Tuesday 27 March 2018 at 12h30 p.m (Santiago time)

Venue: ECLAC Headquarters - Santiago, Chile

 

The OECD will launch the seventh edition of its tax policy publication Revenue Statistics in Latin America and the Caribbean during the 30^th Regional Seminar on Fiscal Policy organised by the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). OECD officials Angel Melguizo and Michelle Harding will present the report on 27 March at 12h30 p.m. Santiago time.

This year’s report provides an overview of the main taxation trends from 1990 to 2016 in 25 Latin American and Caribbean economies, including Guyana for the first time. This edition includes two special features. The first identifies trends in the fiscal revenues from non-renewable natural resources for 12 commodity-exporting countries in the LAC region in 2016 and 2017. The second examines income taxes in selected countries in Latin America over the last seven decades.

 

Revenue Statistics in Latin America and the Caribbean is a joint publication by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Centre for Tax Policy and Administration, the OECD Development Centre, the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the Inter-American Center of Tax Administrations (CIAT) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). Its approach is based on the OECD Revenue Statistics database methodology which provides internationally comparable data on tax levels and tax structures.

 

Revenue Statistics in Latin America and the Caribbean 2018 will be under embargo until Tuesday 27 March, 12:30 p.m (Santiago time). Advance copies will be available the day before release, in both English and Spanish.

 

Requests for advance copies or interviews should be directed to Bochra Kriout (tel: +33 145 24 82 96) or Carrie Tyler (+33 145 24 98 17).

 

In asking to receive copies under embargo, journalists undertake to respect the OECD’s embargo procedures.

 

Follow the launch on Twitter: #RevStatsLatam

 

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