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Opportunity for Public Comment on OECD VAT/GST Guidance

As expected, late last week the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) released discussion drafts of two additional sections of its VAT/GST Guidelines, the initial version of which was published earlier this year. The purpose of the document is to lay out guiding principles for any country looking to introduce a VAT or GST system and, for those that already have one, to help provide a pathway to best practices, including the avoidance of double taxation and non-taxation.

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Blog Sep 12, 2014

The Power of Online Tax Communities

One of the leading issues faced by companies requiring significant amounts of global tax research data is the associated business expense. This is mainly because few supplier organizations have the geographic reach to provide such diverse and specialized information. There is now optimism however around potential solutions to this issue, largely based on the exponential growth of online tax communities. These social media networks present interesting possibilities as far as tax discussion is concerned. Is it only a short leap from there to an online marketplace for, among other things, tax data either as a commodity or in terms of online advisory services?

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Tax Plunges into the Era of Hyper-Regulation

Twenty-five thousand... That’s roughly how many legislative changes have occurred around the world regarding tax in the past 12 months – and that is just in the area of transaction taxes.

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The "Social Contract" between Tax Authorities and Tax Payers

Last week, I was reflecting on a conference presentation that I was lucky enough to hear earlier in the year. The speaker had some very interesting things to say about the social contract between tax authorities and tax payers. The essence of his point was that tax authorities have an obligation to assist tax payers in making the identification of their liabilities and the payment of their taxes as easy as is reasonably possible. In return, tax payers should remain compliant by accounting for, collecting and paying those taxes that they are required to manage.

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Opportunity for Public Comment on OECD VAT/GST Guidance

The Power of Online Tax Communities

Tax Plunges into the Era of Hyper-Regulation

The "Social Contract" between Tax Authorities and Tax Payers

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