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Barbados Treaties and Agreements

Barbados has a range of Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) and Double Taxation Agreements (DTAs). Below we provide a list of countries that have signed Bilateral Investment Treaties with Barbados.

Country	Signature Date	Entry into Force	Download
Belgium and Luxembourg	29 May 2009	Awaiting ratification
Canada	29 May 1996	17 Jan 1997
China	20 July 1998	1 Octr 1999
Cuba	19 Feb 1996	13 Aug 1998
Germany	2 Dec 1994	11 May 2002
Ghana	22 Apr 2008	Awaiting ratification	-
Italy	25 Oct 1995	21 Jul 1997
Mauritius	28 Sep 2004	28 Jun 2005
Switzerland	29 Mar 1995	22 Dec 1995
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	7 Apr 1993	7 Apr 1993
Venezuela	15 Jul 1994	31 Oct 1995

Double Taxation Agreements

Below we provide a list of countries that have signed Double Taxation Agreement (DTAs) and related Protocols for the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income are in effect between Barbados and the following countries:.

Country	Signature Date	Entry into Force	Download
Austria	27 Feb 2006	1 Apr 2007
Bahrain	3 Dec 2012
Botswana	25 Feb 2005	12 Aug 2005
Canada	22 Jan 1980	22 Dec 1980
- Protocol to Barbados Canada DTA	8 Nov 2011	22 Dec 1980
CARICOM	6 Jul 1994	7 Jul 1995
China	15 May 2000	27 Oct 2000
- 1st China/Barbados Protocol	10 Feb 2010	9 Jun 2010
Cuba	17 Jun 1999	16 Mar 2000
Czech Republic	26 Oct 2011
Finland	15 Jun 1989	20 Aug 1992
- Protocol to Barbados Finland DTA	3 Nov 2011	20 Aug 1992
Ghana*	22 Apr 2008	Awaiting ratification
Iceland	3 Nov 2011
Luxembourg	1 Dec 2009	8 Aug 2011
Malta	5 Dec 2001	19 Jun 2002
- Protocol to Barbados/Malta DTA	25 Sep 2013	19 Jun 2002
Mauritius	28 Sep 2004	28 Jan 2005
Mexico	7 Apr 2008
The Netherlands	28 Nov 2006	12 Jul 2007
- 1st Netherlands/Barbados Protocol	27 Nov 2009	23 Dec 2010
Norway	15 Nov 1990	3 Jul 1991
- Protocol to Barbados Norway DTA	3 Nov 2011	3 Jul 1991
Panama	21 Jun 2010	18 Feb 2011
Portugal*	22 Oct 2010	Awaiting ratification
Qatar*	6 Dec 2012
San Marino*	14 Dec 2012
Seychelles	19 Oct 2007	21 Apr 2008
Singapore*	15 Jul 2013
Spain	1 Dec 2010	Ratified and waiting to enter into force
Sweden	1 Jul 1991	1 Dec 1991
Protocol to Barbados Sweden DTA	3 Nov 2011	1 Dec 1991
Switzerland	Agreement extended to Barbados by virtue of Agreement between Switzerland and the U.K., 1954	1963
United Kingdom	26 Mar 1970	26 Mar 1970
- United Kingdom (Revised)	April 26, 2012 (Treaty in force December 19 2012, replacing the treaty that was signed March 26, 1970	26 Mar 1970
United States of America	December 31, 1984	In force
- 1st Protocol USA/Barbados DTA	December 18, 1991	In force
- 2nd Protocol USA/Barbados DTA	July 14, 2004	20 Dec 2004
Venezuela	December 11, 1998	Jan 2001

Tax Information Exchange Agreements

To date, Barbados has concluded Tax Information Exchange Agreements (TIEAs) with the following countries.

Country	Signature Date	Download
Denmark	3 Nov 2011
Faroe Islands*	3 Nov 2011
Greenland	3 Nov 2011

* Not yet entered into force.

SOURCES:

Ministry of International Business and International Transport

UNCTAD. 2014. International Investment Agreements Database. Retrieved from http://investmentpolicyhub.unctad.org/Views/Public/IndexIIA.aspx

International Taxation. 2014. INTAX INFO Lirary. Retrieved from http://www.intax-info.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=library&Itemid=17&lang=en

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