Posts by Peter Hann

OECD: Presentation of the Side by Side Rules

January 16, 2026

On 13 January 2026 the OECD held a webinar to discuss the side-by-side arrangements issued earlier in the month. The...

OECD: Side by Side Arrangement on Global Minimum Tax

January 8, 2026

On 5 January 2026 the OECD issued a document with the title Tax Challenges Arising from the Digitalisation of the...

WTO: Updated Global Trade Outlook

December 31, 2025

The October 2025 update of the Global Trade Outlook and Statistics noted that the WTO forecast for world merchandise trade...

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World Bank: How behavioural science can help with tax compliance

December 29, 2025

A World Bank blog by J. Karver published on 9 October 2025 looked at ways in which behavioural science can...

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World Bank: Impact of tax and spending measures on women

December 28, 2025

A World Bank policy research working paper with the title Mapping the Gender Dimension in Taxation and Budgeting: A Cross-Country...

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World Bank: Impact of non-tariff measures on global trade

December 27, 2025

A World Bank research paper with the title It’s Not (Just) the Tariffs: Rethinking Non-Tariff Measures in a Fragmented Global...

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World Bank: Data-driven policies can transform tax compliance

December 27, 2025

An event held at the World Bank Group Office in Rome from 1 to 5 December 2025 was attended by...

UN: Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee continues discussions on Framework Convention 

December 23, 2025

The Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) on the UN Framework Convention met in Nairobi for further discussions from 10th to 19th...

IMF: How Partnership Underpins Revenue Mobilisation

December 22, 2025

The IMF/World Bank annual meetings were held from 13 to 18 October 2025. On 15 October 2025 a capacity development...

IMF: Taxing for Take-Off

December 22, 2025

At the IMF annual meetings from 13 to 18 October 2025, an Analytical Corner introduced by Matthieu Bellon and Ross...

IMF: Revolutionizing Public Finance Operations through Digitalization

December 22, 2025

During the IMF/World Bank annual meetings in October 2025, a panel discussion was held on 17 October 2025 on digitalisation....

UN: 31st Session of Committee of Experts on Tax Cooperation

December 22, 2025

The UN Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters held its 31st session from 21 to 24 October...

World Bank: Analysis of Tax Data to Understand Job Creation

September 27, 2025

A World Bank blog on 16 September 2025 looked at how administrative data drawn from tax returns can reveal information...

UN Tax Committee: Report on Environmental Taxation

March 29, 2025

On 25 March 2025 the Subcommittee on Environmental Taxation submitted its final report to the UN Tax Committee, including an...

UN Tax Committee: Guidance on Indirect Taxes

March 28, 2025

At the meeting of the UN Tax Committee on 27 March 2025 the subcommittee dealing with indirect taxation matters put...

UN Tax Committee: Extractive Industries Taxation

March 27, 2025

On 25 March 2025 the Subcommittee on the Extractive Industries taxation presented to the UN Tax Committee a draft supplement...

UN Tax Committee: Transfer Pricing Subcommittee Discusses Future Guidance

March 26, 2025

On 26 March 2025 the UN Tax Committee discussed their transfer pricing work. Since the previous session of the Committee,...

UN: New Article 12AA on Taxation of Services Presented for Approval

March 25, 2025

The 30th session of the UN Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters is being held from 24...