As countries take on tax policy and administrative measures to address the Covid-19 crisis and its economic consequences, the adjusting of processes and the enhancing of communication strategies and tools, to ensure that taxpayers are well informed have become even more relevant than before.

This year’s General Assembly is going to bring together the commissioners of IOTA member tax administrations along with the representatives of international organisations, businesses, academic society, etc and to foster debate about the challenges of using data in the fight against tax evasion and aggressive tax planning

Particular focus of the Technical Session of IOTA General Assembly will be on:

The purpose of this Forum is to share experiences and best practice on the implementation of measures to counter BEPS.  This year’s Forum meeting will focus on the following aspects of the BEPS Action Plan:

The purpose of the Forum is to assess the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on members’ strategies for combating VAT frauds. In addition, it will explore also any new VAT fraud trends, in particular VAT frauds facilitated by the use alternative payment systems and money laundering.

The webinar will explore how to detect and fight evasion and fraud resulting from the emergency legislation enacted in response to the COVID-19 crisis.

The Steering Group will review the Forum's Mandate to reflect priorities, objectives and activities to be undertaken in 2021 and will begin preparations for the Forum meeting scheduled to take place in October 2021.

Participants will share their knowledge about current trends of the new communication environment as well as their experiences and plans for operating in this new reality. One of the key questions will be how to resume the pre-pandemic communication activities while adapting them to the new reality.