OECD releases Revenue Statistics in Latin America and the Caribbean 2026
The OECD has released the latest yearly report ‘Revenue Statistics in Latin America and the Caribbean’. Revenue Statistics in Latin America and the Caribbean 2026 released on Tuesday, May 5th, 2026, compiles comparable tax revenue statistics over the period 1990-2024 for 29 Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries. It provides harmonised data on the level and structure of tax revenues based on the OECD classification of taxes, thereby enabling comparison ...
VITARA reference guide on The Audit Program focuses on how an audit program fits into the overall set of activities a tax administration undertakes to promote and enforce compliance with its tax laws
On Monday, February 3, 2025, the VITARA reference guide on The Audit Program has been published on the website of the OECD. This is a joint publication by the Inter-American Center of Tax Administrations, the International Monetary Fund, the Intra-European Organisation of Tax Administrations, and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The publication is part of a series of Virtual Training to Advance Revenue Administration (VITARA) reference guides ...
VITARA reference guide on Institutional Government focuses on how tax administrations can be established within the larger structures of governments
On Tuesday, November 26, 2024, the VITARA reference guide on Institutional Government has been published on the website of the OECD. This is a joint publication by the Inter-American Center of Tax Administrations, the International Monetary Fund, the Intra-European Organisation of Tax Administrations, and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The publication is part of a series of Virtual Training to Advance Revenue Administration (VITARA) reference guides that ...
VITARA reference guide on human resource management for tax administrations
On Wednesday, September 18, 2024, the VITARA reference guide on Human Resource Management has been published on the website of the OECD. This is a joint publication by the Inter-American Center of Tax Administrations, the International Monetary Fund, the Intra-European Organisation of Tax Administrations, and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The publication is part of a series of Virtual Training to Advance Revenue Administration (VITARA) reference guides that ...
VITARA reference guide on organization presents the critical features to be considered in designing the organizational arrangements for a tax administration
On Thursday, August 29, 2024, the VITARA reference guide on organization has been published on the website of the OECD. This is a joint publication by the Inter-American Center of Tax Administrations, the International Monetary Fund, the Intra-European Organisation of Tax Administrations, and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The publication is part of a series of Virtual Training to Advance Revenue Administration (VITARA) reference guides that have been ...
Revenue Statistics in Latin America and the Caribbean 2022: Tax revenues take a historic hit before showing early signs of recovery
Tax revenues in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) fell by 8.0% on average in nominal terms and by 0.8% as a share of GDP in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the report ‘Revenue Statistics in Latin America and the Caribbean 2022’ released on Wednesday April 27, 2022 during the 56th General Assembly of the Inter-American Center of Tax Administrations (CIAT). However, the region’s economic recovery and ...
New tool provides insights into digitalisation practices and initiatives for 76 tax administrations
Tuesday April 5, 2022, the OECD Forum on Tax Administration and eight key partner organisations launched the first phase of a new global Inventory of Tax Technology Initiatives (ITTI) which contains information on the use of leading technology tools and digitalisation solutions implemented by 76 tax administrations across the world. This has been announced on 5 April 2022 with a news release on the website of the OECD. Further from the ...
New toolkit to strengthen Value Added Taxes on e-commerce in Latin America and the Caribbean
The surge in e-commerce following the COVID-19 outbreak has emphasized the importance of applying Value Added Tax (VAT) effectively to digital trade. A new toolkit released on Wednesday June 23rd offers timely and valuable assistance to tax authorities in the Latin America and the Caribbean region for the effective collection of VAT revenues from e-commerce activities. This has been announced with a press release on the website of the OECD ...
Tax revenues in Latin America and the Caribbean rose modestly before being hit hard by the COVID-19 crisis
Tax revenues rose moderately across Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) in 2019 before declining sharply in 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic drove down global economic activity, according to new analysis released today in the tax policy publication “Revenue Statistics in Latin America and the Caribbean” on the occasion of XXXIII edition of the Regional Fiscal Policy Seminar hosted virtually by the United Nations’ Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (UN-ECLAC) ...
Tenth edition of the tax policy publication Revenue Statistics in Latin America and the Caribbean launched
On Thursday 22 April 2021, the tenth edition of the tax policy publication “Revenue Statistics in Latin America and the Caribbean” has been launched on the occasion of XXXIII edition of the Regional Fiscal Policy Seminar hosted virtually by the United Nations’ Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (UN-ECLAC) and partners. The launch event is organised in collaboration with the co-authors of the publication: UN-ECLAC, the Inter-American Center of Tax Administrations ...
Early restoration planning by tax administrations key to support individual and business taxpayers towards economic recovery from COVID-19 pandemic
Recovery from the profound impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on people's lives, jobs, businesses and the wider economy is likely to be lengthy, challenging and multifaceted, with tax administrations playing a critical role in restoration planning, according to a new OECD report ‘Tax Administration Responses to COVID-19: Recovery Period Planning’ prepared by the OECD's Forum on Tax Administration (FTA) in co-operation with the Intra-European Organisation of Tax Administrations (IOTA) and ...
Tax Administration Responses to COVID-19: Measures Taken to Support Taxpayers
On the website of the OECD a reference document has been published providing an overview of measures currently being undertaken by a number of tax administrations in connection with the COVID-19 emergency. The document is a joint document of the OECD Forum on Tax Administration, the Inter-American Center of Tax Administrations (CIAT) and the Intra-European Organisation of Tax Administrations (IOTA) and has been produced by the respective Secretariats from input ...
Tackling the coronavirus: OECD Forum on Tax Administration publishes advice on business continuity considerations for tax administrations
The OECD Forum on Tax Administration (FTA), in collaboration with the Intra-European Organisation of Tax Administrations (IOTA) and the Inter-American Center of Tax Administrations (CIAT), has published a reference document on critical business continuity considerations for tax administrations in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. This document is based on input from across the membership of the three organisations. It recognises that the potential duration and severity of the current crisis brings ...
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 ...