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China set to ink pact to combat tax evasion

China is set to join a group of 50 developed and developing countries in the fight against tax evasion by signing a cooperation agreement at the end of this month, the OECD said yesterday.

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said that China would sign the Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters next Tuesday.

In doing so, it would participate “in global efforts to combat tax avoidance and evasion by cooperating with other states in the assessment and collection of taxes.”

The convention is a framework for the sharing of banking data and ultimately aims to have banks automatically supply information to a country on the accounts of its nationals.

The Paris-based OECD groups 34 leading democracies.

China, which is considered by many experts to be heavily affected by tax evasion, has in recent years multiplied its cooperation with the United States on the issue of tackling tax havens.

 




 

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