A specie in danger of extinction A Summary translated of the article “Secret Bancaire a l’etranger: du neuf”, by Mr. Manoel Dekeyser, a tax lawyer in Brussels, which was published in “La Libre Belgique”, in May 2013. Last May 14, the Finance ministers of the 27 EU countries gathered to…
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Opportunity and good mood Various electronic services need to rely on other services in order to properly operate. Some of these services would not be successful if they could not fit into an already large existing, users’ network. Without this potential user base, it would just be “a good idea”.…
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A translator’s view Along with my profession of translator for CIAT, I also teach translation and regularly use Wikipedia articles for background information as well as for practicing translation. All written content published on Wikipedia is of public domain and can be edited without risk of violating any intellectual property…
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Gone with the crisis There is no doubt that these are hard times for taxpayers, and even more for taxpayers’ already suffering tax awareness! The Tax barometer data from the Tax Studies Institute, as well as the Public opinion and Tax policy Sociological Research Center, which are the only two…
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Some reflections on the General Assembly of Argentina Brian McCauly from the CRA expressed in his presentation during the 47th CIAT General Assembly, held in April of 2013 in Buenos Aires, without doubt the City of Tango, that the issue of transfer pricing looks like a tango: it is very…
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Innovation in Electronic invoicing Two years ago, when publishing the previous note of this series, we expressed the view that tax administration would more frequently use electronic documents. Today, after the International Electronic Invoice Seminar for CIAT member countries, we can only confirm this trend. Some innovations: Ecuador, Peru and…
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