Digital Economy

15 June Weekly Round-Up

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The 15 June edition of the ITICnet.org Weekly Round-Up featured the following stories:

  • Digital Economy Taxation Discussed at OECD International Conference
  • PwC Explores the Impact of Digital Economy on Jobs and Investments
  • IMF Releases New Working Paper on Taxing Extractive Resources
  • Qatar to Join International ATF Guarantee Chain
  • Countries Unable to Agree on Global Transfer Pricing Standards
  • IMF Article IV Consultations: Angola, Bangladesh, South Africa
  • Liberia Becomes 11nd Jurisdiction to Join the Multilateral Convention

25 May Weekly Round-Up

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For more information on the following stories, check out the 25 May edition of the ITICnet.org Weekly Round-Up:

  • UN Releases Extractive Industries Handbook
  • OECD Releases Peer Reviews of the Country-by-Country Reporting Initiative
  • IMF Completes Three Article IV Consultations (Russian Federation, Lithuania, and Saudi Arabia)
  • UN Releases 2017 Model Convention Update
  • GST in India - An Update
  • South Africa Releases Draft MAP Guide for Comments
  • UN Digital Economy Update

Weekly Round-Up

In this week's round-up, we featured new stories on:

  • ITIC's redesigned website
  • The IMF's new paper on "Measuring the Digital Economy"
  • The OECD's second edition Common Reporting Standard Implementation Handbook
  • Will Morris (PwC Deputy Global Tax Policy Leader)'s article on the impact of digital tax proposals on business
  • IMF Country Report No. 18/93 on Iran
  • The World Bank's Policy Research Working Paper on taxation and the shadow economy
  • The IMF's end-of-mission press release for the staff visit to Thailand

Weekly Round-Up

  • 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).

Weekly Round-Up

This week's round-up included:

  • An article by ITIC Senior Advisor Richard Bird published in International Tax and Public Finance
  • An article by ITIC Senior Advisor Sumit Majumder published in India Legal on GST
  • The OECD's interim report on "Tax Challenges Arising from Digitialisation"
  • A new position paper by the UK Government on corporate tax and digital economy
  • Rhe IMF's visit to Lao P.D.R.
  • A transfer pricing/customs valuation workshop held in Colombia by the WCO and OECD
  • The IMF's Staff Concluding Statement for Uzbekistan