Posts by Peter Hann

EU: Pressure on member states to revise CBI/RBI schemes

April 6, 2022

Recently there has been increased pressure on European Union (EU) member states to scale back their schemes offering citizenship or...

IMF: Untapped Revenue Potential of Personal Income Tax

April 2, 2022

An IMF blog post of 24 March 2022 considers the potential for developing countries to raise more revenue from the...

IMF Report Looks at the Economic Situation in Greece

April 1, 2022

On 31 March 2022 the IMF published a report following discussions with Greece under Article IV of the IMF’s articles...

UK: Spring Statement 2022

March 31, 2022

The UK’s Spring Statement 2022 was delivered on 23 March 2022. National insurance contributions            From July 2022 the annual National...

IMF issues Report on the Economy of Cyprus

March 30, 2022

On 29 March 2022 the IMF published a report on the economic situation of Cyprus, following discussions under Article IV...

OECD: IT Format for Exchanging Information on Online Sellers

March 29, 2022

On 29 March 2022 the OECD published a specialized IT format for use by digital platforms when submitting tax information...

WTO: Trade Review of UAE

March 25, 2022

From 22 to 24 March 2022 the World Trade Organisation (WTO) conducted a review of the trade policies and practices...

OECD: Strengthening African Tax Administrations to Increase Revenue from Mining

March 24, 2022

On 23 March 2022 a blog post by the training unit of the OECD, the African Tax Administration Forum (ATAF)...

OECD: Public Consultation on Tax Transparency Framework for Crypto-Assets

March 23, 2022

On 22 March 2022 the OECD published a consultation document in relation to a global tax transparency framework for reporting...

OECD: Fourth Peer Review Report on Prevention of Tax Treaty Abuse

March 22, 2022

On 21 March 2022 the OECD released the fourth peer review report on tax treaty abuse under Action 6 of...

IMF: Report Considers Israel’s Economic Situation

March 21, 2022

On 21 March 2022 the IMF published a report on Israel following discussions under Article IV of the IMF’s articles...

UK: Spring Statement to be announced on 23 March

March 20, 2022

The Chancellor of the Exchequer will deliver the Spring Statement on 23 March 2022. The Spring Statement is normally a...

IMF Report on Armenia’s Economic Situation

March 18, 2022

On 17 March 2022 the IMF published a report following discussions with Armenia in relation to the sixth and final...

OECD: Tax Administration Capacity Building in Relation to the Mining Sector in Latin America

March 17, 2022

On 15 March 2022 the OECD published a blog post on its website commenting on the importance of capacity building...

OECD: Request for Public Input on the Implementation Framework for the Global Minimum Tax

March 16, 2022

On 14 March 2022 the OECD issued a request for public input on the implementation framework for the global minimum...

OECD: Taxation of Part Time Work

March 15, 2022

On 14 March 2022 the OECD published on their website a working paper entitled Taxation of Part-time Work in the...

IMF Report Considers the Economic Situation in Luxembourg

March 11, 2022

On 11 March 2022 the IMF published a report following discussions with Luxembourg under Article IV of the IMF’s articles...

OECD: VAT Digital Toolkit for Asia-Pacific

March 10, 2022

On 10 March 2022 the OECD published the VAT Digital Toolkit for Asia-Pacific. The Toolkit, which was produced by the...