17-December-2020
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Statistics on tax revenue are the foundation for analysis of tax and customs policies. Comparable and reliable statistics are critical to undertake such analysis and to develop better tax policies. The new Global Revenue Statistics Database is a major progress in providing comparable and reliable tax revenue data for a large coverage of countries from all regions of the world.
26-November-2020
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By Pascal Saint-Amans, Director, OECD Centre for Tax Policy and Administration, and Henry Peter, Head, Geneva Centre for Philanthropy
12-November-2020
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The landmark victory in the Mopani case sends a message beyond Zambia, that African tax authorities are able and confident to take on and deal with complex transfer pricing transactions.
29-October-2020
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By Elsa Pilichowski, Director of OECD Public Governance, and Pascal Saint-Amans, Director of the OECD Centre for Tax Policy and Administration.
20-October-2020
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This blog post summarises the main findings of the Economic Impact Assessment of the proposals carried out by the OECD Secretariat. This is an ‘ex ante’ assessment, which relies on a number of illustrative assumptions on proposal design and parameters, without prejudice to the final decisions of the Inclusive Framework.
1-October-2020
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by Pascal Saint-Amans, Director of the OECD Centre for Tax Policy and Administration
14-September-2020
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The report presents recommendations on how Côte d’Ivoire could improve the design of its tax system, and its health taxes in particular.
14-September-2020
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The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated that weaknesses in one country’s health sector can rapidly become a health challenge for other countries. Additionally, as countries around the world, including Côte d’Ivoire and Morocco, face the current economic and health crisis, the sense of urgency to mobilise domestic resources has increased.
3-September-2020
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While the size of fiscal packages has varied across countries, most have been significant, and some countries have taken unprecedented action. Initial government responses focused on providing income support to households and liquidity to businesses to help them stay afloat. As the crisis has continued, many countries have expanded their initial fiscal packages.
29-July-2020
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One small change can make a big difference in the fight against illicit financial flows.