Colombia – Panamá: trazabilidad de un acuerdo de intercambio de información tributaria

Abstract

Introduction: In the fight against cross-border tax evasion, States use tools to achieve this goal. One of the main tools are treaties and conventions that seek to ensure that taxpayers are not taxed in two jurisdictions for the same transaction and to establish which of the signatory States collects the taxes without this collection occurring twice, which is essential for the determination of the taxes associated with the transactions of the nationals involved. Objective: From this perspective, the purpose of this paper is to trace the origin of the partial exchange of tax information between Colombia and Panama and to determine its importance in tax matters. Methodology: The methodology is qualitative, normative and bibliographic, descriptive and explanatory, based on tax regulations and previous studies conducted by various researchers. Results: As a result, there is evidence of the beginning of an exchange of information for 2019, which led to an increase in tax collection. Conclusions: It is concluded that the outline of the negotiations is positive, reflected in the sending of information for taxable year 2019 of Colombian nationals with assets or economic activities in Panamanian territory.