Global Daily Tax News, Netherlands Signs Up To The Pillar Two MCAA, (Aug 29, 2025)
The OECD has announced that the Netherlands has signed up to the Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement on the Exchange of GloBE Information.
There are now 15 signatories to the MCAA, which is based on the Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters and is intended to facilitate the bilateral exchange of information included in GloBE Information Returns, including potentially on a non-reciprocal basis, with other signatories to the pact. The MCAA enables jurisdictions to avoid having to enter into Qualifying Competent Authority Agreements with jurisdictions on a jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction basis.
The list of signatories now features:
Austria – June 26, 2025;
Belgium – June 16, 2025;
Denmark – June 11, 2025;
France – July 9, 2025;
Ireland – July 8, 2025;
Italy – June 30, 2025;
Japan – June 24, 2025;
Luxembourg – June 26, 2025;
New Zealand – July 8, 2025;
Netherlands – August 14, 2025; Portugal – July 2, 2025;
Slovak Republic – June 16, 2025;
South Korea – July 9, 2025;
Spain – July 4, 2025; and
UK – July 1, 2025.