On 6-8 September 2023, a successful joint IOTA-OECD ISORA 2023 Workshop took place in Vienna, Austria. The 3-day event was hosted by the Federal Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Austria. The IOTA’s organiser team including Roman Bichevoy, Strategy & Institutional Development Manager, and Oksana Stepanenko, International Taxation Expert represented IOTA Secretariat at the Workshop.
The Spanish Government grants prizes for Quality and Innovation in Public Management on an annual basis. In the XVI edition, the Spanish Tax Agency has been awarded the prize “Citizenship” for its App functionality to pay, defer and consult debts. The aim of this service, available from July 2022, is to make more agile, quick and simple the payment of debts, the request of a deferment or a payment on instalments, the consultation of the state of pending debts or obtaining a certificate of being up to date with tax liabilities.
New agreement options are now available to entrepreneurs and citizens for whom SRS has initiated tax checks and identified unpaid tax payments, which can reduce late fines up to 85% or completely cancel fines. The sooner an agreement is reached, the greater the reduction of the fine.
The Georgian Presidency of the Intra-European Organisation of Tax Administrations (IOTA) together with the IOTA Secretariat had the pleasure of co-hosting the 27th General Assembly of IOTA on the 27th-29th of June 2023 in Tbilisi, Georgia. During the 3-day event, the vibrant Georgian capital became the hub for this remarkable event, where East and West connected.
To streamline and simplify work with taxpayers, one tax control will replace the previous four different types of tax inspections. Up until now, SRS used thematic inspections, data compliance inspections, clarification of taxable objects, and/or clarification of the tax amount to verify compliance of tax payments by entrepreneurs and economically active citizens. This was not only complicated and difficult to apply, but often difficult to understand.
As of July 1, outsourced accounting (bookkeeping) services may be provided by licensed accountants only. Licenses are issued by the State Revenue Service (SRS). The licensing system will provide quality service and safety guarantees thereby reducing shadow economy risks and increasing the international credibility of the Latvian economy.
The memberships of the Federal Tax Service of Russia and the Ministry of Taxes and Duties of the Republic of Belarus in the Intra-European Organisation of Tax Administrations (IOTA) are terminated. The decision was made by the 27th General Assembly of IOTA in Tbilisi, Georgia, and follows a 1-year suspension from all IOTA activities that took place in June 2022. The termination of membership resulted from an absolute majority vote of IOTA members and came into effect on 27 June 2023.
IOTA is glad to inform you that the National Tax and Customs Administration of Hungary took over the Presidency from the Georgia Revenue Service at the 27th General Assembly of IOTA in Tbilisi.
The State Revenue Service (SRS) of Latvia has approved and published its development strategy for the next four years, setting out the institution's priorities, goals, and tasks. This strategy was developed with the participation of local social and cooperation partners; the project was funded by the European Union Structural Reform Support Programme and implemented by PricewaterhouseCoopers.
IOTA has just carried out another fruitful hybrid activity, the Forum on Combating VAT Fraud took place on 13th -15th June 2023 in Budapest, Hungary. Over 50 tax officials from 27 IOTA member administrations joined in person and more than 200 participants from the membership attended digitally the forum meeting.
