Szczecin, Poland was again host to an IOTA event on 3-5 March 2010 when the Polish tax administration took on the task of providing the Large Taxpayer Treatment & Audit Area Group and Task Teams with facilities during the week commencing 1st March.

The mutual relations between the Republic of Azerbaijan and European Union are successfully developing and EU neighbourhood policy to which Azerbaijan has joined was the new stage in the way of extension of cooperation.

The Special Part of the Tax Code took effect in the Republic of Belarus on the 1st of January, 2010. Due to this fact some provisions concerning the taxation of dividends have been amended.

The Principal Contact Persons (PCPs) and their representatives from 35 IOTA members, as well as the representatives of the European Commission and OECD, met in Sankt Lambrecht, Austria on 25-26 February 2010.