Newsletter
eCIAT ISSN 1684-9833 • Year 6 / No. 5 / March 14, 2014
Infotmation
The Executive Secretariat Informs First Regional Consultation for Latin America and the Caribbean on the fight against Tax Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS)
CIAT General Assembly Brazil, 2014
The Executive Secretariat Informs First Regional Consultation for Latin America and the Caribbean on the fight against Tax Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) Meeting of the Working Group responsible for updating the CIAT Tax Code Model IV LAC Tax Policy Forum The Tax Administrations Inform Argentina – Agreement between AFIP and ARBA on data-crossing for tax crimes Brazil - During a press conference Federal Revenue announces new releases for the DIRPF 2014 Brazil - A new registration system in the CPF for residents abroad Costa Rica - and the States of Guernsey sign an Agreement to Exchange Tax Information Colombia – Leading the fight against tax evasion by multinational companies in Latin America Ecuador –SRI Mobile application is already implemented Paraguay - February Tax Revenues grew by 14% Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Over 45 billion Bs collected by SENIAT during the first months of the year
On February 27 and 28, sponsored by the Tax and Customs Directorate of Colombia (DIAN), the CIAT and the OECD, the first regional consultation for Latin America and Caribbean on BEPS was held in Bogota; the main purpose was to inform developing countries about the general and specific aspects of the BEPS action plan and involve the countries of the region in the respective tasks. During the meeting, within the context of Latin America and the Caribbean, relevant aspects regarding tax policy and administration were discussed; the bases of the BEPS project and the elements of the Action Plan were presented, discussions were held with representatives of NGOs and the civil society, in particular on BEPS aspects of substance, transparency and consistency, as well as horizontal measures provided by the project. In addition, the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information presented and discussed with participants the recent standard on Automatic Exchange of Financial Information. The event brought together 78 participants from 15 countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as representatives from 10 regional and international organizations including the OECD, the OECD in Korea, the OECD Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Tax Information , IMF, CIAT, G20 , USAID, ITC , IDB, COSEFIN , GIZ and the Commonwealth of Nations . Also participated Organizations representing the business world (BIAC, through regional and Colombians partners such as Repsol , Unilever and the National Industrial Association - ANDI) and the civil society (including: TUAC , TJN , BEPS Monitoring Group, Global Alliance for Tax Justice and Latindadd ) .
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