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Korea Tax Centre(KTC) hosted the Knowledge Exchange Training Programme (KETP) for the Directorate General of Taxes of the Indonesia Ministry of Finance in Bali, Indonesia, 13-15 November, 2023. The programme addressed broader concepts and recent issues of Tax Avoidance and also suggested policy recommendations for the Indonesian Tax Authority. The three-day seminar focused on the […]

The Tax Programme of the OECD Korea Policy Centre organized an online international tax seminar via Zoom on May 23-25 (Tuesday-Thursday, 16:00-18:00), 2023, in collaboration with the OECD and the Malaysia Tax Centre. The seminar was held on the topic of Global Minimum Tax, introducing the concept of Global Minimum Tax and providing participants with

The Tax Programme of the OECD Korea Policy Centre, in collaboration with the OECD and the OECD Malaysia Tax Center, held an online international tax seminar via Zoom on March 6th, 2023 (Monday, 17:00-19:00). With its agenda “Tax Incentives and GloBE Rules,” the webinar introduced the concept of global minimum tax and analyzed the provisions

The Tax Programme of the OECD Korea Policy Centre (KPC) hosted Knowledge Exchange Training Programme (KETP) for the tax officers of the Tax Administration of the Republic of Serbia in Belgrade, Serbia, 24-25 November, 2022. The programme addressed the recent issues and trends in tax administration policies and Korea’s tax administration policy experience. The seminar

The Tax Programme at the OECD Korea Policy Centre (KPC), held an online international tax seminar via Zoom from October 18 (Tuesday) to 20 (Thursday), 2022, in collaboration with the OECD. Under the theme of “digital economy and digital taxation”, the seminar explained the core concepts of digital tax (Pillar 1 and Pillar 2), which

The Tax Programme of the OECD Korea Policy Centre (KPC) hosted Knowledge Exchange Training Programme (KETP) for the tax officers of the Uzbekistan State Tax Committee in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, 12-14 October, 2022. The programme addressed the issue of the double taxation treaty, transfer pricing, and Korea’s tax administration policy experience. The seminar covered topics of

The Tax Programme at the OECD Korea Policy Centre (KPC), in collaboration with the OECD, held an online international tax seminar via Zoom from October 4 (Tuesday) to 6 (Thursday), 2022. With its agenda “tax treaty negotiations”, the seminar focused on how to enhance the ability of countries to negotiate tax treaties in the future

The Tax Programme at the OECD Korea Policy Centre (KPC), in collaboration with the OECD and the Turkiye Tax Center, co-hosted an online international tax seminar via Zoom from June 21 (Tuesday) to 23 (Thursday), 2022. The seminar introduced the concepts of Pillar 1 (allocation of taxing rights to consuming countries) and Pillar 2 (introduction

The Tax Programme at the OECD Korea Policy Centre (KPC), in collaboration with the OECD and the Malaysian Tax Authorities, organized an online international tax seminar via Zoom from June 7 (Tuesday) to 9 (Thursday), 2022. The seminar was held on the topic of effective utilization and risk management of the CbC process, which focuses

The Tax Programme at the OECD Korea Policy Centre (KPC), in collaboration with the OECD, held an online international tax seminar via Zoom on March 3, 2022 (Thursday, 17:30-19:30). The seminar was held under the theme of “Fundamental of International Taxation” and introduced the concepts of tax treaties, transfer pricing, and exchange of information, which

The Tax Programme of the OECD Korea Policy Centre (KPC) co-hosted the virtual Tax Seminar with OECD and Turkish Multilateral Tax Centre on 20-22 October 2021. Strengthening tax systems in developing countries is a key priority and a core part of the Sustainable Development Goals set at the UN in 2015. Tax revenues raised in

The Tax Programme of the OECD Korea Policy Centre (KPC) and OECD co-hosted the virtual Tax Seminar on 5-7 October 2021. Tax treaties play a key role in the context of international cooperation in tax matters. On the one hand, they serve to encourage international investment and, consequently, global economic growth, by reducing or eliminating

The Tax Programme of the OECD Korea Policy Centre (KPC) and OECD co-hosted the virtual Tax Seminar on 19-23 July 2021. With its agenda on “Auditing Multinational Enterprises,” the seminar focused on training technical and practical application of the Transfer Pricing (TP) rule, as TP is typically a key issue in risk assessing and conducting

The Tax Programme of the OECD Korea Policy Centre (KPC) and OECD co-organized the virtual Tax Seminar on 6-8 July 2021.  With its agenda “Effective Use of CbC Data and the Risk Assessment Tool,” the seminar addressed the usage of CbC data and multinational corporation policy trends of the OECD member countries and Asia Pacific

The Tax Programme of the OECD Korea Policy Centre (KPC) and OECD held a virtual seminar on 9-11 March 2021. With its agenda on “Mutual Agreement Procedure (MAP),” the seminar focused on the implementation of MAP to reconcile the interests of both tax authorities and taxpayers based on BEPS Action 14. The seminar also addressed

The Tax Programme of the OECD Korea Policy Centre (KPC), OECD, and regional tax organizations (CATA and PITAA) co-organized the Online OECD Tax Seminar on December 8-10, 2020. The seminar was designed to introduce the concept of value-added tax (VAT) imposed on digital businesses in more than 160 countries in line with the expansion of

The OECD Korea Tax Centre and OECD co-hosted the virtual Tax Seminar on ” Auditing Multinational Enterprises” on October 26-30, 2020. The seminar aimed to provide participants with a broad knowledge of the issues to anticipate when auditing multinational enterprises, and addressed the issue of transfer pricing (TP) and that tax authorities should consider when

The Tax Programme of the OECD Korea Policy Centre (KPC) and OECD co-organized the 118th Tax Seminar on November 18-22, 2019, at the Garden Hotel in Seoul, Korea.  The seminar covered tax information exchange and exchange systems that are being implemented worldwide to counter international tax avoidance by multinational enterprises. The seminar also discussed the

The Tax Programme of the OECD Korea Policy Centre (KPC) and OECD co-organized the 117th Tax Seminar October 21-25, 2019, at the Garden Hotel in Seoul, Korea.  The seminar covered the recently developed Toolkit for Transfer Pricing Analysis, discussing in depth the basic theories of transfer pricing, the rules for calculating arm’s length price according

The Tax Programme of the OECD Korea Policy Centre (KPC) and OECD co-organized the 116th Tax Seminar on September 23-27, 2019, at the Garden Hotel in Seoul, Korea.  The seminar focused on tax incentives to stimulate domestic investment and attract foreign investment. The seminar attempted to enhance the understanding of tax incentives operated to promote

The Tax Programme of the OECD Korea Policy Centre (KPC) hosted Knowledge Exchange Training Programme (KETP) for officials from the General Department of Taxation, Mongolia in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia on August 20 to 22, 2019. The lecturers for the seminar included officials with extensive experience from Korea National Tax Service in the transfer pricing tax system

On July 2-4, 2019, the Tax Programme of the OECD Korea Policy Centre (KPC) participated in the Conference “Tax and Development” by Addis Tax Initiative(ATI)/International Tax Compact(ITC) held in Berlin, Germany. Along with the Tax Programme, the Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the National Tax Service participated in the conference to discuss ways to improve

The Tax Programme of the OECD Korea Policy Centre (KPC) and OECD co-organized the 115th OECD Tax Seminar on June 17-21, 2019, at the Glad Hotel in Seoul, Korea.  The seminar focused on the OECD Model Tax Convention and discussed in depth the negotiation, interpretation, and application of tax treaties. In particular, the lecture included

The Tax Programme(Korea Tax Centre, KTC) held a joint local training seminar in Nandi, Fiji, from June 3rd to 7th, 2019, with CATA, ADB, and PITAA. It was to disseminate the latest international tax-related contents, including measures to prevent multinational enterprise tax avoidance, to major Pacific island countries such as Niue, Tonga, and Samoa. The

The Tax Programme of the OECD Korea Policy Centre (KPC) hosted Knowledge Exchange Training Programme (KETP) for officials from the Tanzania Revenue Authority(TRA) in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania on May 6-8, 2019.  The program was organized in consultation with the Tanzania Revenue Authority and the Taxation Division, and experts from the government and private sector

The Tax Programme of the OECD Korea Policy Centre (KPC) and OECD co-organized the 114th Tax Seminar on April 15-29, 2019, at the Glad Hotel in Seoul, Korea.  With its agenda “Transfer Pricing Guidelines”, the seminar discussed the major amendments to the recently revised OECD Transfer Pricing Guidelines and their application in practice. The seminar

The Tax Programme of the OECD Korea Policy Centre (KPC) and OECD co-organized the 113th OECD Tax Seminar on March 3-8, 2019, at the Glad Hotel in Seoul, Korea.  The seminar examined tax policy formulation through the basic theories of Economics and Public Finance and the changes in tax revenues due to tax policy formulation.

The Tax Programme participated in the OECD Advisory Group Meeting and Capacity Building Week on February 18-19, 2019 at the OECD Headquarters in Paris, France. The Tax Programme participated in the meeting of the OECD Multilateral Tax Center and presented the progress and future plans of the OECD’S Global Relations Program in taxation. It was

The Tax Programme of the OECD Korea Policy Centre (KPC) participated in the 2019 OECD Tax and Development Conference on January 24-25, 2019, in Paris, France. The purpose of the seminar was to discuss tax cooperation with non-member states and technical assistance to developing countries. During the conference, there were discussions on the ways to

The OECD Korea Policy Centre-Tax programme (The KTC) has celebrated its 20th anniversary on August 25, 2017. The 20th anniversary ceremony has been held at Four Seasons Hotel in Seoul, Korea. The KTC was originally started in 1997 on the exchange of agreement between the Korean government and Secretary-General of the OECD and integrated into the OECD

TAX SEMINAR ON RISK ASSESSMENT The OECD Korea Policy Centre and the Commonwealth Association of Tax Administrators (CATA) in collaboration with Fiji Revenue & Customs Authority (FRCA) have hold the tax seminar by inviting senior and middle level tax technical officials from the Pacific region countries. The seminar has been conducted from April 25th to 27th in

‘Beneficial Ownership Seminar for the Asia Pacific region’ has been conducted on 28-30 May in Manila, Philippine. The seminar has been organized by Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information on Tax Purpose in collaboration with the Asian Development Bank(ADB), the World Bank, and the OECD Korea Policy Centre (Tax Programme). Objectives of the

The 99th tax seminar on tax policy analysis and Revenue Statistics has been held in Seoul from March 20th to 25th by the OECD Korea Policy Centre. This workshop has focused on a selection of key tax policy challenges currently faced by the participating countries through presentations relying on recent OECD research as well as discussions,

The OECD Korea Policy Centre (Tax Programme) has hosted the bilateral programme in collaboration with the General Department of Taxation, Cambodia on 22-24 February 2017. The seminar has titled as ‘Introduction of Income Tax System: Policy and Administration’ and held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Since the GDP per capita drastically rises in Cambodia, the settlement

The OECD Korea Policy Centre (Tax Programme) has conducted the bilateral programme with the Internal Revenue Department, Myanmar on 9-10 February 2017. The event has been held in Naypyidaw, the capital of the country. The main subject for the seminar was ‘Principle of Tax Treaties: Theory and Application’. More than 30 experienced senior tax officials

The Tax Programme of the OECD Korea Policy Centre has hosted a bilateral programme with the Maldives Inland Revenue Authority & Maldives Tax Academy from 30th April to 1st September 2016 in Male, Maldives. This event has strengthened the capabilities of tax officials from the Maldives Inland Revenue Authority & Maldives Tax Academy in the

The OECD Korea Policy Centre has held the tax seminar in Seoul from July 4th to 9th. The main topic for the seminar has included effective and efficient use of tax incentives. Countries use tax incentives for a variety of reasons, including stimulating domestic or foreign investment encouraging particular types of activity. While incentives are commonly

The 95th tax seminar has been conducted in Seoul from June 20th to 25th. This seminar has provided participants with a working knowledge of the application and interpretation of Tax Treaties. The seminar has therefore been especially useful for officials who are involved with the application of tax treaties, consideration of competent authority issues and the negotiation

The 94th tax seminar has taken place from May 24th to 27th in the Jeju Island, Korea. Senior tax and finance officials from various countries have gathered and involved in the legal and practical aspects of exchange of information and assistance in tax collection. In fact, G20 Leaders fully endorsed the OECD proposal for a truly global model

The OECD Korea Policy Centre has conducted the 93rd tax seminar from April 25th to 30th in Seoul, Korea. This event has provided an opportunity to consider and discuss the role of structured financing arrangements in international tax planning.  Building on the work of the OECD and G20 under the BEPS project, this seminar has focused on

The Tax Programme in the OECD Korea Policy Centre has hosted a bilateral programme with Ministry of Finance, Ghana on 5-7 April 2016 in Accra, Ghana. This event has strengthened the capabilities of tax officials from Ministry of Finance Ghana in the area of Transfer Pricing and Customs Valuation-Korea’s Experiences. This workshop has explored how

The 92nd tax seminar on tax income has been held from February 22nd to 27th in Seoul, Korea. This workshop has focused on the major income tax analysis and policy challenges currently faced by the participating countries through presentations relying on recent OECD research as well as discussions, case studies and country presentations.  This seminar

The OECD Korea Policy Centre (Tax Programme) has conducted a bilateral programme with the General Department of Taxation Cambodia on 12-14 January 2016 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. This event was to strengthen the capabilities of tax officials from the General Department of Taxation Cambodia in the area of Tax Treaty Negotiation by looking at its

The 91st tax seminar has been held in Seoul from December 7th to 12nd in 2015. The main issues about International VAT and GST guidelines have been discussed during the seminar. The global spread of Value Added Taxes (VAT; also called Goods and Services Taxes in certain jurisdictions) has been the most remarkable development in

The OECD Korea Policy Centre has held the tax seminar on ‘BEPS: Train the Trainers on Transfer Pricing’ in collaboration with OECD from November 30th to December 5th in Seoul, Korea. Both the experts and participants have been keen on sharing knowledge, ideas and experiences in order to keep up with international tax developments.  As part of a

On 11-12 November 2015, the first Asia-Pacific Technical Meeting on BEPS was in Yogyakarta by the Directorate General of Taxes, Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Indonesia in cooperation with the OECD Korea Policy Centre (Tax Programme). This event has discussed the outcomes of the BEPS project and the challenges countries face in the

The OECD Korea Policy Centre (Tax Programme) has hosted the Asia-Pacific regional network meeting on BEPS project. This workshop has been held in Seoul, Korea, on 12-13 February 2015and focused on the key priority subjects considered by the region regarding BEPS project. 54 participants from 21 economies in the Asia-Pacific region and experts from various

The OECD Korea Policy Centre (Tax Programme) has conducted a bilateral programme with the General Department of Taxation Mongolia on 19-20 August 2015 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. This event was to strengthen the capabilities of tax officials from the General Department of Taxation Mongolia in the area of the international taxation. Even though economics and tax

The OECD Korea Policy Centre (Tax Programme) has hosted a bilateral programme with the Fiji Revenue & Customs Authority (FRCA) on 2-3 June 2015 in Suva, Fiji. This event has been conducted to strengthen the capabilities of tax officials from the Fiji Revenue and Customs Authority in the area of the international taxation. The seminar

The tax seminar on ‘BEPS: Transfer Pricing Documentation, Risk Assessment and Safe Harbours’ has been held in Jeju Island, Korea from 26th to 31st October in 2015. This event has aimed at discussing the new guidance on transfer pricing documentation and country-by-country reporting (“CbC reporting”), the draft handbook on transfer pricing risk assessment as well

The 88th tax seminar on the application of tax treaties has been conducted from June 15th to 20th in Seoul, Korea. This seminar has provided an opportunity to consider in detail the measures that have been developed to tackle base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) in respect of tax treaties, focusing on special issues such as

The 87th Tax Seminar has been held from March 2nd to 7th in Seoul, Korea. This workshop has mainly focused on a selection of key tax policy challenges currently faced by the participating countries through presentations relying on recent OECD research as well as discussions, case studies and country presentations.  This workshop has allowed participants to share views and

The Bilateral Programme with Internal Revenue Department of Myanmar The Tax Programme, OECD Korea Policy Centre has hosted the bilateral programme with the Internal Revenue Department of Myanmar to disseminate latest information on international taxation and share Korea’s experiences with tax officials of the Internal Revenue Department of Myanmar while enhancing mutual cooperation between the

2014 Bilateral Programmewith General Department of Taxation, Cambodia Tax Programme, OECD Korea Policy Centre has hosted the Bilateral Programme with the General Department of Taxation, Cambodia on December 17-19, 2014 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia to enhance cooperation on taxation between the two countries and raise national prestige of Korea in the ASEAN countries.  Around 70 public

The 82nd OECD Tax Seminar on Income Tax Workshop 2-7 December 2013, Jeju, Korea □ The Tax Programme, OECD Korea Policy Centre (Director General: CHO, Kyu Bum) hosted the 82nd OECD Tax Seminar on Income Tax Workshop on 2-7, December, 2013 at Lotte Jeju Hotel, Jeju, Korea. □ Tax officials from 11 economies including Bhutan, Chinese-Taipei, and India

4-9 November, 2013, Seoul, Korea □ The Tax Programme, OECD Korea Policy Centre (Director General: CHO, Kyu Bum) hosted the 81th Tax Seminar on Advanced Auditing Small and Medium Enterprises on 4-9, November, 2013 at CenterMark Hotel in Seoul, Korea. □ Tax officials from 14 non-OECD economies including Federation of Russia, India, Philippines, and Vietnam gathered to gain

OECD Advisory Group / Task Force on Tax and Development 29-31 October 2013, Seoul, Korea □ The Tax Programme, OECD Korea Policy Centre (Director General: CHO, Kyu Bum) hosted the back-to-back meeting of the Advisory Group for Co-operation with Non-OECD partners and the OECD Task Force on Tax and Development on 29-31, October, 2013 at Novotel Ambassador

The 10th OECD-ASEAN Tax Seminar on“Advanced Auditing Multinational Enterprises” 14-19 October 2013, Seoul, Korea □ The Tax Programme, OECD Korea Policy Centre (Director General: CHO, Kyu Bum) hosted the 10th OECD-ASEAN Tax Seminar on Auditing Advanced Multinational Enterprises(MNEs) on 14-19, October, 2013 at CenterMark Hotel in Seoul, Korea. □ 26 tax officials from 15 economies including

The 80th OECD Tax Seminar on“Train the Trainers on Transfer Pricing” 2-7 September 2013, Seoul, Korea □ The Tax Programme, OECD Korea Policy Centre (Director General: CHO, Kyu Bum) hosted the 80th Tax Seminar on Train the Trainers on Transfer Pricing on 2-7, September, 2013 at Novotel Ambassador Gangnam Hotel in Seoul, Korea. □ In this seminar,

Bilateral Programme with theMinistry of Finance and Revenue of Myanmar Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, 29-20 March, 2013 □ The Tax Programme, OECD Korea Policy Centre hosted a Bilateral Programme with the Ministry of Finance and Revenue of Myanmar in Nay Pyi Taw for two days from 19 to 20 March 2013 in order to strengthen the

Bilateral Programme with the Philippines Bureau of Internal Revenue Dusit Thani Hotel, Manila, The Philippines, January 29-31, 2013) □ Tax Programme, OECD Korea Policy Centre hosted the bilateral programme with the Philippines BIR in order     to strengthen capabilities of the Philippines tax officials and to give technical assistances by disseminating     advanced tax systems

The 76th OECD International Tax Seminaron “Auditing Small & Medium Enterprises” 17-22 September 2102, Seoul, Korea □ Tax Programme, OECD Korea Policy Centre hosted the 76th OECD International Tax     Seminar on Auditing Small & Medium Enterprises on 17-22, September, 2012 at the     Prima Hotel in Seoul, Korea. □ Tax officials from countries in the

The 75th OECD International Tax Seminar on Exchange of Information 2-7 July 2012, Seoul, Korea □ The Tax Programme, OECD Korea Policy Centre (Director General: Seong-Dong Park     , The Korean Ministry of Strategy and Finance) hosted the 75th OECD International     Tax Seminar on Exchange of Information for six days from July 2nd (Mon.) to July

The 74th OECD International Tax Seminarson Tax Treaties: Special Issues June 11- 16, 2012 Hotel Prima, Seoul □ The Tax Programme, OECD Korea Policy Centre (Director General: Seong-Dong Park, The     Korean Ministry of Strategy and Finance) hosted the 74th OECD International The Tax Semi-     nar on Tax Treaties: Special Issues for six days from June 11 (Mon.) to June 16 (Sat.), 2012    

The 73rd OECD Tax Seminar on “Advanced Transfer Pricing” (2012. 5.14 ~ 19, Ramada Plaza Hotel, Jeju) □ The Tax Programme, OECD Korea Policy Centre hosted the 73rd OECD International Tax     Seminar on Advanced Transfer Pricing for six days from May 14 (Mon.) to May 19 (Sat.),     2012 in Ramada Plaza Hotel, Jeju

□ Mr. Kim, Jung Hong, Director of the Tax Programme, OECD Korea Policy Centre    participated in the 2012 OECD Advisory Group Meeting for two days from April 11 (Wed.)    to 12(Thur.), 2012 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The meeting was organized by the OECD    CTPA and the Inland Revenue Board of Malaysia. □

The 8th OECD-ASEAN Tax Seminar on “Taxpayer Service” (2012. 4.23 ~ 28, Emerald Hall, Prima Hotel) □ The Tax Programme, OECD Korea Policy Centre hosted the 8th OECD-ASEAN    International Tax Seminar on “Taxpayer Service” for six days from April 23 (Monday) to    April 28 (Saturday) in Prima Hotel, Seoul. □ This course on Taxpayer Service

2012 Bilateral Programmewith the Revenue Department of Thailand (2012. 4. 3 ~ 5, Phuket & Bangkok, Thailand) □ The Tax Centre, OECD Korea Policy Centre hosted a Bilateral Programme with the   Revenue Department of Thailand (RDT) in April, 2012 in Phuket and Bangkok, Thailand.    ㅇ The Tax Centre hosted a two-day seminar (April 3-4, 2012) covering topics       of ‘Principle of International Taxation based on OECD

The 7th OECD-ASEAN Tax Seminar on “Tax Incentives” (2011. 2.13 ~ 18, Noblesse A Hall, Prima Hotel) □ The Tax Programme, OECD Korea Policy Centre hosted the 7th OECD- ASEAN    International Tax Seminar on “Tax Incentives” for six days from February 13 (Monday)   to February 18 (Saturday) in Prima Hotel, Seoul. □ The objective of this seminar is to provide

2011 OECD Advisory Group Meeting (2011. 3.28 ~ 30, Livingstone, Zambia) □  Relevant officials from the Tax Programme, OECD Korea Policy Centre participated in   the 2011 OECD Advisory Group Meeting for three days from March. 28 to 30, 2011.   This meeting was hosted in Livingstone, Zambia organized by the Zambia Revenue   Authority.   □ Directors and experts

2011 OECD BCNOEs Meeting (2011.06.24, OECD Conference Center, Paris, France) □ The 2011 OECD BCNOEs (BCNOEs: Board for Cooperation with Non-OECD Economies) meeting was held in 2011.06.24(Friday) at the OECD Conference Centre in Paris, France. □ Eight Relevant officials from the CTPA including Mr. Richard Parry, and Mr. Ubaldo   Gonzalez, co-chairpersons including Mr. Masatsugu Asakawa and Mr. Edwin Visser and 20

The 3rd KTC Family Alumni Association (2011. 5.20, Lotte Hotel, Jeju) □ The Tax Programme hosted the 3rd KTC Family Alumni Association after the OECD-ASEAN Seminar on Auditing MNEs in May 20 (Friday), 2011 in Lotte Hotel, Jeju. □ In this meeting, presentations on the subject of “Tax & Development” with effects of tax reform on economic