The OECD Forum on Tax Administration, in collaboration with several
other organisations, has published a report Tax
Administration Responses to COVID-19: Recovery Period Planning,
outlining how tax administrations can prepare for a potentially prolonged,
uncertain and complex recovery from coronavirus. The report highlights
significant benefits from early business restoration planning to identify the
main challenges and opportunities for both tax administrations and taxpayers,
and to take early preparatory actions.
The report discusses in detail many of the current issues faced
by businesses and administrations alike, as organisations begin to consider
re-opening their offices for staff. In particular, the report looks at business
continuity alongside staff welfare, recommending that tax administrations seek
to maintain any goodwill and trust built up with taxpayers during the crisis by
careful management of any ‘shift in balance towards the collection of revenue’.
A second report Tax
administration: privacy, disclosure and fraud risks related to Covid-19,
highlights the increased security risks and greater opportunities for errors,
misconduct and fraud in the post-corona environment, including as a result of
increasing remote working. The report provides examples of high-level risks and
identifies mitigation actions that tax administrations may wish to take.
The OECD Forum on Tax Administration, in collaboration with several
other organisations, has published a report Tax
Administration Responses to COVID-19: Recovery Period Planning,
outlining how tax administrations can prepare for a potentially prolonged,
uncertain and complex recovery from coronavirus. The report highlights
significant benefits from early business restoration planning to identify the
main challenges and opportunities for both tax administrations and taxpayers,
and to take early preparatory actions.
The report discusses in detail many of the current issues faced
by businesses and administrations alike, as organisations begin to consider
re-opening their offices for staff. In particular, the report looks at business
continuity alongside staff welfare, recommending that tax administrations seek
to maintain any goodwill and trust built up with taxpayers during the crisis by
careful management of any ‘shift in balance towards the collection of revenue’.
A second report Tax
administration: privacy, disclosure and fraud risks related to Covid-19,
highlights the increased security risks and greater opportunities for errors,
misconduct and fraud in the post-corona environment, including as a result of
increasing remote working. The report provides examples of high-level risks and
identifies mitigation actions that tax administrations may wish to take.
