Heads of tax administrations agree further work on collaborative projects to reduce compliance burdens and deepen co-operation in tackling tax gaps

The OECD Forum on Tax Administration (FTA) held its 18th annual Plenary meeting in Cape Town, South Africa, on 18-20 November 2025, bringing together tax commissioners and delegates from 49 jurisdictions, as well as representatives from international organisations, regional tax administration bodies, business and academia. Commissioners and delegates from three African non-FTA member tax administrations also actively participated in the event. This has been announced with a news release on ...

OECD and CIAT join forces in promoting stronger tax systems

The OECD and the Inter-American Center of Tax Administrations (CIAT) hosted on 23 October 2018 the high-level event "Base Erosion and Profit Shifting Implementation: Strategic importance, challenges and opportunities" in Lisbon, Portugal. This was announced in a press release dated 23 October 2018. The purpose of this event was to promote a common understanding of the impact of the BEPS measures developed under the OECD/G20 BEPS Project, focusing on the pivotal ...

OECD: Leading tax administrations focused on effective delivery of the OECD/G20 BEPS outcome, automatic exchange of information and tax certainty and collaborate on taxing users of the sharing economy

The Forum on Tax Administration (FTA) is the leading international body concerned with tax administration. The FTA, which brings together Tax Commissioners from 50 advanced and emerging tax administrations (including OECD and G20 countries), held its Plenary meeting in Oslo on 27-29 September. In an item dated of 29 September 2017, the OECD brings forward the key themes as discussed during the Plenary.  At the close of said meeting a communiqué was released which ...

Tax administrations deliver on information exchange, BEPS and tax certainty agenda, and move forward on the digital and the sharing economy

In a press release of 25 September 2017, the OECD announces that heads of tax administrations meet in Oslo, Norway, 27-29 September for the 11th meeting of the Forum on Tax Administration (FTA). The Forum on Tax Administration brings together Tax Commissioners from 50 of the most advanced tax administrations worldwide, including OECD and G20 countries, to work collaboratively on global tax administration challenges and take collective action to achieve ...