A seminar was held last September 3-7, at the Multilateral Tax Centre of the OECD in Mexico on information exchange for tax purpose in order to help the ministries of finance and tax administrations from Latin America and the Caribbean to implement the appropriate legal and administrative framework for the information exchange and its effective enforcement.

Since 2010, CIAT has joined forces with the OECD and the SHCP to develop an activity that allows us to promote the effective implementation of the tax information exchange between countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. Given the success achieved, it has been decided to hold an additional edition of this activity during the present year, with a renewed program, which includes theoretical and practical cases to meet the new challenges faced by governments from developing countries in this field.

Thus, last September 3-7, an expert panel was formed with representatives from the AEAT from Spain, Mexico’s SAT, the Guardia di Finanza from Italy, the United States IRS, the OECD and CIAT to discuss in detail issues related to political, legal, and structural aspects, and operational procedures for a proper implementation of this practice.

Participants included representatives from the “Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information” and ministries of finance and tax administrations from Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Paraguay and Uruguay.

As a result, on the last day a round table was coordinated to acknowledge specific demands and key issues that should be addressed in the region and in turn, be considered in future editions of this seminar. These demands include the automatic exchange of information and interaction with other tax administrations networks.

See: Presentations agenda

Official photo of the event.