OECD supports developing countries in the time of COVID-19
On 19 May 2021, the OECD released a new report – Tax Co-operation for Development: Progress report in the COVID-19 era – looking back on the past year showing how developing countries have interacted with the OECD on a range of tax policy and administration issues. These include participating in the development and implementation of inclusive international standards; country-level capacity building programmes delivered through a variety of platforms and modalities; guidance and ...
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 ...
OECD presents analysis showing significant impact of proposed international tax reforms
New economic analysis shows that a proposed solution to the tax challenges arising from the digitalisation of the economy under negotiation at the OECD would have a significant positive impact on global tax revenues. This was announced in a press release published on the website of the OECD in relation to the release of the analysis. From the press release: The analysis puts the combined effect of the two-pillar solution under ...
OECD-report Revenue Statistics 2019 released: Tax revenues have reached a plateau
Tax revenues in advanced economies reached a plateau during 2018, with almost no change seen since 2017, according to new OECD research. This ends the trend of annual increases in the tax-to-GDP ratio seen since the financial crisis. The 2019 edition of the OECD’s annual Revenue Statistics publication shows that the OECD average tax-to-GDP ratio was 34.3% in 2018, virtually unchanged since the 34.2% in 2017. The release of the report was ...
OECD leading multilateral efforts to address tax challenges from digitalisation of the economy
On 9 October 2019, the OECD Secretariat published a proposal to advance international negotiations to ensure large and highly profitable Multinational Enterprises, including digital companies, pay tax wherever they have significant consumer-facing activities and generate their profits. This was announced in a press release published on the website of the OECD. From the press release: The new OECD proposal brings together common elements of three competing proposals from member countries, and is ...
Use of digital technologies set to increase tax compliance
The eighth edition of the OECD's Tax Administration Series published ON 23 September 2019 shows how tax administrations are increasingly moving to e-administration and using a range of technology tools, data sources and analytics to increase tax compliance, according to a press release published on the website of the OECD. From the press release: Commenting on the report, Pascal Saint-Amans, Director of the OECD Centre for Tax Policy and Administration ...
As the pace of tax reform slows, countries are urged to take bolder action
The pace of tax reforms has slowed across most leading economies and bolder tax reforms will be needed to address future challenges, according to a new OECD report. This was announced in a press release published on the website of the OECD. Tax Policy Reforms 2019 describes the latest tax reforms across all OECD countries, as well as in Argentina, Indonesia and South Africa. The report identifies major tax policy trends and ...
Presentatie economisch beleid: een sterke en veerkrachtige economie 2019-2022. Rapport bevat ook passages over voorgenomen belastinghervormingen (Aruba)
De Regering van Aruba heeft haar economisch beleid voor 2019 – 2022 gepresenteerd met de publicatie van het rapport “Economic Policy: a Strong and Resilient Economy 2019-2022”. Dit is bekend gemaakt met een persbericht op de website van de overheid van Aruba. Het economisch beleid zal zich concentreren op de ontwikkeling van een duurzame economische groei met de volgende doelstellingen; het bijdragen aan een hogere kwaliteit van leven voor alle ...
Beleidsplan Europees Parlement voor eerlijkere en effectievere belastingheffing: zeven EU-landen vertonen kenmerken van een belastingparadijs en faciliteren agressieve belastingplanning
Op dinsdag 26 maart 2019 heeft het Europees Parlement (EP) een beleidsplan aangenomen voor eerlijkere en effectievere belastingheffing en voor de aanpak van financiële misdaden. Zo is op dinsdag 26 maart 2019 bekend gemaakt met een bericht op de website van het EP. De aanbevelingen, aangenomen met 505 stemmen voor, 63 tegen en 87 onthoudingen, werden gedurende een jaar voorbereid door de Bijzondere commissie Financiële misdrijven, belastingontduiking en -ontwijking (TAX3) ...
Latin America and the Caribbean: Public revenues rebound in 2017 after dip in 2016
The average tax-to-GDP ratio in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) rose to 22.8% in 2017, a gain of 0.2 percentage points from 2016, according to Revenue Statistics in Latin America and the Caribbean 2019. The report, launched on 25 March 2019 at the XXXI Regional Fiscal Seminar in Santiago, Chile, finds that the rebound was primarily driven by Caribbean countries and in particular Guyana and Barbados, on the back ...
IMF-Technical Assistance Report: Towards a Sustainable Tax System
Het Internationaal Monetair Fonds (International Monetary Fund, hierna: “IMF”) heeft op 18 december 2018 rapport uitgebracht inzake technische bijstand bij de ontwikkeling van het fiscale stelsel van Aruba. Klik hier om naar de pagina op de website van het IMF te gaan waar het raport is gepubliceerd. Inleiding Op verzoek van de Minister-President van Aruba, Mw. Evelyn Wever-Croes, en de Minister Financiën, Mrs. Xiomara Ruiz-Maduro, heeft een technische bijstandsmissie van ...
Tax revenues continue increasing as the tax mix shifts further towards corporate and consumption taxes
Tax revenues in advanced economies have continued to increase, with taxes on companies and personal consumption representing an increasing share of total tax revenues, according to new OECD research. This was announced in a press release dated 5 December 2018 as published on the website of the OECD. From the press release: The 2018 edition of the OECD’s annual Revenue Statistics publication shows that the OECD average tax-to-GDP ratio rose ...