22-November-2023
English
Media Advisory: Global Forum annual meeting
The past decade has seen unprecedented progress in the global fight against offshore tax evasion, with sizable revenue benefits for governments worldwide. Voluntary disclosure programmes, offshore tax investigations and related measures have generated more than EUR 126 billion in additional revenues, while 123 jurisdictions are now committed to the international standard on Automatic Exchange of Information (AEOI).
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16-November-2023
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Fiji joins international community’s fight against tax evasion as the 169th member of the Global Forum
Fiji has joined the international fight against tax evasion as 169th member of the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes (Global Forum). Fiji is the fourth country to join the Global Forum in 2023, following Angola (March 2023), Zimbabwe (April 2023) and Sierra Leone (May 2023).
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8-November-2023
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Global Forum publishes eight new peer review reports on transparency and exchange of information on request
The Global Forum published today new peer review reports on transparency and exchange of information on request (EOIR) for six of its members (Latvia, Mauritania, Pakistan, Poland, Serbia and Thailand), and supplementary reports that reflect progress made by two members (Botswana and Dominica) in implementing the EOIR standard.
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30-October-2023
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Barbados hosts Global Forum assessor training on beneficial ownership and exchange of information on request
The Global Forum Secretariat, Barbados’ Ministry of International Business and Industry’s International Business Unit and Barbados Revenue Authority co-hosted a four-day training on beneficial ownership and exchange of information on request (EOIR) for assessors and assessed jurisdictions.
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19-October-2023
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Global Forum Secretariat organises global event focused on exchange of experiences and knowledge on information security
On 18 October 2023, the Global Forum Secretariat organised the ISM Day 2023, a virtual event focused on information security management for tax administrations. The 5-hour event was attended by 570 tax officials from 121 jurisdictions.
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18-October-2023
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Global Forum Secretariat organises consultation on the amended Common Reporting Standard for automatic exchange of information
On 16 October 2023, the Global Forum Secretariat organised a virtual consultation on the amended Common Reporting Standard, which was attended by nearly 400 participants representing 105 jurisdictions.
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10-October-2023
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Global Forum Secretariat supports Tunisia in strengthening its confidentiality and data safeguards framework
A delegation from the Global Forum Secretariat visited Tunis from 2 to 6 October 2023 to support Tunisia in strengthening its confidentiality and data protection framework.
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26-September-2023
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India hosts successful second 2023 Asia Initiative training workshop
From 20 to 22 September 2023, India hosted the three-day workshop "Strategies for effective tax co-operation: the foreseeable relevance in exchange of information" in Nagpur. The event, the second in-person training session of the Asia Initiative in 2023, was attended by 35 tax officials from Armenia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mongolia, The Maldives and Thailand.
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22-September-2023
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Global Forum delivers training on transparency and exchange of information on request peer reviews
The Global Forum Secretariat organised a training seminar for French-speaking assessors on the standard of transparency and exchange of information on request (EOIR) and the related peer review process. The event, which was kindly hosted by Belgium’s Federal Public Service FINANCE, was held in Liège from 18 to 22 September 2023 and gathered 16 participants from 9 jurisdictions from Africa, Europe and Latin America.
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7-September-2023
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Global Forum Secretariat supports Moldova in strengthening its confidentiality and data safeguards framework and implementing automatic exchange of information
A delegation from the Global Forum Secretariat visited Chisinau from 4 to 6 September 2023 to support Moldova in strengthening its confidentiality and data safeguards framework for purposes of implementing automatic exchange of information (Common Reporting Standard).