Taxpayers are preparing for more transparency but fear the extra burden

Ralph Cunningham

December 20 2013

Companies want more guidance and advice from tax authorities about how to manage tax transparency, a topic that is set to be key to the outcomes from the OECD’s BEPS project over the next two years. That was one of the more important findings from a survey of more than 100 global organisations.

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Ralph Cunningham

Ralph Cunningham worked at ITR between 2004 and 2018 and is now a freelance journalist.

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