India and Singapore to share a list of suspected tax evaders

23 Jul 2012 Evaluate

As a part of the bilateral financial enforcement cooperation between the two countries, India and Singapore are going to share a list of suspected tax evaders and cases related to black money, this week. Both the countries will also discuss modalities related to conventions framed by global bodies like the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the Financial Action Task Force (FATF).

Recently, Singaporean Prime Minister, Lee Hsien Loong was on visit to India and a lot of contentious issues were discussed and after that it was decided that a top-level team of the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) will meet officials of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) and Income-Tax department to exchange data on a number of cases of black money that is suspected to be routed from the banking and financial institutions of Singapore.

The Indian authorities are expected to hand over the classified list of some specific cases that they are probing and would also obtain from the Singaporean authorities progress made in other cases, while the Singaporean authorities, would discuss the new measures adopted by the two countries to strengthen the financial enforcement and other related ties.

Singapore has signed a Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) in 2005, after which bilateral trade and investment among the two countries increased substantially. An estimated 4,500 Indian companies have set up offices in Singapore to manage global and regional businesses. Singapore is the second largest investor in India and cumulative FDI from Singapore to India has increased from $1.3 billion in 2005-2006 to $17.15 billion in March 2012.

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