IOTA Talks is a regular digital event designed for PCPs and Shadow PCPs aiming to give a better understanding of decisions made by the Executive Council, forthcoming events and other IOTA activities. The 10^th IOTA Talks will focus on the outcomes of the 138^th Executive Council Meeting held on 8-9 February 2023.

The 2023 NTO Technical Conference is to shed light on the current state and required future steps regarding the digitalisation of tax administrations, particularly with regard to these specific topics:

• Challenges and opportunities for the digital transformation of tax administrations;
• Tax compliance and enforcement technology;
• The impact of emerging technologies on revenue administrations

This IOTA webinar-video event will explore strategies IOTA member tax administrations are employing to address the needs of their employees’ well-being, explain how tax administrations measure different aspects of employee well-being and share practical examples, lessons learnt and plans for the future. 

This year’s PCP Forum will focus on the implementation of the new IOTA Strategy 2023-2027 approved by the GA26 in Zurich, Switzerland. Specifically, the Forum will focus on two strategic objectives (sub-objectives): international cooperation and membership engagement.

IOTA Forum on the Use of Data from AEOI aims to discuss and share best practices to effectively use the CRS data, as well as increase the effectiveness of automatic exchanges of information.

This event is looking to explore the impact of the increase in the use of Virtual Assets in both domestic and cross-border transactions throughout the entire tax chain: how to declare them, how to trace them if they are not declared, how to prevent their misuse, how to seize and realise them to settle debts, etc

The aim of the workshop is to share IOTA member tax administrations’ experiences of implementing digital transformation in order to improve the operation of Contact Centre functions.

The event will be a mix of presentations and Q&A in plenary along with the sharing of experiences, ideas and issues in working groups. The topics of presentations at the plenary sessions will focus on the challenges, difficulties and best practices regarding:

The Forum plans to discuss different Learning  and Development (L&D) practices of IOTA member countries with a focus on two main aspects: 

 -  People (L&D strategies, future skills, leadership, mentoring and coaching);

  - Platforms and technologies (online training tools, blended learning, knowledge transfer, learning management systems).