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The Pillar Two side-by-side arrangement: how the OECD's new minimum tax accord reshapes global…

The Inclusive Framework's agreement, reached at the start of 2026, on a US-proposed side-by-side arrangement for the global minimum tax…

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Pillar Two revenue falls far short of OECD projections, and the problems run deeper than the…

The OECD's Pillar Two global minimum tax raised between €79 billion and €109 billion in its first year of operation. That sounds…

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Corporate income tax and the net-zero transition: an OECD framework for policymakers

The OECD's Centre for Tax Policy and Administration published [OECD Taxation Working Paper No.…

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Bangladesh and Estonia agree to conclude their first income tax treaty

Officials from Bangladesh and Estonia agreed in principle to conclude a bilateral income tax treaty during the 2nd Foreign Office…

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Tax Administration 2025: a decade of transformation mapped across 58 jurisdictions

The OECD has published [*Tax Administration 2025: Comparative Information on OECD and other Advanced and Emerging…

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Revenue Statistics in Asia and the Pacific 2026: tax revenues rise for fourth consecutive year…

[*Revenue Statistics in Asia and the Pacific 2026: Taxing Informal and Hard-to-Tax…

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OECD publishes 2026 consolidated commentary on the GloBE rules

The OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on Base Erosion and Profit Shifting approved and published the [Consolidated Commentary to the Global…

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Tax transparency in Latin America 2026: what the Global Forum's sixth annual report tells…

The Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes has published its sixth annual progress report on the [Latin…

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Substance in international tax: what it means and why it matters

What does "substance" actually mean in international tax, and why has it become so central to cross-border planning? The concept is used in…

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Caribbean jurisdictions reaffirm regional tax co-operation at Georgetown meeting

Twenty-nine officials from 15 Caribbean jurisdictions gathered in Georgetown, Guyana on 30 and 31 July 2026 for the Caribbean Regional…

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BEPS Pillar Two: lessons from the first round of filings

The first round of BEPS Pillar Two filings is complete. A clearer picture is now emerging of what compliance actually demands in practice,…

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Belarus–Myanmar income tax treaty enters into force

Belarus and Myanmar's first-ever bilateral income tax treaty entered into force on 15 July 2026. The treaty was signed on 28 November 2025.…

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Kazakhstan and Norway to sign amending protocol to their tax treaty

Kazakhstan and Norway are preparing to sign an amending protocol to their bilateral tax treaty. No further details of the protocol's…

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Austria and Switzerland sign amending protocol to bilateral tax treaty

Austria and Switzerland have signed an amending protocol to their bilateral tax treaty. No further details of the protocol's provisions are…

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Asian jurisdictions report EUR 1.6 billion in additional tax revenue from transparency measures…

Asian jurisdictions identified EUR 1.6 billion in additional tax revenue in 2025 through exchange of information (EOI) and voluntary…

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FHTP reaches conclusions on 13 regimes under revised BEPS Action 5 methodology

The OECD Forum on Harmful Tax Practices (FHTP) has published its [latest peer review results on preferential tax…

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OECD corporate tax statistics 2026: revenues hold firm, rates stabilise

The OECD's 2026 edition of Corporate Tax Statistics shows corporate income tax (CIT) revenues remaining at historically elevated levels in…

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