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SI 2024/1365 The Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Ecuador) Order 2024

Published on: 20 December 2024
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Specialist Tax Statutory Instruments

Article summary

This Order brings into effect a Convention and Protocol (the ‘2024 Arrangements’) made by the Governments of the UK and Ecuador. The 2024 Arrangements are a Double Taxation Agreement (DTA) for the avoidance of double taxation on income and gains from cross-border activity. (Updated from draft on 20 December 2024.).

Jurisdiction(s): England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales

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