OECD announces final package of BEPS measures
On 5 October 2015 the OECD presented the final package of measures resulting from the action plan on base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS). The package of measures based on the fifteen action points is to be presented to the G20 Finance Ministers
See MoreOECD to release final BEPS package on 5 October 2015
The OECD has announced that it is to release the final package of measures to tackle base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) on 5 October 2015. The final package will result from the BEPS action plan which set out 15 actions targeting key areas in
See MoreOECD: Improving cooperation between tax and money laundering authorities
On 18 September 2015 the OECD launched a report dealing with the issue of access by tax administrations to information held by government units dealing with financial intelligence. This publication looks at measures to increase a whole of government
See MoreOECD Issues Policy Framework for Investment
The 2015 edition of the OECD publication Policy Framework for Investment published on the OECD on its website on 14 September 2015 provides guidance on improving the environment for investment in a number of fields of policy. The publication
See MoreOECD: Taxation of Small and Medium Enterprises
The OECD has issued a publication on the taxation of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in OECD and G20 countries. The report examines tax policy and administration in relation to SMEs, noting that these firms generally represent more than 95% of
See MoreWTO Public Forum to discuss how to make trade work
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) Public Forum for 2015 is to be held from 30 September to 2 October 2015. The Forum will include a high-level plenary debate on “Making Trade Work More Inclusively” looking at the contribution of trade to
See MoreOECD Issues Tax Administration Report for 2015
The OECD issued the Tax Administration 2015 report on 11 August 2015. This report contains data from a survey of 56 tax administrations in industrialized and emerging economies and analyses the latest trends and best practice within tax
See MoreOECD issues new guidance on disclosure requirements and information exchange
On 7 August 2015 the OECD issued three guidance documents for tax administrations to help them in their fight against tax evasion. These are the Common Reporting Standard Implementation Handbook; a second edition of the Offshore Voluntary
See MoreOECD publishes analysis of taxes on energy use
On 25 June 2015 the OECD published “Taxing Energy 2015 – OECD and Selected Partner Economies”. This analyses energy use in the 34 OECD countries and in Argentina, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Russia and South Africa. For the purpose of the
See MoreOECD issues progress report on BEPS project
The OECD held a webcast on 8 June 2015 to provide another update on progress on the action plan on base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS). Roadmap to delivery A roadmap was provided for delivery of the project. The working parties are currently
See MoreOECD/ G20 action plan on BEPS supported by G7 summit
The Leaders’ Declaration issued at the end of the G7 summit on 8 June 2015 reaffirmed the commitment of the G7 leaders to finalizing the recommendations of the OECD/ G20 action plan on base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) by the end of 2015.
See MoreOECD issues implementation package on country by country reporting
On 8 June 2015 the OECD released a package of measures for implementing the country by country reporting plan proposed as part of the OECD/ G20 action plan on base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS). This package is issued as part of Action 13 of
See MoreOECD issues discussion draft on transfer pricing for hard-to-value intangibles
On 4 June 2015 the OECD issued a further discussion draft in connection with Action 8 of the action plan on base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS). Action 8 is concerned with assuring that transfer pricing outcomes for intangibles are in line with
See MoreOECD: Seven more countries agree to automatic exchange of information
Seven more countries have agreed to sign up to the OECD/G20 standard on the exchange of tax information. The latest countries to join are Australia, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, India, Indonesia and New Zealand. A total of 61 jurisdictions have now
See MoreOECD Publishes Economic Survey of Slovenia for 2015
The OECD has published its Economic Survey of Slovenia for 2015. The survey notes that in pursuit of fiscal consolidation Slovenia has increased value added tax (VAT) and raised excise duties on alcohol, tobacco and fuel. The automatic indexation of
See MoreOECD Convenes Group to Develop Multilateral Instrument
The OECD announced on 28 May 2015 that it has begun work on developing a Multilateral Instrument that will implement the tax treaty-related output of the OECD/ G20 action plan on base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS). An ad hoc group has been
See MoreOECD issues new discussion draft on prevention of treaty abuse
On 22 May 2015 the OECD issued a new discussion draft on Action 6 of the action plan on base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) dealing with the issue of preventing tax treaty abuse. This follows the release of a previous discussion draft on this
See MoreOECD publishes comments received on BEPS action 11
On 13 May 2015 the OECD published on its website comments received on the discussion draft on base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) action plan Action 11 (Improving the analysis of BEPS). Comments were received from 20 organizations and
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