The Portuguese Tax and Customs Authority (AT) was awarded the prize CIO Awards 2012, which distinguished the top ten technology projects in Portugal, out of 65 nominated projects representing several activity sectors.

The delegation of Latvian State Revenue Service headed by Ms. Nelija Jezdakova, Director General of the State Revenue Service, has been on an official visit to the State Revenue Committee at the Government of the Republic of Armenia.

Tax auditors, tax inspectors, tax assessment experts, analysts, specialists of fiscal verification, case selection and audit support units representing 21 Member tax administrations of IOTA gathered in Warsaw last week to discuss practical application of indirect methods for determination and verification of taxpayer liabilities.

The Italian Revenue Agency presents outcomes on their fight against tax evasion and development of taxpayers services in 2011, when they have reached two new records.

On 29 – 30 March 2012, in Belgrade, Tax Administration of Serbia – Large Taxpayer Office (LTO) organised seminar “Improving Compliance Management of the Large Taxpayer Segment”. There were participants from various tax administrations: Bulgaria, Hungary, Republic of Srpska (B&H), Montenegro, Croatia, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia.

The Finnish Tax Administration has finalised its organisational restructuring in the beginning of 2012. Now as a complete one-level organisation, the Finnish Tax Administration's functions are arranged around the main national units in charge of taxation and the shared units responsible for corporate steering and support services.

The Finnish Tax Administration contributes to the reducing of the amount of tax revenue that remains uncollected for various reasons, thus decreasing the tax gap. As one of the means to achieve this, a new project is launched in the Large Taxpayers' Office.