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The Portuguese Tax and Customs Authority (Autoridade Tributária e Aduaneira) is pleased to announce that the Ciência e Técnica Fiscal Journal (CTF) is back with the same objectives, and hopefully the same recognised quality that established this magazine as a benchmark in the field of taxation in Portugal.

Lesya Karnaukh has been appointed to the position of Acting Head of the State Tax Service of Ukraine with effect from 23^th June 2025.

The 29^th General Assembly of IOTA, "Adaptive and Agile Tax Administration in a Rapidly Changing Environment", took place under the flag of the Azerbaijani Presidency represented by the State Tax Service under the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Azerbaijan between 17-19 June 2025 in Baku, Azerbaijan. This historic city, located along the beautiful shores of the Caspian Sea, served as the venue for IOTA’s largest gathering to date, bridging the cultures and geographies of East and West.

The IOTA Secretariat is actively seeking experienced professionals to join a dynamic, multicultural, and interdisciplinary team of enthusiastic experts. This team supports IOTA's mission and the execution of its annual work programme, which covers various topics relevant to tax administration operations. Currently, there are two open positions (both for secondment) available at our Budapest-based office:

From June 11-12, 2025, in close collaboration with the Indirect Taxation Authority of Bosnia and Herzegovina, IOTA had the pleasure of organising an informative hybrid technical event as part of the IOTA 2025 Work Programme: the Forum on Combating VAT Fraud. This forum focused on cases of VAT fraud, as well as strategies for early detection and prevention.

We are pleased to announce the publication of one of our latest IOTA Papers. Maarten Luts and Michael Roekaerts author this edition from the Belgian, and Paul (P.R.) van der Smitte and Rob (C.T.) Heeskens from the Dutch Tax Administration.

The IOTA members of Spain and the United Kingdom have shared experience with colleagues from Greece in the framework of the IOTA Peer-to-Peer Technical Assistance Project “Technical Assistance for the Improvement of Service Provision in the Greek Tax Administration.”

On June 4-5, 2025, the inaugural meeting of the IOTA Forum on Tax and Customs Data Science took place. One of the main purposes of this Forum is to help tax administrations build their data analytics capabilities by sharing experience and knowledge.  The event saw over 160 tax officials from 30 IOTA member administrations participating via Microsoft Teams. It featured presentations from IOTA member countries, including Austria, Belgium, France, Italy, Norway, and Sweden.

On May 21-22, 2025, IOTA launched another insightful hybrid technical event under the IOTA 2025 Work Programme: the Forum on Measures to Address Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS). We were delighted to host 19 tax officials from 14 IOTA member tax administrations in Budapest, Hungary, along with over 100 online participants from 25 IOTA member tax administrations. Additionally, we were pleased to have delegates from one of our international partner organisations, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

On May 28, 2025, IOTA had the pleasure of organising another engaging webinar on HR Data Analytics. The online event welcomed over 80 HR professionals from 29 IOTA member tax administrations and was broadcast live via MS Teams.

On May 7-8, 2025, IOTA successfully held another impressive in-person technical activity of its 2025 Work Programme: the Case Study Workshop on ‘Tackling BEPS Hybrid Mismatch Structures through the Application of Anti-Abuse Rules (GAAR, PPT or the anti-hybrid mismatch rules from the ATAD)’.  It was a pleasure to welcome 23 tax officials from 19 IOTA member tax administrations to the event in Budapest, Hungary.

We are pleased to announce the publication of one of our latest IOTA Papers. This edition is authored by Dr Katalin Kanizsai, who works as an expert in the Central Management Insolvency and Enforcement Department of the National Tax and Customs Administration of Hungary.