Posts by Peter Hann

WTO: Director General Outlines Initiatives for Responsible and Sustainable Trade

February 1, 2022

On 28 January 2022 the Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) gave a keynote speech at a conference...

IMF: Report Looks at Japan’s Economic Position

January 31, 2022

On 27 January 2022 the IMF issued a report on Japan’s economy following consultations under Article IV of the IMF’s...

Switzerland: Review of international financial and tax developments in 2021

January 29, 2022

On 25 January 2022 Switzerland’s State Secretariat for International Financial Matters published its summary for 2021 entitled: Swiss financial and...

OECD: Second Stage Peer Review of Guernsey under BEPS Action 14

January 28, 2022

On 24 January 2022 the OECD issued the stage 2 peer review report assessing Guernsey’s compliance with the minimum standard...

OECD: Stage Two Peer Review Report on Jersey under BEPS Action 14

January 27, 2022

On 24 January 2022 the OECD’s Inclusive Framework published the stage 2 peer review report on Jersey’s compliance with the...

OECD: Stage Two Peer Review Report on Serbia under BEPS Action 14

January 25, 2022

On 24 January 2022 the OECD’s Inclusive Framework released the stage 2 peer review report on Serbia’s compliance with the...

OECD releases latest edition of the Transfer Pricing Guidelines

January 24, 2022

On 20 January 2022 the OECD released the 2022 edition of the OECD Transfer Pricing Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and...

IMF: Report on the Economy of Hong Kong SAR

January 22, 2022

On 20 January 2022 the IMF published a report on the economy of Hong Kong SAR (China) following discussions under...

UK: Statistics on Venture Capital Trusts

January 21, 2022

On 21 January 2022 the UK released statistics on Venture Capital Trust (VCT) tax relief for the year 2020/2021. The...

OECD: Tax Treatment of Overseas Development Assistance

January 20, 2022

On 20 January 2022 the OECD announced the launch of a digital hub to bring increased transparency to the taxation...

UK: Consultation on Technical Guidance on Uncertain Tax Treatment

January 19, 2022

On 18 January 2022 the UK launched a consultation on the technical guidance in relation to the legislation on uncertain...

WTO: Five Aims for the WTO Member Countries in 2022

January 18, 2022

A blog post on 10 January 2022 from the WTO Deputy Director General Ms Gonzalez looked at five important tasks...

Slovak Republic: OECD considers reforms to strengthen the recovery and future growth

January 17, 2022

On 13 January 2022 the latest OECD Economic Survey of the Slovak Republic was issued. The report notes that Slovakia’s...

OECD: Measuring the Effective Taxation of Housing

January 17, 2022

An OECD Working Paper published on 14 January 2022 is entitled Measuring Effective Taxation of Housing: Building the Foundations for...

OECD: Revisiting Alcohol Prices for Healthier Lives

January 16, 2022

An OECD blog post of 13 January 2022 is entitled Revisiting Alcohol Pricing Policies for Healthier Lives. The blog post...

UK: Consultation on Implementing the Global Minimum Tax

January 13, 2022

On 11 January 2022 the UK launched a consultation on the implementation in the UK of the OECD agreement on...

IMF: Report Examines the Economy of Mozambique

January 9, 2022

On 21 December 2021 the IMF issued a report following discussions with Mozambique under Article IV of the IMF’s articles...

IMF: Report Looks At Jordan’s Fiscal Position

January 9, 2022

On 20 December 2021 the IMF released a report following the third review under Jordan’s extended arrangement. The report noted...