Posts by Peter Hann

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

September 17, 2024

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

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

September 17, 2024

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

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

September 17, 2024

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

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

September 17, 2024

On 16 September 2024 the simplified peer review report on Lithuania was issued under Action 14 of the project on...

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

September 17, 2024

Under Action 14 of the OECD project on base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS), members of the OECD Inclusive Framework...

United Kingdom: NAO Report on Tax Evasion in the Retail Sector

September 14, 2024

On 9 September 2024 the National Audit Office (NAO) issued a report on tackling tax evasion in high street and...

OECD: Further Reviews of Harmful Tax Practices

September 14, 2024

On 27 August 2024 the OECD released an update on the reviews by the Forum on Harmful Tax Practices of...

IMF Report Looks at Ukraine’s Economy

September 11, 2024

On 10 September 2024 the IMF and the Ukrainian authorities reached agreement on the Fifth Review of the four-year Extended...

IMF Working Paper: Advancing Labour Market Reforms in Korea

September 9, 2024

An IMF Working Paper of 23 August 2024 written by Stella Tam and Xin Cindy Xu looks at ways of...

IMF Report on Latvia Makes Tax Recommendations

September 6, 2024

On 5 September 2024 the IMF issued a report following discussions with Latvia under Article IV of the IMF’s articles...

OECD: Economic Survey of Malaysia

September 6, 2024

On 27 August 2024 the OECD published its latest Economic Survey of Malaysia. The survey notes that Malaysia’s economy has...

IMF: Increased Research and Development Spending is not Boosting US productivity

September 3, 2024

An article in the IMF’s Finance and Development Magazine for September 2024 by Ufuk Akcigit, the Arnold C. Harberger Professor...

UK: Statistics on Creative Industries Tax Relief

August 31, 2024

On 29 August 2024 HMRC published updated statistics for creative industries tax relief for 2022/23. The statistics relate to the...

IMF Report on Turkey Recommends Tax Changes

August 28, 2024

On 28 August 2024 the IMF issued a report following discussions with Turkey under Article IV of the IMF’s articles...

IMF: Tax Policy Can Limit Carbon Emissions from AI and Crypto

August 28, 2024

An IMF blog of 15 August 2024, written by Shafik Hebous and Nate Vernon-Lin, indicated that tax policy can be...

WTO: World Trade Statistics 2023

August 25, 2024

On 31 July 2024 the WTO launched a new online interactive tool, World Trade Statistics 2023. The interactive tool includes...

UN: Terms of Reference on Framework Convention for Tax Cooperation

August 19, 2024

At the second session of the Ad Hoc Committee to Draft Terms of Reference for a United Nations Framework Convention...

WTO: World Tariff Profiles 2024

August 15, 2024

On 25 July 2024 the WTO published World Tariff Profiles 2024, which sets out information on tariffs and non-tariff measures...