Meeting of the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes

Speech by Jeffrey Owens delivered at the Meeting of the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes that was held on 29-30 September 2010 in Singapore. Jeffrey Owens talks about the impact of the crisis and governments’ attitudes towards tax compliance, cooperation between tax and other law enforcement agencies, the role of taxation in development and a renewed emphasis on confidentiality and taxpayers’

Taxation, Innovation and the Environment (Chinese version)

Taxation, Innovation and the Environment (Chinese version)

Tax Co-operation 2010: Towards a Level Playing Field - Assessment by the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information

The Global Forum has been publishing its annual assessment of the legal and regulatory systems for the exchange of information in tax matters since 2006. This year’s update now covers more than 90 jurisdictions, including all OECD and G20 countries as well as all of the world’s major financial centres. New additions this year are Botswana, Brazil, Jamaica, Indonesia, Liberia and Qatar.

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Domestic resources mobilisation: Achieving development and the MDGs in a sustainable way

Equitable and efficient tax systems and administrations have an important role to play in securing domestic funding for development, according to Angel Gurría. He added that African policy makers need to reform tax systems and generate revenues, to complement external sources of financing, such as official development assistance, remittances and foreign direct investment.

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Sixth OECD Forum on Tax Administration: Istanbul Communiqué

Turkey hosted the sixth meeting of the OECD’s Forum on Tax Administration in Istanbul, on 15-16 September 2010, bringing together more than 130 delegates from 43 countries. Tax Commissioners from OECD and non-OECD countries met to discuss a range of issues associated with administering tax systems in the current economic climate. The meeting, chaired by Douglas H. Shulman, Commissioner IRS USA and FTA Chair, focused in particular on

Addressing Tax Risks Involving Bank Losses

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A Progress Report on the Jurisdictions Surveyed by the OECD Global Forum (2 April 2009)

The internationally agreed standard, developed by OECD and non-OECD countries in the context of the OECD’s Global Forum on Taxation and endorsed by G20 Finance Ministers in 2004 and by the UN Committee of Experts on International Co-operation in Tax Matters in October 2008, requires exchange of information on request in all tax matters for the administration and enforcement of domestic tax law without regard to a domestic tax interest

Transfer Pricing Methods (July 2010)

This document is part of a series of transfer pricing explanatory notes that were drafted by the Secretariat and which are intended to provide a first approach to some of the key topics covered in the Transfer Pricing Guidelines.

Comparability (July 2010)

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