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OVERVIEW

The Action Plan on Base Erosion and Profit Shifting ("BEPS Action Plan") identified 15 actions to address BEPS in a comprehensive manner. Recognising that the actions to counter BEPS must be complemented with actions that ensure certainty and predictability for businesses, Action 14, calls for effective dispute resolution mechanisms.

The BEPS package endorsed by the G20 Finance Ministers in October 2015 contains the report on Action 14: Making Dispute Resolution Mechanisms More Effective ("the Action 14 Report"). This report discusses the obstacles that prevent countries from resolving treaty-related disputes under the mutual agreement procedure (MAP) and recommended measures to overcome such obstacles, including a set of minimum standards ("the Action 14 minimum standard") to ensure that treaty-related disputes are resolved in a timely, effective and efficient manner.

Members of the Inclusive Framework commit to implement the Action 14 Minimum Standard and to ensure the effective implementation of the minimum standard, members also commit to have their compliance with the minimum standard reviewed and monitored by their peers.

 

Peer Review and monitoring process

In October 2016, the OECD released key documents, approved by the Inclusive Framework on BEPS, that will form the basis of the MAP peer review and monitoring process under Action 14 of the BEPS Action Plan. The peer review and monitoring process will be conducted by the Forum on Tax Administration MAP Forum in accordance with the Terms of Reference and Assessment Methodology, with all members participating on an equal footing.

• Download schedule of reviews

 

The Action 14 Minimum Standard requires members to:

1. Provide timely and complete reporting of MAP statistics based on a new MAP statistics reporting framework.
2. Publish their MAP profiles pursuant to an agreed template.

 

Stage 1 Peer Review

The peer review for the first batch of assessed jurisdictions started in December 2016 to ensure the implementation of the minimum standard to strengthen the effectiveness and efficiency of the MAP. The stage one peer review reports for the below assessed jurisdictions of the first batch as well as the optional reports on the adoption of best practices, if chosen by the assessed jurisdiction, can be accessed here:

First batch (September 2017) Belgium Canada The Netherlands Switzerland The United Kingdom The United States	Second batch (December 2017) Austria France (also available in French) Germany Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg (also available in French) Sweden	Third batch (March 2018) Czech Republic Denmark Finland Korea Norway Poland Singapore Spain
Fourth batch (August 2018) Australia Ireland Israel Japan Malta Mexico New Zealand Portugal	Fifth batch (February 2019) Estonia Greece Hungary Iceland Romania Slovak Republic Slovenia Turkey

 

Latest news

• 19/02/2019 - OECD invites taxpayer input on eighth batch of dispute resolution peer reviews
• 14/02/2019 - OECD releases fifth round of BEPS Action 14 peer review reports on improving tax dispute resolution mechanisms
• 15/11/2018 - OECD invites taxpayer input on seventh batch of Dispute Resolution peer reviews
• 10/10/2018 - OECD releases 2017 global mutual agreement procedure statistics
• 30/08/2018 - OECD releases fourth round of BEPS Action 14 peer review reports on improving tax dispute resolution mechanisms
• 26/07/2018 - OECD invites taxpayer input on sixth batch of Dispute Resolution peer reviews

 

Further information

• Find out more about the OECD's Forum on Tax Administration
• Contact us by e-mail: ctp.beps@oecd.org
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