Working Paper 10: Finding the Dividing Line between Tax Sharing and Grants: A Statistical Investigation

Tax sharing and intergovernmental grants are two sub-central funding arrangements that are often difficult to disentangle. The dividing line is not drawn uniformly across OECD countries or across time, and rules established in National Accounts, Revenue Statistics and others give incomplete guidance. Moreover, tax sharing arrangements may differ according to how tax revenue is distributed across individual jurisdictions. In order to

Also Available

Economic Survey of Italy 2009: The impact of the crisis and the potential for fiscal stimulus

Italy is suffering a serious economic recession, which started earlier than elsewhere but has now accelerated following the downturn elsewhere and collapse in world trade.

Working Paper 9: The Fiscal Autonomy of Sub-Central Governments: An Update

This paper describes the progress that has been made since 2006 in establishing statistical databases on tax autonomy and intergovernmental grants, aiming to better understand sub-central finance and intergovernmental fiscal relations. The paper is divided into two parts: a first part on taxing power of sub-central governments, and a second part on intergovernmental grants. Some of the work presented here is an update of earlier

Also Available

OECD holds Consultation with Business on Transfer Pricing Aspects of Business Restructurings

On 9-10 June 2009, the OECD held a consultation with business commentators on its discussion draft on the transfer pricing aspects of business restructurings which was released for public comment in September 2008.

Public comments on Reports Relating to Claims for Treaty Benefits by Portfolio Investors

Public comments on Reports Relating to Claims for Treaty Benefits by Portfolio Investors.

Agreement between the United Kingdom and Liechtenstein on the exchange of information with respect to taxes

Agreement between the United Kingdom and Liechtenstein on the exchange of information with respect to taxes

Bermuda signs tax information accord with the Netherlands

Bermuda and the Netherlands today signed a bilateral agreement for the exchange of information for tax purposes, bringing to 12 the number of such agreements Bemuda has entered into.

Agreement between the Kingdom of the Netherlands and Bermuda on the exchange of information with respect to taxes

Bermuda and The Netherlands have today signed a bilateral agreement for exchange of information for tax purposes.

Recovering VAT/GST incurred abroad: Survey

The OECD has today launched a new survey into the VAT “lost” by businesses due to the difficulties of recovering tax incurred in countries other than their own.

Recommendation of the council on Tax measures for Further Combating Bribery of Foreign Public officials in International Business Transactions

The OECD Council adopted on 25 May 2009 a new Recommendation to strengthen the role of tax authorties in the combat against bribery that succeeds to the 1996 Recommendation.