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 13^th -15^th 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.

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 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.