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New IOTA Web Portal Announcement

We want to inform you that the new Intra-European Organisation of Tax Administrations (IOTA) web portal, new.iota-tax.org, is now live! This new web portal offers a more immersive user experience and enables our members to access our content more easily.
The new portal offers a more immersive user experience and makes it easier for our members to access our content. Starting from 1st February 2024, we will no longer update the old IOTA site with news items.

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IOTA Peer-to-Peer Technical Assistance Project between Poland and the United Kingdom

IOTA  is delighted to share that another successful IOTA Peer-to-Peer Technical Assistance Project was implemented between Poland and the United Kingdom.  The Project ran under the title “Tax administration as a promoter of transparency, supporting social responsibility. Transparency of tax data and tax strategies in support of tax compliance”. His Majesty’s Revenue & Customs (HMRC) of the United Kingdom as the Provider and the Ministry of Finance/National Revenue Administration (NRA) of the Republic of Poland as the Beneficiary shared experience in the area of scoping taxpayers' tax strategy obligations and overseeing the obligation to publish a tax strategy, as well as the possibility of using data resulting from the tax strategy to assess tax risks.

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Newly Appointed Director-General at the Polish Tax Administration

Mr Marcin Łoboda has been appointed to the position of Head of National Revenue Administration in Poland (DG) on 18th December 2023. He is a graduate in public finance from the Faculty of Management at the University of Gdansk and a graduate in law from the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun. He also completed postgraduate studies in European Union tax law as well as training related to project management, and training in IT service management.

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New Year’s Greetings from the Executive Secretary of IOTA

It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to the beginning of the year 2024. As the new year is now fully underway, I wanted to take stock of the milestones achieved in 2023 and express my sincere gratitude for your dedication and contributions to our organisation. It is also the perfect time to reflect on the 2023 work programme and the opportunities for growth and achievements that lie ahead in 2024.

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SRS Introduces Audio Assistance in Client Communications

On December 20, 2023, the State Revenue Service (SRS) introduced a new tool - the audio assistant - for communication with clients who cannot be contacted through traditional channels. In short - clients will receive an automated call from SRS and listen to a pre-recorded message.

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Interview - IOTA HRM Forum on Innovations and Trends in Learning and Development (L&D) in a Modern Tax Administration

IOTA held its annual HRM Forum in mid-November, focusing on "Innovations and Trends in Learning and Development (L&D) in a Modern Tax Administration." Over 50 tax officials from 26 IOTA member administrations were welcomed to this year's event in Budapest to exchange new ideas and discover new strategies and innovative approaches in tax administration in the L&D area. Topics touched upon various L&D practices of IOTA member countries, focusing on future skills, leadership, coaching, blended learning, knowledge transfer, and more.

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IOTA Workshop "Virtual Assets: Risks and Opportunities for Tax Administration"

As we approach the end of 2023, IOTA successfully organised its final technical activity under the IOTA 2023 Work Programme. The IOTA Workshop "Virtual Assets: Risks and Opportunities for Tax Administration" was the third fully face-to-face technical event of the year and took place from 12-14, December in Budapest, Hungary. As always, it was a pleasure to have representatives from our international partner organisations including the European Commission, the OECD Centre for Tax Policy and Administration & the OECD – JITSIC along with 50 tax officials from 21 IOTA member countries at the event.

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IOTA Representatives at the 6th General Assembly of NTO

We are pleased to inform you that the Network of Tax Organisations (NTO), one of our international partner organisations, successfully conducted its 6th General Assembly from December 4-5, 2023, in Rome, Italy. This annual event was hosted by the Italian Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) and was attended in person and digitally by high-ranking officials from the ten member organisations of NTO including IOTA, ATAF, ATAIC, COTA, CIAT, CREDAF, CATA, PITAA, WATAF, SGATAR.

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IOTA Forum on the Use of Data from the Automatic Exchange of Information (AEoI)

As 2023 draws to an end, IOTA successfully held one of its last hybrid events from 5-7 December in Budapest, Hungary, under the IOTA 2023 Work Programme Activities. The Forum on the Use of Data from the Automatic Exchange of Information (AEOI) was attended by over 40 tax officials in person and more than 150 online participants from 26 IOTA member countries. Representatives from various international partner organisations such as the OECD, the European Commission DG TAXUD, and the business community including UBS and Standard Chartered Bank also joined the event online.