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Enhancing International Tax Transparency on Real Estate - OECD Report to G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors

New African voices help amplify international efforts for tax transparency

Launched today during the 13th Meeting of the Africa Initiative, Tax Transparency in Africa 2023 presents African countries’ latest advances in tackling the major issue of tax evasion and other illicit financial flows through transparency and exchange of information for tax purposes. Co-produced by the Global Forum, the African Union Commission and the African Tax Administration Forum, the report covers 38 African countries.

Latin American countries make headway on transparency and exchange of information for tax purposes, with margin for improvements

Published today during the 8th meeting of the Punta del Este Declaration Initiative held in Asunción, Paraguay, Tax Transparency in Latin America 2023 presents the latest progress achieved by 16 Latin American countries in tackling tax evasion and other illicit financial flows (IFFs) through transparency and exchange of information (EOI) for tax purposes.

Global Forum Secretariat and Asian Development Bank help Cambodia prepare for second round peer review on the exchange of information on request standard

The Secretariat of the Global Forum and the Asian Development Bank are assisting Cambodia in preparing for its peer review aimed at assessing the country’s compliance with the international standard of transparency and exchange of information on request.

Global Forum Secretariat launches new guidance on implementing secure systems for the automatic exchange of information

The Secretariat of the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information (Global Forum) has developed a new Guidance for implementation of a secure perimeter for automatic exchange of information purposes – a tactical approach on confidentiality and data safeguards for developing countries.

International Standards for Automatic Exchange of Information in Tax Matters - Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework and 2023 update to the Common Reporting Standard

Global Forum Secretariat assists members to ensure the effective implementation of automatic exchange of financial account information

To further assist jurisdictions committed to automatic exchange to implement their compliance strategies, the Global Forum Secretariat launched today the Methodology for implementation of the risk based approach to administrative compliance and risk matrices, that jurisdictions can use to develop or improve their own risk assessment approach.

Global Forum Secretariat and ATAF deliver seminar on automatic exchange of financial account information for Kenyan tax officials

The Secretariat of the Global Forum facilitated a virtual seminar on automatic exchange of financial account information from 22 to 26 May 2023 for officials from Kenya Revenue Authority.

Study Group on Asia-Pacific Tax Administration and Research and Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank join global fight against tax evasion as Global Forum's 22nd and 23rd observers

The Study Group on Asia-Pacific Tax Administration and Research (SGATAR) and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) have joined the global fight against tax evasion by becoming the 22nd and 23rd observers of the Global Forum respectively.

Global Forum members’ Competent Authorities meet in Tbilisi for their annual experience-sharing conference

The 10th Global Forum Competent Authorities Conference was kindly hosted by the Georgia Revenue Service on 15 and 16 May 2023 in Tbilisi. The event brought together 160 participants from 77 jurisdictions.