tax evasion

The first ever beneficial ownership toolkit was released today in the context of the OECD’s Global Integrity and Anti-Corruption Forum. The toolkit, prepared by the Secretariat of the OECD’s Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes in partnership with the Inter-American Development Bank, is intended to help governments implement the Global Forum’s standards on ensuring that law enforcement officials have access to reliable information on who the ultimate beneficial owners are behind ...

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 ...

The Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes held its annual meeting in Punta del Este, Uruguay on 20-22 November, bringing together over 200 delegates from more than 100 jurisdictions, international organisations and regional groups to strengthen further the international community’s fight against tax evasion.  This was announced with a press release published on the website of the OECD. The meeting marked the widespread rollout of automatic exchange of ...

With a press release posted on the website of the OECD, the OECD announces the 11th Meeting of the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes, 20-22 November 2018, in Punta del Este, Uruguay. From the press release: Global cooperation to fight tax evasion and avoidance has grown rapidly over the past few years. Tax Transparency and Exchange of Information between tax authorities about financial assets ...

Countries must step up work to ensure that tax authorities and anti-corruption authorities can effectively co-operate in the fight against tax evasion, bribery, and other forms of corruption, according to a joint OECD/World Bank report. This was announced in a press release dated 22 October 2018 as published on the website of the OECD. Drawing on the experiences of 67 countries, this study focuses on the legal, strategic, operational, and ...

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 ...

Responding to a request of the G7, on 9 March 2018, the OECD has issued new model disclosure rules that require lawyers, accountants, financial advisors, banks and other service providers to inform tax authorities of any schemes they put in place for their clients to avoid reporting under the OECD/G20 Common Reporting Standard (CRS) or prevent the identification of the beneficial owners of entities or trusts. This has been announced by the ...

  In a message of 1 June 2017 the OECD announces that the Common Reporting Standard (CRS) disclosure facility – which public disclosure facility was launched by the OECD on 5 May 2017 for information on schemes designed to circumvent the application of the CRS – delivered first results. The OECD strongly encourages practitioners, ‎financial advisers, civil society and anyone with knowledge of schemes that purport to circumvent the application ...

  On its website the OECD has announced the launch of the report Technology Tools to Tackle Tax Evasion and Tax Fraud, on 31 March 2017 during the 2017 OECD Global Anti-Corruption and Integrity Forum in Paris.   CFN-artikelnr. 20170407-8 BRON: www.oecd.org Land/gebiedsdeel: OECD Betreft: internationaal belastingrecht, tax evasion, tax fraud, technology tools, tackling tax evasion, tax evasion, tackling tax fraud, tax fraud Regeling: OECD report Technology Tools to Tackle Tax ...