OECD Secretary-General Tax Report to G20 Leaders presented during the November 2020 meeting

On 23 November 2020, the OECD Secretary-General Tax Report to G20 Leaders was presented during the November 2020 meeting in Saudi Arabia. Click here to go to the report (pdf) on the website of the OECD. This report contains two parts. Part I reports on the activities and achievements in the OECD’s international tax agenda. Part II reports on the activities and achievements of the Global Forum on Transparency and ...

Global tax community welcomes new measures to enlist online marketplaces in the collection of VAT/GST in e-commerce

Delegates from over 100 jurisdictions, including regional and international organisations, have unanimously endorsed new rules that will ensure the collection of additional VAT/GST revenues and will level the playing field between operators in traditional and online markets. Meeting in Melbourne, Australia on 20-22 March 2019, around 300 participants attending the Global Forum on VAT, welcomed measures proposed in a new report by the OECD on The Role of Digital Platforms ...

Tax Challenges Arising from Digitalisation: More than 110 countries agree to work towards a consensus-based solution

More than 110 countries and jurisdictions have agreed to review two key concepts of the international tax system, responding to a mandate from the G20 Finance Ministers to work on the implications of digitalisation for taxation, according to an announcement dated 16 March 2018 on the website of the OECD. The members of the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on BEPS will work towards a consensus-based solution by 2020, as set out ...

Public comments received on the tax challenges of digitalisation

On 22 September 2017, interested parties were invited by the OECD to provide comments on the tax challenges of digitalisation. The OECD has published the public comments received in a document dated 25 October 2017: Tax Challenges of Digitalisation. Comments received on the Request for Input (Part I and Part II). The request for input outlined the background on the work regarding the tax challenges of digitalisation from the BEPS Action 1 ...

OECD invites public input on the tax challenges of digitalisation

The OECD is seeking public comments on key issues identified in a request for input related to the tax challenges raised by digitalisation and the potential options to address these challenges, according to an announcement of 22 September 2017 on the OECD’s website. The request for input outlines the background on the work regarding the tax challenges of digitalisation from the BEPS Action 1 report and invites comments on the impact of digitalisation on ...