Parliament for the creation of the Gesetz über die Verwalter alternativer Investmentfonds (AIFMG, Act on Alternative Investment Fund Managers) and for the amendment of other laws. The AIFMG puts Directive ...