Caroline Silberztein introduces the 2010 update of the OECD Transfer Pricing Guidelines and the 2011 OECD programme of work in the area of transfer pricing (text in English and interview in French from March 2011).
Caroline Silberztein, Head of the Transfer Pricing Unit
Jeffrey Owens, Director, Centre for Tax Policy and Administration
Signing ceremony of the protocol amending the convention of mutual administrative assistance in tax matters
(27 May 2010)
Jeffrey Owens talks about the measures taken by the OECD to counter global tax evasion.
Tax authorities to show laws put in place
(5 February 2010)
Participants in the Global Forum are launching a plan to monitor the worldwide fight against tax evasion. Over the next three years, jurisdictions that have pledged to provide banking information on request to foreign tax authorities will be asked to show they have the laws in place to do so and that they are complying with requests. Michael Rawstron explains what is involved.
Michael Rawstron, Chair of the Global Forum Steering Group
Jeffrey Owens, Director, Centre for Tax Policy and Administration
Taking forward the G20 tax initiative
(18 January 2010)
Jeffrey Owens reports progress on OECD work on tax havens, outlining plans to help countries implement OECD standards on tax transparency.
Fighting tax evasion
(12 October 2009)
The fight against tax havens is moving ahead. To avoid the G20s threat of sanctions, countries have signed more than 100 new tax information exchange agreements, crimping would-be tax evaders ability to stash money in secret bank accounts.
Grace Perez-Navarro, Deputy Director, Centre for Tax Policy and Administration
Grace Perez-Navarro, Deputy Director, Centre for Tax Policy and Administration
Fighting tax evasion
(5 October 2009)
The OECD is working with governments to clamp down on tax havens and combat cross-border tax evasion. Grace Perez-Navarro reports on progress.
International efforts to combat tax evasion
(28 August 2009)
International efforts to combat tax evasion are gathering strength, as more and more countries agree to provide foreign tax authorities with banking information on suspected tax dodgers. Pascal Saint-Amans of the OECD explains the process and looks at next steps.
Pascal Saint-Amans, Head, Global Forum Secretariat
Tax:Best PracticeStandards for Havens
(16 February 2009)
A large part of the world's financial dealings are channelled through tax havens. The OECD says they are bad for the economic health of rich countries and disastrous for poor ones.
50 Years of the Tax Convention
(16 January 2009)
Can the OECD Model Tax Convention, which celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2008, continue to fulfill its role of helping to make international taxation fairer and more manageable? Jeffrey Owens answers these questions as he explains the Model Tax Convention.
Jeffrey Owens, Director, Centre for Tax Policy and Administration
