Savannah, Ga. – The Port of Savannah moved 4.35 million twenty-foot equivalent container units in Calendar Year 2018, its highest annual volume ever, and a 7.5 percent increase compared to 2017,…
Benefits of banking in Panama
A cocktail reception for Atlas Bank hosted by Panama Gateway International Association. The event sponsor, Atlas Bank (Panama) S.A., and a partner from the law firm Icaza, Gonzalez-Ruiz & Aleman,…
Trade volumes, LNG bring Panama into the news
ATLANTA, June 27 – Panama and the booming traffic in the Panama Canal have been making headlines in trade publications and news reports. The Canal is experiencing record volumes due…
Panama: Transfer pricing documentation and country by country reporting
Provided by RSM Panama, S.A. In 2010 Panama established rules that required taxpayers to make certain information declarations and to prepare local files (where required), with countries that Panama has…
Panama: Preventing treaty abuse
Provided by RSM Panama, S.A. All treaties have rules for automatic Exchange of tax information. This was reinforced in 2016 with the automatic exchange of information agreement, of which are 10…
Panama: Enhancing dispute resolution
Provided by RSM Panama, S.A. In July 2017, Panama started with a project to regulate the issue of APA’s. These project is different to previous projects because the Tax Administration…
Panama: Countering harmful tax practices
Provided by RSM Panama, S.A. In October 2016, Panama signed the Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters, which ratifies Panama’s commitment to put in place the necessary measures…
Brettner temporarily stepping away from Panama Gateway
Jacqueline M. Brettner, a partner in the Carver Darden law firm in New Orleans, has temporarily stepped away from her role as general counsel to Panama Gateway to serve as…
Linked by Logistics: Panama and Georgia
Panama has the “Path Between the Seas,” as one historian called it, the canal that changed the way global commerce works. Now, those logistical connections are reverberating throughout Georgia, forcing…
Too early to panic about Trump and tariffs, Georgia Ports advised
Shipping industry executives and others involved in global trade through Panama might be interested in recent advice an economist gave to the Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) about whether to go…