Information Note - Strengthening Tax Audit Capabilities: Auditor Workforce Management—Survey Findings and Observations

The purpose of this note is to report the findings, observations and international comparisons derived from a survey of auditor workforce management approaches adopted in selected OECD countries. The survey, conducted over the last year and involving some 10 member countries, explored a range of matters, including: 1) identifying the required capabilities of auditors and audit managers; 2) methods for assessing auditor capability; 3)

Estimates of the unrecorded economy and national accounts - Declaration of the Inter-secretariat Working Group on National Accounts (ISWGNA), January 2006

Following the publication of several studies on estimates of the underground economy, the international organisations that co-signed the well known "SNA 93" drafted this official declaration.

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Information Note - Using Third Party Information Reports to Assist Taxpayers Meet their Return Filing Obligations— Country Experiences With the Use of Pre-populated Personal Tax Returns

This information note briefly describes the use of pre-populated returns that has become a feature of the personal income tax systems in countries in the Nordic region and elsewhere, particularly over the last decade or so.

Information Note - Management of Email

The purpose of this note is to share information about email implementations as they affect taxpayer service delivery from a small number of national revenue bodies.

Information Note - Application Software Solutions Being Used to Support the Technical Architecture of Selected Revenue Bodies

This note summarises information provided by revenue bodies in seven OECD member countries regarding application software solutions, planned or implemented, to support revenue administration.

Information Note - Strategies for Improving the Take-up Rates of Electronic Services

The purpose of this note is to share information concerning the strategies employed by a number of national revenue bodies to increase the take-up rates of electronic services, in particular the electronic filing of tax returns.

OECD to work on clarifying VAT/GST application in cross-border trade

The OECD is launching a new project aimed at providing guidance for governments on applying Value Added Taxes, or VAT - also called Goods and Services Tax, or GST, in some countries -- to cross-border trade.

Guidance Note: Guidance for the Standard Audit File - Tax (SAF-T)

This guidance note focuses on the creation of a computer file that allows the easy export of a predefined set of accounting records in a commonly-readable format.

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Guidance Note - Guidance for Developers of Business and Accounting Software Concerning Tax Audit Requirements

The OECD’s Committee on Fiscal Affairs (CFA) approved two notes arising from work to develop a set of guidance on business accounting system data requirements for tax audit purposes, and associated practical implementation issues for software developers.

Guidance Note: Guidance on Tax Compliance for Business and Accounting Software

This guidance note describes the processes needed in business and accounting software to attain a sufficient level of reliability for electronic records kept in support of tax returns during the retention period prescribed by tax legislation in individual countries.

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