World Bank: Survey of Corporate Tax Incentives for Green Growth
A World Bank blog published on 13 February 2025, written by Hania Kronfol, Eduardo Antonio and Jimenez Sandoval, assesses the use of corporate tax incentives to encourage environmentally friendly investment. The blog refers to a World Bank
See MoreIMF: Revenue and Spending Measures for Developing Countries to Reduce Debt Levels
An IMF Public Finance Management (PFM) Blog, written by Talal Rafi (a Director at EY Sri Lanka) and published on 27 January 2025, looked at the measures developing countries can take to reduce public debt levels. The author notes that more than 3
See MoreIMF Report Makes Tax Policy Recommendations for Japan
On 7 February 2025 the IMF published a report following discussions with Japan under Article IV of the IMF’s articles of agreement. The report notes that Japan’s economy contracted in the first half of 2024 as a result of temporary supply
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OECD releases new peer review on preferential tax regimes under BEPS Action 5
The OECD has released the latest peer review results on preferential tax regimes under BEPS Action 5 on 5 February 2025, including new conclusions on eight regimes from the December 2024 Forum on Harmful Tax Practices (FHTP) meeting. According to
See MoreWTO Working Paper: Continuing Significance of MFN Trading Terms
A WTO working paper of 15 January 2025, written by Tomasz Gonciarz and Thomas Verbeet, has the title Significance of most-favoured-nation terms in global trade: A comprehensive analysis. Under the WTO's MFN trading principle, member countries of
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IMF Working Paper: Is Tax Policy Supporting a Costly Industrial Policy in Mozambique
An IMF working paper written by Santos Bila, Utkarsh Kumar and Alexis Meyer-Cirkel with the title Is Tax Policy Costly Industrial Policy in Mozambique? Finds that tax advantages do not compensate for shortcomings in economic conditions. The
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IMF Working Paper: Strengthening Tax Governance Through Legal Design
An IMF working paper of 17 January 2025 written by L. Sofrona, C. Waerzeggers and B. Crowley with the title Strengthening Tax Governance Through Legal Design looks at tax governance in tax administration and how this can be strengthened. The
See MoreWorld Bank: Global Economic Prospects
The World Bank report Global Economic Prospects was issued in January 2025. The report notes that global growth is projected to remain steady at 2.7% in 2025/26, but this relatively low growth rate will not be sufficient to promote sustained
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IMF: Briefing on the World Economic Outlook
In the briefing on the latest World Economic Outlook on 17 January 2024, the Director of the IMF’s Research Department confirmed that global growth is projected to remain steady at 3.3% in 2025 and 2026. Globally, inflation is expected to decline
See MoreIMF Updates World Economic Outlook
On 17 January 2025 the IMF published the update to the World Economic Outlook, with the subtitle Global Growth: Divergent and Uncertain. The update notes that global growth is expected to remain stable at 3.3% in both 2025 and 2026, below the
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IMF Report looks at Australia’s Economic Position
On 23 December 2024 the IMF staff issued a report following consultations with Australia under Article IV of the IMF’s articles of agreement. Economic growth is projected increase gradually, from 1.2% in 2024 to 2.1% in 2025. Real income growth
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OECD publishes co-chairs’ update of BEPS Inclusive Framework Pillar One
The OECD released a statement from the co-chairs of the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on BEPS on 13 January 2025. This update highlights the progress made toward finalising Pillar One of the two-pillar solution, designed to address the tax
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OECD releases Mutual agreement procedure (MAP), advance pricing agreement (APA) statistics for 2023
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) published the 2023 Mutual Agreement Procedure (MAP) Statistics and Advance Pricing Agreement (APA) Statistics on 15 November 2024. The OECD also presented MAP and APA awards to tax
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OECD publishes tax administration report 2024
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has released the report Tax Administration 2024, which provides comparative insights into the tax systems and administrations of 58 OECD member countries and other advanced and
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UN: Resolution on Negotiating Committee for Framework Convention for International Tax Cooperation
On 14 October 2024 a Resolution was drafted by Nigeria on behalf of the Africa group at the UN, to adopt the terms of reference for the UN Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation. The draft Resolution referred to the work of the Ad Hoc
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OECD presents Secretary-General Tax Report to G20 finance ministers, central bank governors
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has released the OECD Secretary-General Tax Report (G20 Brazil, October 2024), which was presented to the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors at their meeting in
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IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings: Regional Economic Outlook – Europe
On 23 October 2024 the IMF launched the latest issue of the Regional Economic Outlook for Europe. Europe’s economic recovery is continuing after a strong response to the recent crises. However, the recovery is falling short of Europe’s full
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OECD launches second BEPS Action 5 review, releases initial BEPS Action 14 peer reviews
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) announced a second series of peer reviews for BEPS Action 5 and released the initial two batches of BEPS Action 14 peer reviews. These are part of the streamlined mutual agreement
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