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Global Relations Programme in Taxation: Launch 2016
Richard Parry, Head, Global Relations Division, Centre for Tax Policy and Administration
Part I: Launch of 2016 Global Relations Programme (GRP)
a) Objectives of the GRP
b) Making the GRP possible: donors, hosts, evaluations
c) Governance and Structure
d) Challenges
e) Strategy for 2016
f) GRP for 2016
g) Our new way of working: KSP
Part II: Presentation on the KSP
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The purpose of this presentation
GRP
Knowledge Sharing
Dialogue
Building Capacity
Input of Developing Countries
a) Objectives of the GRP
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Building capacity and sharing
experience – the GR programme
2000 officials from
100 + countries
Around
20 locations over the
world
Around
70 events
per year
• Dialogue between serving tax officials
• Demand – driven
• Global Reach
• Capacity-building
• Partnership based with countries and international organisations
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b) Making the GRP possible: Donors
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Other host countries
• Botswana
• China
• Gabon
• Ghana
• India
• Indonesia
• Japan
• Malaysia
• Russia
• Rwanda
• South Africa
• United Arab Emirates
Hosts (2015)
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OECD Multilateral Tax Centres
• Austria
• Hungary
• Korea
• Mexico
• Turkey
Experts provided (2015)
Hungary
Italy
Japan
Korea
Malaysia
Mexico
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
South Africa
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
United Kingdom
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Australia
Austria
Belgium
Brazil
Canada
PR China
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
• Impact of the GRP
Evaluations by Canada Revenue Agency, Independent Evaluation Service
2015 GRP Impact Evaluation
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c) Governance and Structure
Delivery
GRP
Advisory Group
OECD and Partner Countries
Evaluation
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CFA
CFA’s Advisory Group for Co-operation with
Partner Economies
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• Membership: all stakeholders: OECD and
Partner economies, and regional tax organisations.
• Role: To advise the CFA on:
– Topics and focus of the GRP
– Management, delivery, and future direction of the GRP; and
– Partner country views and perspectives on OECD work in the area of taxation.
• Meeting Frequency: Once a year with regular conference calls linking key stakeholders to discuss delivery of programme and related issues
BEPS Package of 15 actions endorsed by G20 Leaders on 15-
16 November in Ankara
Global inclusiveness through enhanced
engagement strategy
Implementation of agreed package
d) 2016 Challenge: BEPS
Implementation
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Specific BEPS Challenges for
Developing Countries
• Reliance on CIT and vulnerability to tax planning
• Enacting effective legislation to tackle BEPS
• Accessing sufficient information to risk assess and
audit successfully
• Building the capacity needed to implement complex
rules
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Maximising developing country input and engagement
Implementing partnerships with International and Regional Tax Organisations
Building Capacity
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e) Pillars of the GRP Strategy - 2016
Capacity building
Key elements
– responsive to needs/demands of Partners,
– flexible, fit for an evolving environment,
– efficient, creating synergies across different mechanisms
– global as the BEPS Project, creating the conditions for its coherent implementation
– supportive of the BEPS monitoring process
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• 60+ events in 2016 Number
• Transfer Princing • Tax Treaties • Tax Avoidance • Tax Administration • Exchange of Information • Tax Policy • Tax & Crime • VAT
Core Topics
• Eastern Europe and Central Asia • South East Asia and the Pacific • Americas and the Caribbean • Africa and the Middle East
Regions
f) Global Relations Programme for
2016
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MoU SARS/MoU ATAF/MoU China
New platform (KSP)
New MTC in China (Yangzhou)
Recent developments
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• Delivering the GRP
• Accessing Information
• Building communities and sharing tax knowledge
g) A new way of working: Knowledge
Sharing Platform (KSP)
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For more information
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