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24-Feb-2009
Tax evasion and tax fraud through the abuse of charities is a serious and increasing risk in many countries. This report describes the common methods of the abuse of charities in 19 countries, detection strategies and indicators that will help tax staff identify suspicious transactions when processing tax returns and carrying out audits.
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16-Feb-2009
OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría has welcomed the decision by G7 Finance Ministers to work towards setting up a set of common principles on integrity, transparency and propriety in global financial and business transactions.
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06-Feb-2009
This paper discusses the environmental impacts of tax incentives for innovation, and the innovation impacts of tax incentives for environmental expenditures, in the Spanish corporate income tax system.
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30-Jan-2009
Australia and the Isle of Man have signed a Tax Information Exchange Agreement (TIEA) and an agreement for the allocation of taxing rights over certain income of individuals. In addition, Australia and the Isle of Man have announced they will seek to continue to examine what further measures could be adopted to enhance their economic and trading relationship, and ways in which bilateral cooperation can be made as effective as possible.
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26-Jan-2009
On 7 July 2008, the OECD Committee on Fiscal Affairs called for comments on a draft new Article 7 of the OECD Model Tax Convention and related Commentary changes. The OECD has now published the comments received on that draft.
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Israel adheres to the OECD Declaration on Sovereign Wealth Funds and Recipient Country Policies
26-Jan-2009
Israel has adhered to the OECD Declaration on Sovereign Wealth Funds and Recipient Country Policies.
More information on OECD work on international investment is available at www.oecd.org/daf/investment/foi
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23-Jan-2009
The global economic crisis was partly caused by a failure of business ethics. In response, the OECD is developing a framework to help countries enhance transparency in areas like finance, competition, corporate governance, taxation and pensions, building on instruments such as its Principles of Corporate Governance and Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises
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21-Jan-2009
In 1965 consumption taxes accounted for 3.8% of GDP across the OECD; by 2006 this had increased to 6.8%. Over the same period the number of countries using a VAT – one of the forms of general consumption taxes – rose from around 10 to in excess of 140. These, and other, developments are explained in the 2008 issue of “Consumption Tax Trends”, published by the OECD in December.
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21-Jan-2009
Guernesey et le Royaume Uni ont signé aujourd’hui un accord bilatéral d’échange de renseignements à des fins fiscales, ce qui porte à 10 le nombre d’accords de ce type conclus par Guernesey.
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20-Jan-2009
The Comparative Information Series (CIS) is a comprehensive survey of tax administration practices across 30 OECD and 13 selected non-OECD countries. This third edition has a new format and increased comparative analysis of the underlying data. It also includes new sections on issues such as large taxpayer operations, tax debt management, service delivery standards, electronic filing and other e-services, tax disputes and administrative review. A useful overview of its contents can be found in the executive summary.
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