The case
In a letter published on April 29, 2019, the United States National Foreign Trade Council urged the Senate to approve several pending double tax avoidance treaties: “We ask for your support for the treaties and protocols mentioned below and also ask for expeditious action on them by both the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the Senate, for more information see links
Source: nftc.org and tax-news
The commentary
On January 2, 2019, seven tax agreements (with Hungary, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Chile, Spain, Poland, and Japan) signed by the US were pending in the Senate. The protocol amending the tax treaty with Switzerland was signed on September 23, 2009, and submitted to the Senate on January 26, 2011.
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