OECD multilateral negotiations initiative makes rapid progress

26-Mar-2010

The OECD has developed a new approach to negotiating tax information exchange agreements (TIEAs) involving multilateral negotiations, leading to the conclusion of bilateral TIEAs. This makes negotiating TIEAs easier for small jurisdictions and developing countries with resource constraints.

Press briefing: A progress report on OECD work on tax havens

13-Jan-2010

Jeffrey Owens, Head of the OECD’s Tax Centre and Pascal Saint-Amans, Head of the Global Forum Secretariat, will brief journalists on the impact on tax compliance around the world including the timing and outcomes of peer reviews and the role of developing countries in the fight against tax havens.

Tax burdens falling in OECD economies as crisis takes its toll

24-Nov-2009

The recession is taking its toll on tax receipts across the OECD. Aggregate tax burdens in OECD economies, calculated as the ratio of tax revenues to gross domestic product, or GDP, were unchanged between 2006 and 2007, and then fell in 2008. 

New Chair of OECD Tax Commissioner Forum announced

14-Aug-2009

OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría has welcomed the announcement today of the new Chair of the OECD’s Forum on Tax Administration, Douglas H. Shulman of the United States.

Managing and Improving Compliance: Recent Developments in Compliance Risk Treatments

02-Apr-2009

This information note describes recent progress by revenue bodies in the development of more innovative or unusual risk treatment approaches to address non-compliance in the small and medium enterprise (SME) sector and provides examples of evaluation approaches adopted by agencies to measure the impacts and outcomes of these new treatment methods.

Managing and Improving Compliance: Recent Developments in Compliance Risk Treatment - A Catalogue of Revenue Body Initiatives

02-Apr-2009

This note is published in conjunction with the information note - Managing and Improving Compliance: Recent Developments in Risk Treatment and provides a catalogue of more innovative or unusual risk treatment approaches developed and applied by revenue bodies to address non-compliance in the small and medium enterprise (SME) sector.

New bilateral pacts enlarge network on exchange of information for tax purposes

30-Oct-2008

Some 16 new bilateral agreements on exchange of information for tax purposes signed this week between OECD countries and the British Virgin Islands, Guernsey and Jersey mark an important step forward in efforts to bring greater transparency to cross-border financial transactions. OECD countries have been working with financial centres around the world since 2000 to bring greater transparency and accountability to cross-border transactions.

Isle of Man signs tax information pact with United Kingdom

29-Sep-2008

The Isle of Man and the United Kingdom announced that they have signed a bilateral agreement for the exchange of information for tax purposes, bringing to 11 the number of such agreements entered into by the Isle of Man.

Senior Management Appointment: Mr. Sean Moriarty, Head of Tax Administration and Consumption Taxes Division

19-Sep-2008

The OECD’s Centre for Tax Policy and Administration is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Sean Moriarty as Head of its Tax Administration and Consumption Taxes Division.

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