Argentina signed an agreement with the Bahamas Thursday to share banking information as the country tries to tighten the noose on Argentines with cash hidden in overseas tax havens. Similar agreements were recently signed with Costa Rica, Andorra and Monaco. The deals are designed to stop tax evasion and fraud by exchanging tax information, lifting banking secrecy and allowing agents to conduct investigations overseas.
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Bermuda Signs Tax Agreement with Belgium
Bermuda has reached an agreement with Belgium to exchange information about criminal and civil tax matters. Benefits for the island from this tax information exchange agreement (TIEA) is a commitment by Belgium to conclude a series of mini double taxation agreements.
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