A language for communicating financial information Today’s globalization requires communication standards, so that anyone anywhere on the planet (and soon in the universe) can understand exactly what we want to say. Consequently, some activities require clear rules applicable to all countries, and organizations have been established in this sense, such…
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Times of change A question I have often heard by skeptical users of electronic services within organizations was: “What is the use of Intranet?” Honestly, more than once, the question included words that would deserve that classic “beep” in TV programs. “It is like the Internet, but within the office”…
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Readings and Reflections Although I already have addressed this issue in an earlier post, I am bringing it back after reading this interesting article by Joaquin Estefanía in “El País”. In Spain the “social contract” implicitly signed between the State and taxpayers during the tax transition in the 70´s is…
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Are they a sin or a tool? Tax amnesties are unfair: They favor tax evaders against those who comply. They are perverse incentives, “invitations” to non-compliance. They create the expectation that there will be a next time where penalties and interests will be condoned, and even, with some luck, “opportunity”…
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Thoughts from innocents and from experts December 28 is The Innocents’ Day which, in several countries, is the equivalent of April Fool Day, when people play practical jokes and hoaxes. On that day I met Bebita. She was a retired lady, about seventy, who even before knowing my name, scolded…
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Asking, one gets to Rome I had the opportunity to work very closely on the book “State of Tax Administrations in Latin America 2006-2010”, a joint effort by the Inter-American Center of Tax Administrations (CIAT), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Regional Assistance Center for Central America and the…
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