Posts by Peter Hann

IMF: Speech by the IMF Managing Director at the 2024 Annual Meetings Plenary

October 25, 2024

On 25 October 2024 the IMF Managing Director, Kristalina Georgieva, spoke at the 2024 Annual Meetings Plenary. The Managing Director...

UN: Resolution on Negotiating Committee for Framework Convention for International Tax Cooperation

October 25, 2024

On 14 October 2024 a Resolution was drafted by Nigeria on behalf of the Africa group at the UN, to...

IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings: Regional Economic Outlook – Europe

October 24, 2024

On 23 October 2024 the IMF launched the latest issue of the Regional Economic Outlook for Europe. Europe’s economic recovery...

IMF/World Bank Annual Meetings: World Economic Outlook

October 24, 2024

The October 2024 update of the World Economic Outlook was launched during the IMF/World Bank annual meetings. The report notes...

IMF and World Bank Group Annual Meetings: Fiscal Monitor Press Briefing

October 23, 2024

On 23 October 2024 the IMF held a press briefing on the launch of the latest issue of the Fiscal...

UN Tax Committee: Indirect Tax Issues

October 23, 2024

On 18 October 2024 the subcommittee on indirect tax issues presented a series of papers on VAT guidance for developing...

UN Tax Committee: Tax, Trade and Investment Agreements

October 22, 2024

On 17 October the UN Tax Committee discussed issues around the interaction of tax, trade and investment agreements. Guidance on...

WTO: Global Trade Outlook and Statistics

October 22, 2024

In October 2024 the WTO published the latest Global Trade Outlook and Statistics. In the latest issue the WTO has...

IMF: Opening speech at the IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings

October 21, 2024

On 21 October 2024 the IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva delivered the opening speech at the IMF and World Bank...

UN Tax Committee: Environmental Taxation

October 20, 2024

On 16 October 2024 the UN Tax Committee discussed environmental tax issues. The environmental taxation subcommittee presented some papers to...

UN Tax Committee: Issues in Extractive Industries Taxation

October 19, 2024

On 15 October 2024 the UN Tax Committee discussed developments in their work on extractive industries taxation. The work of...

UN Tax Committee: Wealth and Solidarity Taxes

October 19, 2024

On 16 October 2024 the UN Tax Committee discussed progress in the work on wealth and solidarity taxes. The work...

UN Tax Committee: Progress on Handbook on Health Taxes

October 19, 2024

On 18 October 2024 the UN Tax Committee held a first discussion on some new chapters of the Handbook on...

UN Tax Committee: Transfer Pricing Issues

October 19, 2024

On 16 October 2024 the UN Tax Committee discussed transfer pricing issues. The transfer pricing subcommittee presented for approval a...

OECD: Tax Arbitrage Through Closely Held Businesses

October 12, 2024

On 7 October 2024 the OECD published a taxation working paper with the title Tax arbitrage through closely held businesses:...

OECD: Latest Edition of Tax Policy Reforms

September 30, 2024

On 30 September 2024 the OECD published the latest edition of Tax Policy Reforms: OECD and Selected Partner Economies. This...

OECD Policy Brief Examines Incentives for Innovation

September 18, 2024

An OECD Policy Brief of 17 September 2024 examined government support for innovation and how this can be directed towards...

OECD: Report on Simplified Peer Review of Egypt under BEPS Action 14

September 17, 2024

On 16 September 2024 the OECD published the simplified peer review report on Egypt under Action 14 of the project...