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Recent OECD initiatives aimed at resolving international tax disputes

08-Feb-2006

The OECD Centre for Tax Policy and Administration (the CTPA) is organising, in cooperation with BIAC, a consultation between business and government on recent OECD initiatives to improve dispute settlement procedures under tax treaties.  The consultation meeting will take place on Monday, 13 March 2006, in Tokyo and will bring together representatives from the private sector and senior government officials of OECD Member countries.

Improving tax treaty benefits for collective investment funds

03-Feb-2006

Over 115 participants representing the tax authorities from 29 countries and tax specialists of the financial sector (including collective investment funds, security custodians and real estate investment trusts) met in Paris on 1-2 February 2006 to discuss a number of issues related to the application of tax treaties to collective investment.

Italy will become the 12th Party to the joint OECD/Council of Europe Convention on Mutual Assistance in Tax Matters

03-Feb-2006

Italy will become the 12th Party to the joint OECD/Council of Europe Convention on Mutual Assistance in Tax Matters

Consultation with Business on the Attribution of Profits to Permanent Establishments

25-Jan-2006

The OECD’s Centre for Tax Policy and Administration (CTPA) is organising a consultation with business on Part IV (Insurance) of the Discussion Draft on the Attribution of Profits to Permanent Establishments.  That meeting will take place on Friday, 31 March 2006, in Paris at the OECD offices.

Public Consultation Meeting on the Application of Article 15 of the OECD Model Tax Convention to Short-term Foreign Assignments

20-Dec-2005

The OECD is organising a public consultation meeting on the application of Article 15 of the OECD Model Tax Convention to short-term foreign assignments. That meeting will take place in Paris on Monday, 30 January 2006.

Le Forum mondial de l'OCDE sur la fiscalité fait le point des progrès accomplis dans les domaines de la transparence et de l'échange de renseignements

06-Dec-2005

La réunion de deux jours qui s'est tenue à Melbourne, Australie, et à laquelle ont participé des hauts fonctionnaires de 55 économies Membres et non membres de l'OCDE, a constitué une nouvelle étape des discussions internationales sur les conditions requises pour la mise en place de "règles du jeu équitables au niveau mondial" dans les domaines de la transparence et de l'échange de renseignements en matière fiscale.

Opening Address on the occasion of the Global Forum on Taxation, 15 November 2005

15-Nov-2005

Opening Address by the Hon. Peter Costello MP, Australian Treasurer, at the Global Forum on Taxation, Melbourne, Australia, 15 November 2005. 

Tax policies vary widely from country to country, OECD study shows

13-Oct-2005

The ways in which governments raise money through taxation continue to vary widely across the OECD, with Denmark collecting almost 60% of its revenues from personal and corporate taxes and France less than 25%, according to data in the latest edition of the OECD’s annual Revenue Statistics.

Attribution of profits to permanent establishments of insurance companies and current status of the project

30-Sep-2005

On 27 June 2005 the OECD Committee on Fiscal Affairs released for public comment a Discussion Draft on the Attribution of Profits to Permanent Establishments of Insurance Companies.  The contributions that have been received to date are now available.




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