The Protocol of Amendment to the Double Taxation Convention (DTA) in the area of taxes on income, wealth and capital gains between Switzerland and Ghana entered into force on 29 October 2018.

The Protocol of Amendment adapts the DTA with Ghana from 2008 to the current situation and includes the current international standard on the exchange of information on request.

The Protocol of Amendment entered into force on 29 October 2018. The new provisions are applicable to requests for information for tax years beginning on 1 January 2019 or later tax years.

The press release and the related documents are available here.