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Reform Options for Lithuanian Climate Neutrality by 2050

Zimbabwe joins Global Forum as 167th member

Zimbabwe has joined the international fight against tax evasion by becoming the 167th member – and 36th African member – of the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes.

Viet Nam joins Multilateral Convention to tackle tax evasion and avoidance

Today, at the OECD Headquarters in Paris, Mr. Cao Anh Tuan, Deputy Finance Minister of Viet Nam, signed the world’s widest-reaching international treaty for multilateral tax co-operation, the Multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters (or the Convention), bringing the total number of jurisdictions that participate in the Convention to 147.

Sustained progress demonstrated in the latest OECD peer review results on the prevention of tax treaty shopping

These peer review results reveal that members of the Inclusive Framework on BEPS are respecting their commitment to implement the minimum standard on treaty shopping and further confirms the importance of the BEPS Multilateral Instrument (MLI) as the tool used by the vast majority of jurisdictions that have started to implement the BEPS Action 6 minimum standard.

Environmental Tax Policy Review of Andalusia

The Environmental Tax Policy Review of Andalusia provides a detailed review of the environmentally related tax framework in the areas of greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution, water usage and pollution, and waste and circular economy in the Autonomous Region of Andalusia, Spain. For each thematic area, the study identifies the scope for action at the regional level, assesses how Andalusia’s existing environmentally related taxes align with environmental tax policy principles and provides strategic recommendations to support Andalusia to improve environmental outcomes and enhance national and global environmental performance.

Angola joins Global Forum as 166th member

Angola has joined the international fight against tax evasion by becoming the 166th member – and 35th African member – of the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes (Global Forum).

Blog post: Tracking carbon prices

To accelerate the transition to net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, climate change mitigation policy needs to become more ambitious. The shift to net zero can be stimulated through a wide range of policy instruments including regulations and carbon pricing.

Tax challenges arising from digitalisation: Public comments received on compliance and tax certainty aspects of global minimum tax

On 20 December 2022, as part of the ongoing work of the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on BEPS to implement the Two-Pillar Solution to Address the Tax Challenges Arising from the Digitalisation of the Economy, the Inclusive Framework invited public comments on the compliance and co-ordination aspects of the Pillar Two global minimum tax.

New toolkit to strengthen the effective collection of value added taxes on e-commerce in Africa

A new toolkit released today offers timely and valuable assistance to African tax administrations for the effective collection of VAT revenues on e-commerce.

OECD Tax and Development Days 2023

This event provides an update on some of the OECD's initiatives to strengthen tax capacity and improve tax policy and compliance in developing countries and explore future challenges.