In the margin of the joint IOTA-OECD workshop on “A Customer-Centric Approach in Design and Development of Digital Services” carried out in Moscow, Mr. Miguel Silva Pinto, the Executive Secretary and Mr. Mikhail Mishustin, Commissioner of the Federal Tax Service of Russia (FTS), had a talk about the ongoing work of IOTA and the activities of the IOTA work programme planned for the remaining period of 2017 as well as for 2018.
Mr. Mishustin briefed about the current OECD project on E-services and Digital Delivery, sponsored by the FTS, and referred to the latest digital solutions and advanced analytics being developed by the FTS for control purposes and compliance enhancement, including the implementation of Online Cash Registers, Automatic VAT Control System, RFID Tagging System, Vital records and population register. The Executive Secretary of IOTA also posted the Commissioner of FTS on the priorities of the new IOTA Strategy to be launched on from the beginning of 2018.
Mr Miguel Silva Pinto also had bilateral talks with Mr. Fernando Barraza, the Commissioner of Chilean Tax Administration and Mr. Peter Green, the Head of the OECD Forum on Tax Administration.