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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

This week:

  • ITIC held a capacity-building working in Mozambique
  • The World Customs Journal published ITIC's paper on "The Development of Modern Revenue Controls on Alcoholic Beverages"
  • The EU Commission proposed a temporary tax on digital firms with "High User Involvement"
  • South Africa announced plans to implement a carbon tax in 2019
  • The European Commission released results from its Digital Economy Taxation Consultation
  • Singapore announced its 2018 budget, including GST changes and new tax rules

Weekly Round-Up

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