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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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14-Mar-2008
In this joint press statement Mr. Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General and Ms. Kristin Halvorsen, Norwegian Minister of Finance address the issue of cross-border tax evasion.
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Fiscal drag hits some taxpayers harder than others, new OECD study shows
11-Mar-2008
Families with children have paid less in tax as a percentage of their income in recent years in Australia, Hungary, Ireland and New Zealand, thanks to family-friendly tax policies, but wage-earners in some other OECD countries, including Greece, Iceland, Korea and Mexico, have wound up with higher tax bills due to so-called fiscal drag.
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26-Feb-2008
Grace Perez-Navarro, deputy-director of OECD’s Centre for Tax Policy and Administration, addresses harmful tax practices, including tax havens, by improving transparency and establishing effective exchange of information.
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