OECD and IGF received public comments on draft toolkit to support developing countries in addressing base erosion and profit shifting risks when pricing minerals (lithium)
The OECD and the IGF (the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development) received public comments on a draft toolkit to support developing countries in addressing base erosion and profit shifting risks when pricing minerals (lithium). This has been announced in a news release on the website of the OECD. On 6 November 2023, as part of the ongoing work of the OECD/IGF partnership on base erosion and ...
OECD and IGF invite comments on a draft toolkit to support developing countries in addressing base erosion and profit shifting risks when pricing minerals
As part of the ongoing work of the OECD/IGF partnership on BEPS in the mining programme, the OECD is seeking public comments on an additional toolkit that is designed to support developing countries in addressing the transfer pricing challenges faced when pricing minerals. The toolkit applies this transfer pricing framework as documented in Determining the Price of Minerals: A Transfer Pricing Framework to a specific mineral (lithium). This has been announced in a news ...
OECD-blog post: Building tax systems in developing countries is vital to overcoming COVID-19 and achieving the SDGs
Recently, a blog post by Ben Dickinson, Head of the Global Relations and Development Division, Centre for Tax Policy and Administration of the OECD, has been posted on the OECD-website: “Building tax systems in developing countries is vital to overcoming COVID-19 and achieving the SDGs”. CFN-bericht nr. 20200731-27 BRONDOCUMENT (link to the blog post on the website of the OECD) BRON: www.oecd.org Land/gebiedsdeel: Internationaal Betreft: internationaal belastingrecht, international taxation, OECD, ...
Leading global tax administrations agree collective actions on tax certainty, co-operation and digital transformation
The Forum on Tax Administration (FTA), the 53 leading global tax administrations, met in Chile on 26-28 March and agreed an ambitious agenda focused on tax certainty, enhanced tax co-operation and the collective challenges of digital transformation, according to a press release on the website of the OECD. Hans Christian Holte, Chair of the FTA and Head of the Norwegian Tax Administration said, "FTA members collectively bring in over EUR ...
OECD and the Netherlands discuss developments in international tax co-operation
OECD Deputy Secretary-General Ludger Schuknecht and Pascal Saint-Amans, Director of the Centre for Tax Policy and Administration, met in Paris with Mr. Menno Snel, State Secretary for Finance in The Netherlands, for wide-ranging discussions on international co-operation in the field of taxation, notably as concerns tackling tax evasion. This was announced in a press release dated 10 January 2019 as published on the website of the OECD. Mr. Saint-Amans expressed ...
New brochure outlining the OECD’s work on tax
The OECD has released a new brochure outlining the OECD’s work on tax: “OECD Work on Taxation 2018-19”. In his preface to the brochure, the OECD’s Secretary-General Mr. Angel Gurría recalls among others that great success was achieved in tackling tax evasion through the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes (which has more than 150 members, hereafter: “the Global Forum”) and that it is estimated ...
Public comments received on misuse of residence by investment schemes to circumvent the Common Reporting Standard
On 19 February 2018, interested parties were invited to provide comments on a consultation document on misuse of residence by investment schemes to circumvent the Common Reporting Standard. The consultation document assessed how these schemes are used in an attempt to circumvent the CRS; identified the types of schemes that present a high risk of abuse; reminded stakeholders of the importance of correctly applying relevant CRS due diligence procedures in ...
OECD releases consultation document on misuse of residence by investment schemes to circumvent the Common Reporting Standard
The OECD is releasing a consultation document on misuse of residence by investment schemes, to circumvent the Common Reporting Standard, according to an announcement dated 19 February 2018 on the website of the OECD. In said announcement, the OECD informs as follows. More and more jurisdictions are offering "residence by investment" (RBI) or "citizenship by investment" (CBI) schemes, which allow foreign individuals to obtain citizenship or temporary or permanent residence ...