2023 - Forum on Tax Administration

16th Plenary Meeting of the Forum on Tax Administration

Date: 11-13 October 2023

Location: Singapore

The FTA Singapore Plenary Meeting 2023 brought together Commissioners from advanced and emerging tax administrations from across the globe and representatives from international organisations and regional tax administration bodies. Participation was by invitation only.

Key material

The following outputs were released during the course of the meeting:

Agenda

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Day 1

DAY 1: Wednesday, 11 October 2023, 09:00 to 17:00

09:00-10:45	SESSION I – INTRODUCTION
09:00-09:30	Official Opening and Welcome to Singapore
09:30-09:45	Keynote Speech Acting Minister for Transport and Senior Minister of State (SMS) for Finance, Mr Chee Hong Tat
09:45-10:45	What are you expecting to keep you awake at night Introduction by Commissioner Jérôme Fournel, FTA Vice Chair “Snowball” discussion
10:45-11:15	COFFEE BREAK
11:15-15:00	SESSION II – DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION - FROM STRATEGIES TO ACTIONS
11:15-11:50	Tax Administration 3.0: Next steps - Collaboration and Partnering Introduction by Commissioner Nina Schanke Funnemark, Norwegian Tax Administration (NTA) The view from business by Georg Geberth, Business at OECD
11:50-12:15	Collaboration in practice – Singapore’s Smart Nation Initiative Mr. Chan Cheow Hoe, Government Chief Digital Technology Officer, Smart Nation and Digital Government Office, Singapore
12:15-13:00	Strategic challenges for digital transformation Introduction by Commissioner Nina Schanke Funnemark, NTA and Commissioner Ng Wai Choong, IRAS Discussion at tables and feedback
13:00-14:15	LUNCH
14:15-15:00	Integration with taxpayers’ natural systems in practice Country presentations by: Commissioner Hernán Frigolett, Chilean Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Peter Mersi, Inland Revenue Department, New Zealand
15:00-17:00	SESSION III – CAPACITY BUILDING TOOLS: FOCUS ON HACKATHONS
15:00-15:45	Capacity building – The FTA offer Discussion led by Commissioner Angela MacDonald, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), United Kingdom
15:45-16:10	COFFEE BREAK
16:10-17:00	Hackathons – leveraging collaboration Introduction to the multilateral hackathon: o Commissioner Ng Wai Choong, IRAS o Rana Hachem-Boulahia, Adviser, OECD o Iryan Akbari, Indonesian Directorate General of Taxes Meet the hackathon teams
17:00	Close of Day 1
	WELCOME RECEPTION

Day 2

DAY 2: Thursday, 12 October 2023, 09:00 to 17:00

09:00-10:00	SESSION IV – HACKATHON
09:00-10:00	Hackathon outcomes “Elevator pitches” by each hackathon team
10:00-11:15	SESSION V - OUR PEOPLE
10:00-11:15	HR as a strategic function Introduction by Commissioner Katrin Westling Palm, Swedish Tax Agency Breakout Groups: Group 1 Gender and diversity: Understanding and addressing unconscious bias discussions introduced by: Commissioner Helena Borges, Portuguese Tax and Customs Authority Undersecretary of Corporate Management Juliano Brito da Justa Neves, Federal Revenue Service of Brazil Group 2: Driving digital transformation: Strategic core components regarding organizational culture, leadership and skills discussions introduced by: Director General Markku Heikura, Finnish Tax Administration Deputy Director-General Sezen Tas, Netherlands Tax Administration Group 3: New ways of working: longer term impacts and considerations discussions introduced by Commissioner Ieva Jaunzeme, Latvian State Revenue Service Commissioner Edward Kieswetter, South African Revenue Service
11:15-12:00	GROUP PHOTO & COFFEE BREAK
12:00-13:00	SESSION VI - FROM THE TAX ADMINISTRATION SERIES: TAX DEBT
12:00-13:00	Tax debt – Striking the right balance Trends over time: Oliver Petzold, Senior Adviser, CTPA, OECD Discussions led by: Governor Giorgios Pitsilis, Independent Authority for Public Revenue, Greece Commissioner Hitoshi Sumisawa, National Tax Agency, Japan
13:00-14:15	LUNCH
14:15-15:15	SESSION VII - RECENT INNOVATIONS
14:15-15:15	Digital transformation: Next steps in FTA collaboration Plenary Room Breakout: Chaired by Commissioner Jérôme Fournel, FTA Vice Chair Mr Wassal Almalki, Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority, Saudi Arabia Director General Virginia Muñoz Fernández, Spanish Tax Agency Deputy Commissioner Zhao Jing, State Taxation Administration, China (People’s Republic of) Breakout Group 1: Chaired by Second Commissioner Jeremy Hirschhorn, Australian Taxation Office (ATO) Commissioner Danny Werfel, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), United States Commissioner Merete Agergaard, Danish Tax Administration Ms Pragya Sahay Saksena, Member of the Central Board of Direct Taxation, India Breakout Group 2: Chaired by Governor Giorgios Pitsilis, Independent Authority for Public Revenue, Greece Commissioner Ruth Kennedy, Revenue, Irish Tax and Customs Mr Ahmet Yildirim, Head of Department of EU & Foreign Affairs, Turkish Revenue Administration Commissioner Ferenc Vágujhelyi, Hungarian Tax and Customs Administration
15:15-15:45	COFFEE BREAK
15:45-17:00	SESSION VIII - PILLAR TWO: IMPLEMENTATION
15:45-17:00	Updating each other and identifying priorities Introductory remarks by: Dr. Achim Pross, Deputy Director, CTPA, OECD Prof. Dr. Luise Hölscher, State Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Germany Giammarco Cottani, Business at OECD Discussion at tables
17:00	Close of Day 2
	GALA DINNER

Day 3

DAY 3: Friday, 13 October 2023, 09:00 to 14:00

09:00-11:30	SESSION IX - ENHANCING TRUST
09:00-10:10	Joining-up to tackle tax evasion, tax crime and other crimes Introduction by: Commissioner Jérôme Fournel, FTA Vice Chair Second Commissioner Jeremy Hirschhorn, ATO Discussion at Tables
10:10-11:30	Building trust through transparency to the public
11:30-11:50	COFFEE BREAK
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

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