News items following the meeting of the Forum on Tax Administration’s Offshore Compliance Network in Tokyo
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OECD meets with business commentators on the discussion drafts on Intangibles, Safe Harbours and Timing Issues
On 12-14 November 2012, transfer pricing experts from governments met with private sector representatives to discuss the transfer pricing discussion drafts released on 6 June 2012. The agenda for the meeting, presentation material submitted by private…
Latin America: Tax revenues are rising, but still low and varied among countries
Tax revenues in Latin American countries are lower as a proportion of their national incomes than in most OECD countries, but are rising slowly. Revenue Statistics in Latin America shows that the average tax revenue to GDP ratio in the 15 Latin America…
Conclusions of the First OECD Global Forum on VAT
The OECD is currently developing International VAT/GST Guidelines to address issues of double taxation and unintended double non-taxation, and this work provides a unique basis for the creation of the future international standard for applying VAT to c…
First Meeting of the OECD Global Forum on Value Added Tax (VAT)
Secretary-General Angel Gurría provided closing remarks at the first meeting of the OECD Global Forum on Value Added Tax (VAT) held in Paris. The meeting focused on designing efficient and equitable VAT systems and analyzing their impacts on internatio…
Improving the tax system in Indonesia
Indonesia has come a long way in improving its tax system over the last decade, both in terms of revenues raised and administrative efficiency. Nonetheless, the tax take is still low, given the need for more spending on infrastructure and social protec…