DutchNews.nl, April 20, 2015
Photo: Dutch foreign ministry |
The
Netherlands is hoping to stop multinationals using agreements with the Dutch
tax office to avoid paying tax in developing countries by signing 23 new
treaties with African states, the Volkskrant says on Monday.
The treaties will
allow African countries to make claims against companies which try to shift profits
via the Netherlands for tax purposes or which only have a letterbox company in
the country.
The first treaty was signed with Malawi on Sunday. ‘It is
extremely important that the initiative remains with the developing country,’
aid minister Lilianne Ploumen is quoted as saying.
Malawi tore up a tax treaty
with the Netherlands in 2013 because it was being used to avoid taxation, the
Volkskrant says.
Ploumen said the Dutch government does not recognise claims
that the Netherlands is a tax haven but said the country was well-placed to
take concrete steps in the absence of a global approach.
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