Heads of tax crime investigation welcome new OECD report on fighting tax crimes
At their meeting on June 17th, 2021, heads of tax crime investigation from 44 countries welcomed the launch of a new edition Fighting Tax Crime – The Ten Global Principles, Second Edition, published 17 June 2021 of the groundbreaking global reference guide setting out the ten core requirements for jurisdictions to be able to effectively tackle tax crime while ensuring that taxpayers' rights are respected. This has been announced with ...
New OECD self-assessment tool to help jurisdictions tackle tax crimes
A new diagnostic tool will allow jurisdictions to self-assess their capabilities across a range of legal, strategic and operational areas to support their efforts to tackling tax crime effectively. The Tax Crime Investigation Maturity Model sets out descriptions of capabilities and performance for tax crime investigation, allowing governments to identify where they are situated in relation to good practice across a number of levels of increasing maturity: Emerging, Progressing, Established, Aspirational. This ...
Strengthening the global response to tax crime
More than 200 global tax and economic crime experts have identified key areas for international action following the Fifth OECD Forum on Tax and Crime, in London. In a week dominated by media coverage of offshore issues, the Forum brought experts on tax, customs, anti-corruption, anti-money laundering, policing, and prosecution together to agree priorities for action. This follows from a press release of 8 November 2017 on the website of the ...