Overview of a conference by Mrs. Christine Lagarde Last Wednesday, on June 17, IMF General Secretary Mrs. Christine Lagarde was speaking at “the great Catholic conferences” in Brussels. The topic of her brilliant speech, “Promoting the small boats” was how to deal with social inequality. The complete allocution is published…
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Interesting initiative A very interesting initiative recently used in Panama City is called the “tweeting pothole“: A television channel has placed sensors in potholes in the city streets, which are struck whenever a vehicle falls into one of the potholes. The sensor, which has the sign “#” in blue, clearly…
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Taxpayer compliance We are now living the Income Tax campaign here in Spain and most of the people are more worried about the refund than to be aware about their tax responsability. Many Spaniards are looking to be refunded by their taxes like it were a prize but in fact…
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Two statistical data to share I had the opportunity to present some ideas regarding the compliance risks management of large businesses during the last CIAT General Assembly held in Lima, and would like to share two statistical information that I gathered with the support of colleagues from our tax administrations.…
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Friday’s “thing” The 49th CIAT General Assembly in Lima concluded successfully and, as it has happened for a few years, the following day we also hold a successful workshop with the World Bank Group and the International Tax Compact – ITC. With more than 60 participants, this session on Friday…
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The “small taxpayer” and its tax treatment is an old topic that is still today a problem about which tax policy specialists have not been able to find appropriate criteria that allow establishing a basic technical structure to build a model in this regard. It is obvious that countries have…
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