26-May-2023
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Global Forum Secretariat and ATAF deliver seminar on automatic exchange of financial account information for Kenyan tax officials
The Secretariat of the Global Forum facilitated a virtual seminar on automatic exchange of financial account information from 22 to 26 May 2023 for officials from Kenya Revenue Authority.
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22-May-2023
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Study Group on Asia-Pacific Tax Administration and Research and Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank join global fight against tax evasion as Global Forum's 22nd and 23rd observers
The Study Group on Asia-Pacific Tax Administration and Research (SGATAR) and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) have joined the global fight against tax evasion by becoming the 22nd and 23rd observers of the Global Forum respectively.
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16-May-2023
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Global Forum members’ Competent Authorities meet in Tbilisi for their annual experience-sharing conference
The 10th Global Forum Competent Authorities Conference was kindly hosted by the Georgia Revenue Service on 15 and 16 May 2023 in Tbilisi. The event brought together 160 participants from 77 jurisdictions.
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15-May-2023
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Global Forum counts 168 members after Sierra Leone joins
Sierra Leone has joined the international fight against tax evasion as 168th member – and 37th African member – of the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes.
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8-May-2023
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Global Forum Secretariat helps Colombia prepare for peer review on transparency and exchange of information on request
From 2 to 5 May 2023, the Global Forum Secretariat carried out a mock on-site visit in Bogota, Colombia, to discuss the progress achieved and remaining challenges, and to prepare stakeholders for the upcoming second-round peer review process.
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27-April-2023
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Asia is levelling the playing field towards more tax transparency, but commitment and progress are still needed to achieve its full potential
Tax Transparency in Asia 2023: Asia Initiative Progress Report acknowledges progress achieved in Asia between 2009 and 2022 in implementing transparency and exchange of information (EOI) for tax purposes.
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18-April-2023
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Mongolia commits to start automatic exchange of financial account information by 2026
Mongolia has committed to implement the international Standard for Automatic Exchange of Financial Account Information in Tax Matters (AEOI) by 2026.
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11-April-2023
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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.
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7-April-2023
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Global Forum delivers confidentiality and data safeguards workshop for countries participating in pilot project for the wider use of treaty-exchanged information
On 30 March 2023, within the framework of the pilot project for the wider use of treaty-exchanged information for non-tax purposes under the Latin America Initiative – Punta del Este Declaration, 194 officials from tax and non-tax agencies from Argentina, Costa Rica and Paraguay attended the second module on confidentiality and data safeguards delivered by the Secretariat of the Global Forum.
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29-March-2023
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Global Forum and ATAF deliver first regional workshop on cross-border assistance in recovery of tax claims in Africa
The Global Forum Secretariat and the African Tax Administration Forum jointly delivered the first regional workshop on cross border-assistance in the recovery of tax claims, from 27 to 29 March 2023 in Kampala, Uganda, under the framework of the Global Forum’s Africa Initiative.