Irhafu: Amazwe ama-2 asuswe kuluhlu lwemimandla engasebenzisaniyo, ama-5 ahlangabezana nezibophelelo

Ixesha elihlaziyiweyo: 12 Nov, 2019, 18:35 (UTC+08:00)

Ukususwa kwe-United Arab Emirates (i-UAE) kunye neeMarshall Islands kulawulo lwe-EU olungasebenzisaniyo kuluhlu lweenjongo zerhafu ngo-Okthobha 10, 2019, kwaye oku kususwa kwavunyelwana ngawo onke amalungu eBhunga le-EU. Ngapha koko, imimandla emininzi kubandakanya iAlbania, iCosta Rico, iMauritius, iSerbia, neSwitzerland zifunyenwe zihambelana nazo zonke izibophelelo ngesihloko sentsebenziswano yerhafu.

Taxation: 2 countries removed from list of non-cooperative jurisdictions, 5 meet commitments

Ekupheleni kuka-2018, omabini la magunya, i-UAE kunye neMarshall Islands sele benze izilungiso eziyimfuneko ukufezekisa izibophelelo abazenzileyo zokuphucula imigaqo-nkqubo yabo yerhafu ngokwazisa iimfuno zoQoqosho. Ngenxa yoko, i-UAE inyanzelisiwe kuluhlu lwabamnyama lwe-EU njengoko ngoku ihambelana nazo zonke izibophelelo zokusebenzisana kwirhafu. Kwelinye icala, isigqibo seBhunga le-EU kwiiMarshall Islands kukushiya isihlomelo I sesiphelo sisiya kwisihlomelo II ukujonga ngakumbi ukuzibophelela kolawulo ngokunxulumene nesihloko esiceliweyo solwazi lokutshintshiselana. Esi sigqibo senziwe ngokulandela imigaqo yokuziphatha yeBhunga elinde iziphumo zokuphononongwa kweQonga leHlabathi le-OECD lokungafihli kunye nokutshintshiselana ngolwazi.

Eminye imimandla efana neAlbania, iCosta Rico, iMauritius, iSerbia neSwitzerland ziphumeze zonke izilungiso eziyimfuneko ngokuthobela imigaqo-nkqubo yolawulo lwerhafu elungileyo ye-EU, ngaphambi komhla obekiweyo. Ke ngoko, le mimandla iyakususwa kwisihlomelo II sesigqibo ngokwesigqibo seBhunga le-EU.

Ukongeza, iBhunga likwaqwalasele kwakhona imeko yolawulo emva kokuphela kwe- "2 ngaphandle kwe-3" ngaphandle kweendlela zokucacisa irhafu nge-30 kaJuni ka-2019. Oku kukhutshwa kunikezelwa xa amazwe esilele ukuthobela kuphela u-1 Izinto ezi-3 zokwenza izinto elubala ekubonakaleni zerhafu azinakudweliswa kwisihlomelo I. Isiphetho kukuba yonke imimandla echaphazelekayo ifezekise iindlela ezintathu zokucacisa irhafu kwi-EU. Ngokukodwa imeko yase-US malunga, iBhunga lifikelele kwisivumelwano sokuba uthungelwano lwe-US lokutshintshiselana ngamalungiselelo olwazi lukhulu ngokwaneleyo ukuba ligqibe onke amaLungu angamaLungu e-EU, ngokukuko kuvumela ukutshintshiselana ngolwazi xa kuceliwe kunye notshintshiselwano oluzenzekelayo lolwazi ngokuhambelana imigangatho yamazwe aphesheya kunye neemfuno ezihambelana nawo omabini amacala.

Ngaphaya koko, iBhunga le-EU livuma olunye uhlaziyo kwisihlomelo II kunye nesikhokelo kulawulo lwangaphandle lwangaphandle. Oku kwaqatshelwa liBhunga le-ECOFIN nge-12 ka-Matshi 2019, ngenkxalabo yokutshintshwa kolawulo lwerhafu eyingozi evela kwezinye iirhulumente ezinefuthe elifanayo kwimimandla ethile.

Yasekwa ngo-Disemba ka-2017 ngeenjongo zokufaka igalelo kwiinzame eziqhubekayo zokuthintela ukuphepha ukuhlawula irhafu ngelixa kukhuthazwa imigaqo-nkqubo efanelekileyo yolawulo efana nerhafu efanelekileyo, ukungafihli kwerhafu okanye imigangatho yamazwe aphesheya ngokuchasene nokutshintsha kwenzuzo kunye nokhukuliseko lwerhafu. Zamkelwe liBhunga le-EU, izigqibo zinezihlomelo ezi-2 apho uluhlu luqhotyoshelwe kwisihlomelo sokuqala ngelixa isihlomelo sesibini sinemimandla eyenze izibophelelo ezaneleyo zokuguqula imigaqo-nkqubo yabo yerhafu kunye nolunye uhlengahlengiso kumandla ngoku lubekwe iliso liBhunga Iqela lokuziphatha kwiirhafu zeshishini.

Imimandla esithoba eseleyo kuluhlu lwemimandla engasebenzisaniyo ziiVirgin Islands zase-US, iFiji, iSamo, iOman, iBelize, iGuam, iAmerican Samoa, iVanuatu, iTrinidad kunye neTobago.

Inkqubo eguqukayo isetyenziselwa ukuchaza umsebenzi kuluhlu lwe-EU lwemimandla engasebenzisani nanjengoko iBhunga liqhubeka nokuphonononga kwaye lihlaziya uluhlu rhoqo ku-2019. Kwangelo xesha, iBhunga lenze isicelo senkqubo ezinzileyo ngakumbi ukuqala 2020 (uhlaziyo ezimbini ngonyaka).

(Umthombo: IBhunga laseYurophu. IBhunga le-European Union)