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18 May Weekly Round-Up

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The 18 May edition of the ITICnet.org Weekly Round-Up featured the following stories:

  • UN Committee of Experts Releases Draft Chapters for Cross-Border Tax Dispute Resolution Handbook (via MNETax.com)
  • UNCTAD’s Technology and Innovation Report 2018
  • New IMF Working Paper on Tax Policy Measures
  • EC and OECD Digital Tax Proposals: A Closer Look (via TPweek.com)
  • IMF Concludes Article IV Consultation with Singapore
  • UAE Joins BEPS Framework
  • IMF Deputy Managing Director Visits Uzbekistan
  • Income Tax Updates in India (via EY.com)

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This week, we featured stories on:

  • UNCTAD's "E-Commerce Week"
  • The new UNCTAD Policy Brief on "Digitalization and Trade"
  • An update on GST in India by ITIC Advisor Sumit Majumder
  • PwC's latest Tax Insights Tax Policy Bulletin
  • The Indian Government releasing a Draft Notification for Comments under BEPS Action 5
  • New regulations on tax holidays in Indonesia

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  • Twenty-five years ago, Dan Witt signed cooperation agreements with Russia's Ministry of Finance and Kazakhstan's Ministry of Finance to create the International Tax and Investment Center.
  • Over 110 countries agreed to review the key concepts in the OECD's "Interim Report on the Tax Challenges Arising from Digitalisation"
  • OECD Secretary-General, Angel Gurría delivered his latest report on international tax at the G20 meeting in Argentina.
  • The official communiqué of the G20 was released
  • The IMF completed a staff visit to Cambodia
  • The OECD released additional guidance on BEPS Action 7 (Attribution of Profits to Permanent Establishments).

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This week:

  • The OECD released a new study on "Governance Frameworks to Counter Illicit Trade"
  • The IMF published an end-of-mission press release following a staff visit to Kenya
  • Brazil announced intentions to collaborate with the OECD to align its transfer pricing regime
  • Kazakhstan announced a new system to track alcohol and oil production
  • The OECD launched a program in Egypt to enhance domestic resource mobilization
  • The IMF published a Staff Concluding Statement for Qatar
  • Anguilla became the 113th jurisdiction to join BEPS

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This week:

  • ITIC held a "Capacity Building Workshop on Taxation in the Extractive Industry" in Tanzania
  • The Platform for Collaboration on Tax released their "Conference Statement"
  • The European Parliament Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs approved a new EU corporate tax plan
  • The UN Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax published the report from their fifteenth session
  • South Africa announced its proposal to increase the VAT rate
  • Serbia became the 112th member to sign the Inclusive Framework on BEPS
  • The IMF concluded a mission to Turkey and released a Staff Concluding Statement