Canada Enacts the Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent Base Erosion and Profit Shifting
Canada Enacts the Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent Base Erosion and Profit Shifting
By Simon Lee
July 2019
On June 21, 2019, Canada’s Department of Finance announced that the Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (also known as the Multilateral Instrument, or MLI) sponsored by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), has been enacted into law in Canada.
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