16-February-2022
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On 16 February 2022, 49 participants, among whom 15 tax commissioners and deputy commissioners from 18 Asian members of the Global Forum and three development partners, came together for the first meeting of the Asia Initiative. The high-level meeting was held by videoconference and chaired by Mr Suryo Utomo, Director General of the Directorate General of Taxes of Indonesia.
3-February-2022
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The 2022 Global Forum Capacity Building Report published today highlights ten years of successful capacity-building activities to support the global implementation of the two international standards on exchange of information on request and automatic exchange of financial account information. The report also provides an update on the Global Forum’s capacity-building programme and outreach activities carried out in 2021.
3-February-2022
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The 2022 Capacity Building Report highlights ten years of progress and provides an update on the Global Forum’s capacity-building programme and outreach activities carried out in 2021.
21-January-2022
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On 21 January 2022, Switzerland, Tunisia and the Global Forum Secretariat launched a pilot project to assist Tunisia in the implementation of the Standard for Automatic Exchange of Financial Account Information in Tax Matters (AEOI) during a high-level virtual meeting.
5-January-2022
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Tunisia has committed to implement the international Standard for Automatic Exchange of Financial Account Information in Tax Matters (AEOI) by 2024. This commitment makes Tunisia the 121st Global Forum member to commit to start AEOI by a specific date, and the tenth African country to do so.
14-December-2021
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Today, the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on BEPS is releasing the 2020 peer review assessments of 131 jurisdictions in relation to the spontaneous exchanges of information on tax rulings.
3-December-2021
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The Global Forum Secretariat organised a workshop on the effectiveness review process with a focus on ensuring compliance by financial institutions in relation to the Automatic Exchange of Financial Account Information. Held virtually on 1-2 December 2021, it was attended by over 420 participants from 84 jurisdictions.
30-November-2021
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After it recent adhesion to the Global Forum, Algeria just added its voice to the Yaoundé Declaration, an important African initiative for transparency and exchange of information for tax purposes.
25-November-2021
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The Global Forum published today a new peer review report on transparency and exchange of information on request for Kenya, and three first-time reviews for Côte d’Ivoire, Moldova and Tanzania.
17-November-2021
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In the three-day 2021 Global Forum plenary meeting, ministers, high-level authorities and delegates from about 130 member jurisdictions will take stock of the progress made on multilateral co-operation in transparency and exchange of information for tax purposes and discuss the future direction of the Global Forum.