Diana McKelvey

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

Weekly Round-Up

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

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

Weekly Round-Up

This week's issue included news from:

  • The "First Global Conference of the Platform for Collaboration on Tax"
  • The World Customs Organization's First Global Cross-Border E-Commerce Conference
  • The International Monetary Fund's end-of-mission press release from a staff visit to Georgia
  • The Sixth African Fiscal Forum that was held in Zambia