COUNTRIES
MEET TO DISCUSS OECD TAX ISSUES
Pacific
Islands News, 6 February 2002
A
fourth meeting of the International Tax and Investment
Organisation, ITIO, is taking place in the Vanuatu
capital Port Vila. The meeting was opened yesterday
by Vanuatu's Minister of Finance, Joe Carlo.
In
the three-day meeting, participants will discuss the
harmful tax competition initiative by the Organisation
for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
The
meeting is also looking at the implications of the
28 February 2002 deadline for tax haven countries
to commit to eliminate harmful tax practice.
Other
related issues, such as e-commerce, shipping registry,
financial stability, International Monetary Fund assessments,
Financial Action Task Force demands and Financing
for Development are also being discussed at the meeting.
The
ITIO is an initiative of the non-OECD members of the
OECD Commonwealth Joint Working Group on Harmful Tax
Competition.
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