15th Plenary Meeting of the Forum on Tax Administration
Date: 28-30 September 2022
Location: Sydney, Australia
The FTA Sydney Plenary Meeting 2022 will bring together Commissioners from advanced and emerging tax administrations from across the globe and representatives from international organisations and regional tax administration bodies. Participation is by invitation only.
More information on the event will be made available on this page in due course.
Key material
The following outputs will be released during the course of the meeting:
- Report: Tax Administration 3.0 and the Digital Identification of Taxpayers: Initial Findings
- Report: Tax Administration 3.0 and Connecting with Natural Systems: Initial Findings
- Report: Tax Administration 3.0 and Electronic Invoicing: Initial Findings
- Report: Digital Services: Supporting SMEs to Get Tax Right
- Report: Bilateral Advance Pricing Arrangement Manual
- Statement of outcomes
- Press release
Welcome message
Greetings from Bob Hamilton, FTA Chair and Chris Jordan, FTA Vice-Chair and host of the FTA Plenary 2022.
Agenda
All times in Australian Eastern Standard Time
Day 1
DAY 1: Wednesday, 28 September 2022, 09:00 to 16:00
| 09:00-13:30 | SESSION I – FUTURE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES |
| 09:00-09:20 | Official Opening and Welcome to Australia |
| 09:20-09:30 | Opening Remarks |
| 09:30-10:00 |
FTA 20th Anniversary: Reflections |
| 10:00-10:55 |
A Forward Looking Perspective: The changing Landscape as we emerge from the Pandemic – Challenges and Opportunities |
| 10:55-11:20 | COFFEE BREAK |
| 11:20-12:20 |
Future Multilateral Challenges and Opportunities |
| 12:20-13:30 | LUNCH |
| 13:30-16:00 | SESSION II – NEW PERSPECTIVES |
| 13:30-14:30 |
Breakout Groups on Emerging from COVID-19
|
| 14:30-14:55 | COFFEE BREAK |
| 14:55-15:55 | Innovations and New Ways of Working |
| 15:55-16:00 | Close of Day 1 |
| 16:30-21:30 | WELCOME RECEPTION |
Day 2
DAY 2: Thursday, 29 September 2022, 09:00 to 16:30
| 09:00-13:15 |
SESSION III – ‘ON THE FRONT BURNER’: CURRENT TAX ADMINISTRATION ISSUES |
| 09:00-09:10 |
Opening of Day 2 |
| 09:10-09:30 |
Implementation of the Two Pillar Solution to Address the Tax Challenges Arising from the Digitalisation of the Economy |
| 09:30-10:40 |
Pillar implementation: Building Capabilities For Effective Implementation
|
| 10:40-11:10 | COFFEE BREAK |
| 11:10-12:00 | Global tax transparency: Risks and Opportunities |
| 12:00-13:15 | LUNCH |
| 13:15-15:25 | SESSION IV – THE FUTURE OF TAX ADMINISTRATION |
| 13:15-13:45 | Keynote speaker |
| 13:45-14:40 | Digital transformation: Next steps in FTA collaboration |
| 14:40-15:25 | COFFEE BREAK + EXPO OF RECENT INNOVATIONS |
| 15:25-16:30 | SESSION V – CAPACITY BUILDING |
| 15:25-16:25 | FTA Capacity Building Priorities |
| 16:25-16:30 | Close of Day 2 and Introduction to Day 3 |
| 17:30-23:00 | GALA DINNER |
Day 3
DAY 3: Friday, 30 September 2022, 09:30 to 14:00
| 09:30-11:15 |
SESSION VI TRUST AND CONFIDENCE |
| 09:30-10:45 |
Trust, community confidence and reputation: Breakout Groups
|
| 10:45-11:15 | COFFEE BREAK |
| 11:15-14:00 |
SESSION VII – TAKING FORWARD THE COLLABORATIVE AGENDA |
| 11:15-11:25 | Agreement of the Statement of Outcomes |
| 11:25-12:00 | Actions and Priorities |
| 12:10-12:30 | Closing Speech |
| 12:30-12:45 | Closing remarks |
| 12:45-14:00 | FAREWELL LUNCH |
FTA innovation showcase
Plenaries provide an opportunity for Commissioners to share information with their colleagues on new tools and innovative practices in tax administration. This year, FTA members were encouraged to share pre-recorded presentations on innovations, new practices or latest developments. These presentations are available below.
Presentations
ATAF (ATAF in the New Decade)
Australia
Belgium (MyMinfinAccount)
Canada
- The Innovation Accelerator: Emerging Innovations
- Robotic Process Automation at the Canada Revenue Agency
- Innovations in Risk Assessment Data Tools
Chile (Servicio de Impuestos Internos (SII) – Innovation and new ways of working)
Denmark (The Danish Tax Agency – Innovation and new ways of working)
China (Improving Compliance with App(s) - Country Experience from China)
Finland (Finland: real-time economy and ecosystems)
France (French Ministry of Finance – Innovation and new ways of working)
Greece (Implementation of myData electronic books)
Hungary (Digital Innovations of the National Tax and Customs Administration of Hungary)
India (Use of technology in taxation)
Indonesia
- Click Call Counter (Video)
- Click Call Counter (Presentation)
Ireland (Compliance Intervention Framework)
Italy (Advance analytics and AI solutions to reduce tax gap by detecting and tackling tax evasion & frauds)
Japan (Digital Transformation of Tax Administration in Japan)
Lithuania (Customer-oriented services: Lithuanian example of improving taxpayer experience)
Malaysia (IRBM new approaches to taxpayers service)
Netherlands (Recent innovations of the Netherlands Tax Administration)
New Zealand (New Zealand's 'Right from the start' approach in practice)
Poland (PolishSAF-T)
Saudi Arabia (Zakat’s mobile app – Saudi Arabia)
Slovakia (Transition to paperless and digitalized tax administration)
South Africa
- National Command Center - SARS
- SARS PIT Modernisation Journey
- Specialized Audit Digitalization - SARS
Spain
- Mobile Debt Information, Payment and Deferral (Presentation)
- New functionalities of the App on tax collection issues (Video)
Sweden
- Applying AI to business registration
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Use of virtual reality in tax administration in-house training (Video)
Türkiye (Recent developments in Turkish Revenue Administration)
Further information
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