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 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 ...
FTA releases document ‘Tax administration responses to Covid-19: support for taxpayers’ to assist administrations globally in their consideration of appropriate measures in their own national contexts to help taxpayers during this difficult period
The OECD has posted a document on the website, released up by the Forum on Tax Administration with suggestions on “Tax administration responses to Covid-19: support for taxpayers”. From the document: The Covid-19 emergency will affect the lives of many people around the globe. There are a number of ways that governments and tax administrations can ease burdens on taxpayers and support businesses and individuals with cash-flow problems or with ...