Ms. Nicoleta Mioara Cîrciumaru has been appointed as the new President of the Romanian Tax Administration. Ms. Cîrciumaru took office on 30 May 2023.Ms. Cîrciumaru has over 20 years’ experience of working in tax administration and has held a wide range of roles in the organisation.
In 2024, the State Revenue Service (SRS) will launch a rating system for Latvian companies. Amendments to the law On Taxes and Fees were approved by Parliament on 8 June. The new system has two purposes: 1) companies will be able to see their tax payment discipline in detail, which affects cooperation with SRS, and 2) company ratings (general info) will be publicly visible so that possible cooperation partners, customers, and other interested parties can verify the company’s overall tax payment performance.
On 7 June 2023, IOTA had the pleasure of organising another fruitful Webinar on ''Promoting Employee Well-Being''. Over 100 participants from 29 IOTA member tax administrations joined the online video event as we also welcomed guests from our international partner organisation, the OECD Forum on Tax Administration which was represented by its members of the Community of Interest on HR.
On 31 May 2023, IOTA successfully broadcast another Webinar, this time on “Use of Big Data and the Deployment of Analytics”. Over 240 participants from 30 IOTA member tax administrations gathered in the virtual space in order to learn about recent developments in the use of big data and about the use of different analytical models used to tackle non-compliance.
On 17 May 2023, IOTA accomplished another impressive digital event. The Webinar on “Optimisation of Tax Declaration Processes for Individuals” welcomed a distinguished group of speakers from IOTA member administrations such as Estonia, Finland, Greece, and Italy along with a large number of attendees in the virtual space. This event brought together over 100 tax officials from 26 IOTA member administrations, who had the opportunity to learn about the latest experiences, share best practices and deepen their knowledge of tax declaration processes for individuals, as well as build a valuable network during the IOTA Webinar.
On 3 May 2023, Alix Perrignon de Troyes, the Executive Secretary of IOTA, represented IOTA at the international professional and academic hybrid conference “Innovations in Public Administration - Big Data and Artificial Intelligence in Tax and Customs” organised by one of the founding members of IOTA, the Hungarian National Tax and Customs Administration, along with the National University of Public Service, in Budapest, Hungary. The conference welcomed a large number of delegates from tax administrations, international organisations, and academia to discuss and assess the latest developments in the digital transformation of taxation and tax administrations.
On 25-27 April 2023, IOTA had the pleasure of hosting the Case Study Workshop on “Transfer Pricing Special Issues: Intangible Asset Value Creation/Determination” in Budapest, Hungary. As the first fully face-to-face technical activity of the year, the Case Study Workshop welcomed 47 tax officials from 27 IOTA member administrations to the event.
The Finnish Tax Administration (VERO) is happy to welcome you to a Workshop on Implementing a Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) Taxation System. VERO ran a major operations and application renewal programme during the years 2013-2019. The programme developed taxation processes and replaced over 70 legacy applications with a COTS tax software solution. Due to the recent interest in our experiences, we have decided to organise a workshop on our COTS implementation on 13-14 September with a one-day plenary meeting on Wednesday and a possibility to have one-on-one discussions with VERO’s experts and directors who have been involved in the implementation on Thursday.
On 20 April 2023, IOTA successfully carried out another fascinating digital event. We welcomed a distinguished group of tax officials from IOTA member administrations to share insights, gain knowledge and build a valuable network during our Webinar on “Understanding Practices to Facilitate Risk Analysis of Transactions Involving Crypto Assets”. The event brought together over 200 tax experts from 31 IOTA member countries who joined digitally to the meeting.
We are happy to inform you about a new milestone that we have most recently achieved in the history of the VITARA Portfolio. In order to improve the user experience and mitigate the administrative processes for the VITARA learners, we made the completion time of the VITARA Courses significantly more flexible and practical than ever before.
