18-April-2023
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Mongolia commits to start automatic exchange of financial account information by 2026
Mongolia has committed to implement the international Standard for Automatic Exchange of Financial Account Information in Tax Matters (AEOI) by 2026.
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11-April-2023
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Zimbabwe joins Global Forum as 167th member
Zimbabwe has joined the international fight against tax evasion by becoming the 167th member – and 36th African member – of the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes.
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7-April-2023
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Global Forum delivers confidentiality and data safeguards workshop for countries participating in pilot project for the wider use of treaty-exchanged information
On 30 March 2023, within the framework of the pilot project for the wider use of treaty-exchanged information for non-tax purposes under the Latin America Initiative – Punta del Este Declaration, 194 officials from tax and non-tax agencies from Argentina, Costa Rica and Paraguay attended the second module on confidentiality and data safeguards delivered by the Secretariat of the Global Forum.
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29-March-2023
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Global Forum and ATAF deliver first regional workshop on cross-border assistance in recovery of tax claims in Africa
The Global Forum Secretariat and the African Tax Administration Forum jointly delivered the first regional workshop on cross border-assistance in the recovery of tax claims, from 27 to 29 March 2023 in Kampala, Uganda, under the framework of the Global Forum’s Africa Initiative.
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28-March-2023
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Global Forum publishes seven new peer review reports on transparency and exchange of information on request
The Global Forum published today seven new peer review reports on transparency and exchange of information on request, for six of its members (Albania, the Czech Republic, Mexico, Nigeria, Saint Lucia and Togo) and one non-member, which had previously been deemed of relevance to its work on EOIR (Nicaragua).
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27-March-2023
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Global Forum and OECD support ECOWAS in improving its legal framework on tax transparency and the fight against base erosion
The Global Forum and the OECD have been assisting the Commissions of the Economic Community of West African States and the West African Economic and Monetary Union since 2020 to put in place an harmonised legal framework to strengthen the fight against tax base erosion, profit shifting, illicit financial flows and tax fraud.
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23-March-2023
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Global Forum Secretariat assists Cabo Verde in preparation of peer review on transparency and exchange of information on request
The Global Forum Secretariat is assisting Cabo Verde 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.
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20-March-2023
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Global Forum Secretariat helps Bosnia and Herzegovina prepare for peer review on transparency and exchange of information on request
The Global Forum Secretariat is assisting Bosnia and Herzegovina 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.
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17-March-2023
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Global Forum delivers first 2023 Asia Initiative training on exchange of information
Twenty-five tax officials from Armenia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, The Maldives and Thailand met in Nagpur, India, from 14 to 17 March for the first 2023 Asia Initiative training.
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15-March-2023
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Global Forum Secretariat and Asian Development Bank support Armenia in strengthening its confidentiality and data protection framework and implementing automatic exchange of information
A delegation from the Global Forum Secretariat and the Asian Development Bank visited Yerevan from 6 to 10 March 2023 to support Armenia in strengthening its confidentiality and data protection framework and implementing the Common Reporting Standard.