• CIAT Executive Secretary participated in the FEBRAFITE IX National and IV International Congress
• CIAT Technical Conference 2013, in Nairobi, Kenya, September 9 to 12 – Final arrangements for the event
• CIAT Officials Participate at UN Events
• The Executive Secretariat participates in the CREDAF General Assembly
• CIAT and CREDAF sign a Cooperation Agreement
• Virtual Master’s Program in International Taxation, Foreign Trade and Customs Has Been Approved

• Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela – the SENIAT increased its May collection goals by 136,88 per cent
• Costa Rica and Ecuador sign a Tax Information Exchange Agreement
• Honduras –The National Fiscal Education Program (PNEF) completes The VII Fiscal Education diploma
• Mexico – SAT will send 400 thousand letters to regularize the 2011 income tax
• Panama – National Assembly ratifies Luis Cucalón as Administrator of the ANIP
• Paraguay – Taxation collected an additional 11.4% in May
• Spain – Protocol between Spain and Switzerland which amends the Convention to avoid double taxation
• The Netherlands – New tax treaty signed with China

• SAT of Guatemala continues to devote efforts for achieving an effective tax information exchange
• CIAT Executive Secretariat met with ITC and GIZ representatives in Germany
• Announcement of the XXIV Essay Contest CIAT/AEAT/IEF – Deadline on June 1, 2013.

• Bolivia – Taxation services regulates the means to determine the taxable base on presumed basis
• Colombia – 24/7 Service
• Colombia – Training on transfer pricing for DIAN auditors supported by the OECD, the World Bank and the European Commission continues
• Dominican Republic – Internal revenue collections grows 27% in April
• Nicaragua – Revenue grows in first quarter (DGI)
• Peru – New goods are included in the high-level noncompliance collection regime
• Peru – The total Tax revenues collected in April was s /. 9 003 million
• Spain – 44 other countries agree to strengthen their fight against tax havens and opacity

• 47th CIAT General Assembly
• 2013 CIAT Technical Conference
• Training seminar on tax information exchange
• ITC-CIAT-GIZ conclude the feasibility analysis of initiative “access to public information of tax interest”
• CIAT and ITC-GIZ start field work in their joint project
• International Tax Community gathered in Buenos Aires to discuss Transfer Pricing Treatment

• Argentina – Echegaray presented fiscal dialogue, the AFIP journal
• Argentina – Macedonia signed a tax agreement
• Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela – The SENIAT collects Bs 78.1 billion during the first four months of 2013
• Brazil– The Federal Revenue exports Tax Education technology
• Canada – Harper Government announces new measures to crack down on international tax evasion and aggressive tax avoidance
• Costa Rica – The Ministry of Finance offers a Web site on international accounting standards
• Dominican Republic – Internal Revenue creates mechanisms for facilitating refunds to individuals
• Panama – Luis Cucalon is the new National Tax Administrator
• Paraguay – Total tax collection increased 14% in April
• Paraguay – Since May, a new group of taxpayers will be withholding agents

• ITC-CIAT-GIZ conclude the feasibility analysis of initiative “access to public information of tax interest”

• New CIAT Executive Council is elected
• OECD-Korea Delegation visits CIAT
• Seminar on electronic invoicing in Panama
• Call for contributions of articles for the CIAT/AEAT/IEF Tax Administration Review – 35th Edition – Deadline on April 30, 2013.

• Argentina – March collection increased by 24.6%
• Argentina – Nigeria signed a customs agreement for the prevention, investigation and the fight against illicit customs activities.
• Brazil – The Federal Revenue exports Tax Education technology
• Bolivia – Tax revenues grow 19% in the first quarter and reach almost Bs 10 thousand million
• Canada – Minister Shea highlights new initiatives to crack down on International Tax Evasion
• Colombia – OAS regional strategy is consolidated
• Costa Rica – Pilot country for the project “Reducing Tax Transaction Costs”
• Costa Rica – move forward in the strengthening of tax transparency
• Paraguay – Total tax revenue for the first quarter reached G. 2, 983 billion
• Peru – Tax revenues of the central Government totaled s /. 7 490 million in March
• Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela – The SENIAT achieves a global collection in 131.4 % for the first quarter

Interview

• Tax Administrations in Latin America: A Challenge to Eliminate Social Inequality

• CIAT Executive Secretary Mission to Washington, DC and UN-DESA in NYC

• Argentina – Argentina and Spain signed a new agreement to avoid double taxation on income and property taxes
• Argentina – Argentina will provide technical assistance to Ecuador on customs issues for the control and to facilitate foreign trade
• Bolivia – National Taxes celebrate 94 years of productive work for Bolivia
• Bolivia – SIN showed all their technological and information Progresses in the Tres Mil Plan
• Brazil – At the conference on public management, Barreto shows the importance of Digital Process in the evolution of the RFB
• Brazil – Taxpayer with smartphone or tablet can now print DARF from IT, in addition to other facilities
• El Salvador – The Ministry of Finance opens the edutainment space “Express Yourself”
• Spain – The Tax Agency launches the new National Office of International Taxation
• Spain – The new anti-fraud law will be a basic pillar in the 2013 control strategy
• Panama – The National Revenue Service will have an efficient tax collection