Tax effects of hybrid arrangements As the world progresses and becomes more complex, the general evolution does not necessarily imply the evolution of all the factors that make up the context. For example, the advancement of technology to improve communications and trade led to an involution of the world’s tax…
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Another highly informative Friday workshop in Asuncion A CIAT tradition that began right after the 2012 General Assembly in Santiago de Chile, continued recently with the post CIAT 2017 General Assembly Friday Workshop in Asuncion, Paraguay. The May 28th event was attended by well over 40 participants from CIAT member…
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This painting that illustrates these lines is dated between 1620 and 1640 but, unfortunately, in the eyes of many of our fellow citizens, it does not seem that old. Even today the image shows us a fateful but crude reality: tax administrations continue to be perceived as confusing, intimidating and…
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The CIAT Assembly in Asuncion, Paraguay. April 24-27 April, 2017. It is somehow a hackneyed phrase, but “if CIAT did not exist, we would have to invent it“. Showing a fully mature organization and with the excellent care of officials and colleagues of the State Taxation Under-secretariat of Paraguay, the…
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As a result of the sustained growth that South Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan have been maintaining, the world has referred them as the “four Asian Tigers”. By its economic growth and its prominent role in the region, similarly, we could define Paraguay as the South American “Jaguareté” –…
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Today there is a general consensus that the basic strategic objective of a modern tax administration (TA) is to raise the levels of voluntary compliance by taxpayers through two main lines of action: Facilitating services to those who want to comply and performing a radical fight against fraud. These two…
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