LAST week the first
Asia-Pacific Technical Meeting on BEPS discussed the outcomes of the BEPS
Project, and the challenges countries face in the region in implementing
BEPS, and explored how countries in the region can engage in the implementation,
on-going development and monitoring of the measures adopted, on an equal
footing.
This meeting was hosted in Yogyakarta by the Directorate General of Taxes,
Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Indonesia in co-operation with the OECD
Korea Policy Centre (Tax Programme). This event focused on the exchange of
experience among technical tax policy and administration experts in the region
and built on a previous regional meeting on BEPS which took place on 12-13
February 2015 in Seoul, Korea.
75 participants attended the meeting representing 17 economies in addition
to officials from the OECD, AIPEG, ATAIC, JICA, the OECD Korea Policy Centre,
and SGATAR. These technical experts provided feedback on the delivery of the
BEPS Package, shared areas of priority for their countries, plans for engagement
and activity, and described the challenges ahead. They also provided their
perspectives on engaging in the Implementation phase of the project including
the development of an inclusive framework to include interested countries on
an equal footing in the implementation, further development and monitoring
of the measures adopted in the context of the BEPS Project.
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