The CIAT, OECD, SAT and SHCP of Mexico, AEAT of Spain and Guardia di Finanza of Italy sponsored an activity on information exchange for tax purposes
This seminar on exchange of information for tax purposes was held this December 9 to 13, at the Multilateral Tax Centre of the OECD in Mexico; its primary purpose was to assist the ministries of Finance and the tax administrations of Latin America and the Caribbean in the implementation of the appropriate legal and administrative framework for the effective implementation of information exchange.
The seminar included participants from the tax authorities of Antigua and Barbuda, Chile, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Jamaica, Mexico and Uruguay. The expert panel was composed of representatives from the CIAT, the OECD, the Global Forum on Transparency and Information Exchange, the AEAT of Spain, the Guardia di Finanza of Italy and the SAT of Mexico.
During the five day seminar were discussed the legal and administrative requirements for effective exchange of tax information, the Multilateral Convention on Mutual Assistance and Exchange of Tax Information, technological aspects of information sharing, as well as networks of cooperation ( JITSIC ) the tax crimes and their treatment under the approach of the “Dialogue of Oslo” , access to public information of tax interest and assistance in notification procedures and international enforced collection.
