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India and Switzerland have expressed satisfaction on the progress made over the past few years in the area of administrative assistance in tax matters, particularly the efforts made by this Alpine country in providing assistance in HSBC cases.
This emerged at the meeting between Revenue Secretary, Ajay Bhushan Pandey, and the visiting Switzerland State Secretary for International Finance, Daniela Stoffel, in the Capital on Wednesday.
Welcoming the first transmission of financial account information on automatic basis between the two countries in September 2019, the Secretaries reiterated their countries’ commitment to global tax transparency for tackling offshore tax evasion.
This automatic exchange of financial account information will usher a new era of financial transparency as Indian tax administration will now know the details of all bank accounts held by Indians in Switzerland. The Secretaries encouraged the competent authorities of both the countries to further collaborate and share experiences with the aim of continuously enhancing the quality of the exchanged data.
Following the agreement between the Indian Prime Minister and the Swiss President for enhanced cooperation in the fight against tax evasion the two sides have worked closely for expeditious information exchange in tax matters.
Both Secretaries on Wednesday reaffirmed the need for continuous dialogue at the level of competent authorities of the two countries to further enhance the cooperation under the India-Switzerland tax treaties and agreed to carry forward the dialogue in the spirit of mutual friendship and cooperation.
The Revenue Secretary and Swiss State Secretary also exchanged views on addressing the challenges arising out of digitalisation of the economy and agreed that coordinated international actions, as in the case of tax base erosion and profit shifting project, are central to achieving a consensus-based long-term solution that leads to desired tax certainty and sustainable development.
A Joint Statement was signed by the two Secretaries at the conclusion of the meeting.
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