Information Note - Strengthening Tax Audit Capabilities: Innovative Approaches to Improve the Efficiency and Effectiveness of Indirect Income Measurement Methods

The purpose of this note is to share information concerning the strategies employed by a number of selected revenue bodies to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of indirect measurement methods used to validate and to establish taxpayers’ tax liabilities in the course of tax audit activities. The note summarises the results of a short survey conducted in selected countries on their use of indirect income measurement methods, with

Harmful Tax Practices: 2006 Update on Progress in Member Countries

The OECD's project on Harmful Tax Practices: 2006 Update on Progress in Member Countries

Tax Policy Development in Denmark, Italy, the Slovak Republic and Turkey

Tax reform is an on-going process, with tax systems continuously adopting to reflect changing economic, social and political circumstances. Over the last two decades, almost all OECD countries have undertaken structural changes in their tax system which have altered the way these systems function and their economic and social impacts. In some countries – as, for instance, many of the Eastern European economies in transition - the

Future budget pressures arising from spending on health and long-term care

Economic Outlook No. 79, Chapter 3. This special chapter addresses the following questions: How much will ageing boost public health and long-term care expenditures over the next 50 years? What other factors influence spending and how are they likely to evolve? Which role could policies play in containing future spending pressures?

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A European Definition of Shared Taxes

These documents provide a definition of shared taxes, established by the Council of Europe, agreed upon by the council of Ministers on January 19, 2006.

Information Note - Using Third Party Information Reports to Assist Taxpayers Meet their Return Filing Obligations— Country Experiences With the Use of Pre-populated Personal Tax Returns

This information note briefly describes the use of pre-populated returns that has become a feature of the personal income tax systems in countries in the Nordic region and elsewhere, particularly over the last decade or so.

Information Note - Strategies for Improving the Take-up Rates of Electronic Services

The purpose of this note is to share information concerning the strategies employed by a number of national revenue bodies to increase the take-up rates of electronic services, in particular the electronic filing of tax returns.

Information Note - Management of Email

The purpose of this note is to share information about email implementations as they affect taxpayer service delivery from a small number of national revenue bodies.

Information Note - Application Software Solutions Being Used to Support the Technical Architecture of Selected Revenue Bodies

This note summarises information provided by revenue bodies in seven OECD member countries regarding application software solutions, planned or implemented, to support revenue administration.

Manual on Effective Mutual Agreement Procedures - Index

The aim of the online manual is to make available, to both tax administrators and taxpayers in the OECD's Member countreis and non-OECD member countries, basic information and best practices regarding the Mutual Agreemetn Procedures (MAP) process. The goal is to make this information as accessible as possible and to allow users to understand the MAP process in a general but practical context.