Tax Co-operation for Development: Progress Report published
On 9 July 2020, the Tax Co-operation for Development Progress Report was published. This report has been posted on the website of the OECD. This report sets out the range of the OECD’s work with developing countries in 2019. The OECD’s work has evolved from modest efforts in the 1990’s to reflect the global nature of the tax policy and administration issues that come with a globalised economy. Today, the ...
Tax and fiscal policies central to governments’ responses to Covid-19 crisis
With global economic activity facing a historic drop and government spending rising dramatically, the implications of the Covid-19 crisis on public finances and tax revenues are significant. Drawing on its multi-disciplinary expertise, the OECD is deploying its data gathering and analytical capacities to help governments face these unprecedented challenges while supporting businesses and people towards economic recovery. This was announced in a press release on the website of the OECD ...
OECD Secretary-General Tax Report to G20 Finance Ministers
On 9 October 2019 the OECD Secretary-General Tax Report to G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors was released. From the Overview in the report: “Overview G20 support for modernising the international tax rules has been instrumental over the past 10 years in ending bank secrecy, considerably improving tax co-operation, and strengthening the rules to counter base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) by multinational companies. However, further progress is needed ...
Ecuador joins international efforts against tax evasions and avoidance
Ecuador has signed the Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters ("the Convention"). This was announced on 29 October on the website of the OECD. The Convention was signed on behalf of Ecuador by Mrs. Marisol Andrade, Director-General of the Internal Revenue Service of Ecuador, signs the Convention in the presence of the OECD Deputy Secretary-General Ludger Schuknecht. The Convention was developed jointly by the OECD and the Council of ...
OECD, government officials and parliamentarians discuss developments in international tax co-operation at high-level meeting in Georgia
Over 70 participants from 20 countries in Europe and Central Asia gathered in Tbilisi, Georgia, for a high-level regional event on Developments in International Tax Co-operation: Fighting Tax Evasion and Avoidance on 17-18 July 2018. This was announced in a press release dated 20 July 2018 published on the website of the OECD. From the press release: Over two days, participants discussed policy responses to fighting tax evasion and avoidance, as well ...