ITR Global Tax 50 2020-21: Piet Battiau

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ITR Global Tax 50 2020-21: Piet Battiau

Mattias Cruz Cano
January 12 2021
Capacity-building toolkits and a technical assistance programme are on the OECD agenda for 2022

Piet Battiau, head of the consumption taxes unit at the OECD, says his department will be using 2021 to recommend how countries can adjust VAT policies in response to sharing and gig economies as well as other areas of VAT administration.

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