Posts by Peter Hann

IMF Report and Press Briefing Assess the Economy of Saudi Arabia

August 18, 2022

On 17 August 2022, the IMF published a report following consultations with Saudi Arabia under Article IV of the IMF’s...

OECD: Peer Review Report on Tax Transparency in Finland

August 18, 2022

On 16 August 2022 the Global Forum for Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes released a second round...

OECD: Peer Review Report on Tax Transparency in Sweden

August 18, 2022

On 16 August 2022 the Global Forum for Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes released a second round...

OECD: Peer Review Report on Tax Transparency in Portugal

August 17, 2022

On 16 August 2022 the Global Forum for Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes released a second round...

OECD: Peer Review Report on Tax Transparency in Poland

August 16, 2022

On 16 August 2022 the Global Forum for Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes released a second round...

Australia: GST treatment of financial supplies

August 15, 2022

On 10 August 2022 the ATO opened a consultation on a draft update to Taxation Ruling No. GSTR 2002/2DC1, on...

Australia: Consultation on Multinational Tax Integrity and Tax Transparency

August 13, 2022

A consultation launched by the Australian government on 5 August 2022 sets out measures that would help to address tax...

Canada: Consultation on Strengthening the General Anti-Avoidance Rule

August 11, 2022

On 9 August 2022 the Canadian government published a consultation paper on strengthening the general anti-avoidance rule (GAAR). Comments are...

UK: Capital gains tax statistics

August 9, 2022

On 5 August 2021 the UK released the latest annual statistics for capital gains tax (CGT) collections. The statistics are...

WTO: Latest Issue of World Tariff Profiles

August 8, 2022

On 29 July 2022 the World Trade Organization (WTO) issued the latest edition of its annual publication World Tariff Profiles....

IMF Report makes Policy Recommendations to Italy

August 2, 2022

On 27 July 2022, the IMF issued a report following the conclusion of discussions with Italy under Article IV of...

UK: Small Business Attitudes to the Single Trade Window

July 31, 2022

On 21 July 2022 the UK government published research on the attitude of small business to the proposed single trade...

UK: Consultation on Single Trade Window

July 28, 2022

On 21 July 2022 the UK government published a consultation document inviting comments on the design of a single trade...

UK: Summary of Responses to Consultation on Customs Improvements

July 28, 2022

On 25 July 2022 the UK published a summary of responses to the call for evidence on improvements to the...

UK: Responses to Consultation on Reporting Rules for Digital Platforms

July 22, 2022

On 20 July 2022 the UK government published a summary of responses to the consultation on the reporting rules for...

UK: Mid-Size Business Customer Survey 2021

July 20, 2022

On 18 July 2022 HMRC published the mid-sized Business Customer Survey for 2021. HMRC has commissioned a mid-sized Business Customer...

UK: Research into Value of Low-Risk Status to Businesses

July 20, 2022

On 19 July 2022 HMRC published the results of research conducted into the value of Low-Risk status to large businesses....

UK: Large Business Customer Survey for 2020

July 19, 2022

On 19 July 2022 HMRC published the results of the Large Business Customer Survey for 2020. HMRC commissions the Large...