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31-Mar-2010
Offshore voluntary compliance programmes offer the opportunity to maximize the benefits of transparency and exchange of information for tax purposes. To succeed, they need to encourage non-compliant taxpayers to permanently improve their compliance, while retaining the support of the taxpayers who are already compliant. They must be part of wider voluntary compliance and enforcement strategies. Against this backdrop, the OECD has developed a framework for offshore voluntary compliance, approved by the Committee on Fiscal Affairs on 15 January 2010.
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26-Oct-2009
On October 26-28 in Beijing, China, the International Tax Dialogue conference brought together senior tax policymakers and administrators to discuss how the tax system can best support and promote a healthy and transparent financial environment. The press release is also available in Spanish.
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26-Oct-2009
In his opening remarks to the ITD Global Conference, Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General, said that innovation in the financial sector creates particular challenges for tax policy makers and administrators, but also offers unique opportunities.
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17-Sep-2009
With government budgets under pressure in many countries, revenue bodies have a critical role to play in achieving improved compliance with tax laws. This information note has been prepared to assist member revenue bodies achieve improved compliance with their VAT systems by sharing knowledge of recent developments in selected countries.
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17-Sep-2009
With government budgets under pressure in many countries, revenue bodies have a significant role to play in achieving improved compliance with tax laws. This information note has been prepared to assist revenue bodies advance their thinking on the use of legislated withholding and information reporting regimes for obtaining improved compliance in respect of income from SME/ self-employment activities.
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02-Sep-2009
Reporting of financial data to Government by business is a significant cost burden in all countries. Reducing that cost is a major objective in many countries. A very significant element of that cost is the many data formats and descriptions used by different Government agencies (including revenue bodies) for reporting to Government. A number of countries have taken steps to reduce those costs by implementing a system of Standard Business Reporting (SBR). SBR standardises and rationalises those data formats and descriptions to make reporting easier and cheaper for business.
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24-Jul-2009
The largest and wealthiest taxpayers have a significant impact on government revenues and revenue bodies devote considerable time and resource to managing their tax compliance and taxpayer service issues. Four recently published reports provide an insight into current trends and approaches to working with the largest businesses and wealthiest individuals.
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27-Aug-2009
Register now for the International Tax Dialogue (ITD) Global Conference ‘Financial Institutions and Instruments – Tax Challenges and Solutions’, Beijing, China, 26-28 October 2009.
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04-Jun-2009
This report sets out the conclusions of the OECD’s study on tax compliance within the High Net Worth Individuals (HNWI) taxpayer segment. The report concludes that HNWIs pose significant challenges to tax administrations because of the complexity of their affairs, their revenue contribution, the opportunity for aggressive tax planning, and the impact of their compliance behaviour on the integrity of the tax system. The study found that by focussing resources on the HNWI segment, significant improvements in compliance can be achieved.
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04-Jun-2009
This report sets out the conclusions of the OECD study that examined the role of banks in the provision of aggressive tax planning arrangements. It examines the nature of banking, the complex structured financing transactions developed by banks and how they are then used by both banks and their clients. The report makes a number of recommendations for revenue bodies and identifies best practices for consideration by banks.
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