The 2021 IOTA Forum Meeting on Human Resource Management took place 16th-17th November, with 77 registered participants from 30 member countries. This year’s digital event focused on concepts and practical aspects of organising the working environment in IOTA tax administrations after the forced home office and hybrid operation.
This year’s IOTA Forum meeting on the Use of Data from Automatic Exchange of Information (AEOI) was held digitally on 26th-27th October 2021 and welcomed 158 registered participants from 30 IOTA member countries, as well as speakers from partner organisations and business,.
Building stronger partnerships to fight tax-related illicit financial flows – under this theme, the Network of Tax Organisations (NTO) hosted its 1st Technical Conference from 19th to 21st of October. IOTA is an NTO member and acted as a partner in the organisation of the virtual event.
The fifth edition of IOTA Talks took place on 13th October 2021.
‘Improving Communication Strategies and Customer Support towards International Taxpayers’ was the theme of IOTA’s first digital workshop, held 29th-30th September 2021. The event welcomed 126 registered participants from 33 IOTA tax administrations.
Recently, the Ministry of Finance of Poland has made available to users the registration service via fleet card operators, as well as the possibility to continue the journey in the event of a failure of the GPS device.
Revenue Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia (GRS) has taken an important step in taxation of digital services. As of October 1st, a taxable person, who is not established or has no habitual residence in Georgia, or has no fixed establishment in Georgia, shall register and pay Value Added Tax (VAT).
The Executive Secretary of IOTA participated digitally as a panellist at the 17th West African Tax Administration Forum (WATAF) General Assembly and high-level policy dialogue on “Taxation of the Digital Economy” on 22nd September 2021.
IOTA and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) successfully co-hosted a regional consultation addressing the tax challenges of digitalisation on 23rd September 2021.
The State Tax Service of the Republic of Moldova approved the Strategic Development Program of the institution for the period 2021-2023.
