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Public comments on draft contents of the 2008 Update to the Model Tax Convention

09-Jun-2008

On 21 April 2008, the OECD Committee on Fiscal Affairs published the draft contents of the 2008 Update to the Model Tax Convention.  The OECD has now published the comments received on that draft.

 

Value-added Taxes: Lessons Learned from Other Countries on Compliance Risks, Administrative Costs, Compliance Burden, and Transition

06-Jun-2008

Although the United States does not deploy a Value Added Tax it does, from time to time, produce reports about this type of tax, the most recent of which is by the US Government's Government Accountability Office.

Market Mechanisms in Sub-Central Public Service Provision

26-May-2008

This paper compares and analyses the use of market mechanisms in core sub central policy areas, namely education, health care, transport, social protection, and environment.

OECD releases public comments on transactional profit methods issues notes

07-May-2008

On 25 January 2008, the OECD released an invitation to comment on a series of draft issues notes in relation to transactional profit methods (i.e., the transactional profit split and the transactional net margin methods).
 

OECD opens registration for the conference on the 50th anniversary of the OECD Model Tax Convention

29-Apr-2008

29 April 2008 – The OECD has just opened registration and launched the conference website (www.oecd.org/ctp/mtc50years)  for its Conference on the 50th Anniversary of the OECD Model Tax Convention, which will take place in Paris (at the OECD’s new conference centre) on 8-9 September 2008.

L'OCDE annonce qu'il est maintenant possible de s'enregistrer pour la Conférence sur le 50ième Anniversaire du Modèle de Convention Fiscale OCDE

29-Apr-2008

29 avril 2008 – L’OCDE vient d’activer le site web de  la conférence sur le 50ième Anniversaire du Modèle de Convention Fiscale OCDE (www.oecd.org/ctp/mtc50years ) et accepte maintenant les enregistrements pour cette conférence, qui aura lieu à Paris les 8-9 septembre 2008 au nouveau Centre de conférences de l’OCDE.

OECD welcomes new Tax Information Exchange Agreements between Guernsey and Netherlands and Isle of Man and Ireland

25-Apr-2008

Two new bilateral arrangements for the exchange of information for tax purposes, between Guernsey and the Netherlands and between the Isle of Man and Ireland, bring to fourteen the number of such agreements signed since the beginning of 2007 by jurisdictions committed to work with OECD countries.

Draft contents of the 2008 Update to the Model Tax Convention

21-Apr-2008

From 21 April to 31 May 2008
The OECD Committee on Fiscal Affairs has just released the draft contents of the 2008 update to the OECD Model Tax Convention, which will be finalized in June. The contents of the 2008 update result primarily from reports that have already been released for comments; the draft update also includes, however, a few other technical changes that have not previously been released (see Part I of the report) and on which comments are particularly invited.  Comments on the 2008 update to the Model Tax Convention should be sent to jeffrey.owens@oecd.org by 31 May 2008.

Business/NGOs Tax Input into OECD's Enlargement Process

17-Apr-2008

In May 2007 the OECD responded favourably to requests from Chile, Estonia, Israel, Russia, and Slovenia to begin a process aimed at eventual membership in the OECD by these countries. The Committee on Fiscal Affairs has agreed that input should be sought from business and NGOs in the process of assessing how far the applicant countries meet the core principles and, in particular, in their application.

Intergovernmental transfers: update of National Accounts data

27-Mar-2008

Tables with a simplified version of National Accounts data on intergovernmental transfers are now updated. The tables contain data up to the year 2006.




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