26-May-2021
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African tax administrations adapted swiftly to challenging circumstances in 2020 and managed to advance the tax transparency agenda on the continent. Members of the Africa Initiative expanded their EOI networks and the amount of exchange of information requests they sent increased more than thirteenfold since the start of the Initiative in 2014. For the first time, African countries sent more requests than they received.
30-April-2021
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This brochure highlights the key areas of work of the OECD’s Centre for Tax Policy and Administration and the various groups that it serves.
15-December-2020
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9-December-2020
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2-October-2020
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The Africa Initiative’s 8th annual meeting brought together more than 150 participants from 27 African countries and 20 organisations. Representatives reflected on current challenges faced by administrations and highlighted the importance of exchange of information (EOI) and other forms of administrative co-operation in supporting domestic resource mobilisation in these challenging times.
29-July-2020
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One small change can make a big difference in the fight against illicit financial flows.
16-July-2020
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On 16 July, Oman took another step towards BEPS implementation by signing the Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement on the Exchange of Country-by-Country Reports — becoming the 86th jurisdiction to do so. For more information, visit: http://oe.cd/cbcr
19-March-2020
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Comprised of 34 Global Forum members, the Automatic Exchange of Information Peer Review Group (APRG) held its first meeting on 16-18 March 2020 to discuss key issues in ensuring that jurisdictions are putting in place what is required to deliver an effective AEOI Standard, as well as how the recent developments in relation to Covid-19 might impact expectations.
4-March-2020
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Domestic resource mobilisation is a priority as a means to increase national capacity to finance the SDGs. Taxes are already the largest single source of financing, and have the potential for growth. As while the average level of taxes in developing countries remains low, countries have shown capacity to expand their revenues.
25-February-2020
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This document contains the structure of the TRACE XML Schema, as well as a User Guide, as approved by the Committee on Fiscal Affairs in February 2020. It provides guidance on the standardised electronic format to be used for reporting TRACE-related information by financial institutions to tax administrations and for the exchange of information between tax administrations.