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Corruption threatens good governance, sustainable development, democratic process, and fair business practices. The OECD is a global leader in the fight against corruption via the Anti-Bribery Convention, taxation, governance, export credits and development aid. Legislation denying the tax deductibility of bribes is a strong deterrent to bribing foreign public officials and tax officials can play a role in detecting bribes. In 2009 the OECD adopted a new Recommendation to further strengthen the role of tax authorities in the combat against bribery. Read more.
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09-Dec-2009
To mark the 10th anniversary of the entry into force of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention, the Bribery Awareness Handbook for Tax Examiners has been updated to include the Recommendation on Tax Measures for Further Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions. This requires countries to explicitly prohibit the tax deductibility of bribes to foreign public officials and promotes enhanced co-operation between tax authorities and law enforcement agencies both at home and abroad to counter corruption.
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on 09-Dec-2009
On International Anti-Corruption Day, the OECD celebrated the 10th anniversary of the entry into force of the Anti-Bribery Convention with a high-level roundtable on 'Foreign Bribery: Who Pays the Price?'.
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29-Jun-2009
The OECD Council adopted on 25 May 2009 a new Recommendation, that succeeds to the 1996 Recommendation, to strengthen the role of tax authorities in the combat against bribery.
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26-Jun-2009
An updated summary of the tax treatment of bribes by the Parties to the Convention and Observer countries. It includes new information concerning Israel, Poland and Russia.
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