OECD launches business survey on tax certainty to support G20 tax agenda
The OECD tax team is calling on tax professionals and multinationals to participate in an online survey on tax certainty, responding to widespread concerns about the increasing complexity of tax rules and lack of stability for companies and multinationals over tax regulations.
This follows the detailed work on the OECD’s Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) project, which is designed to update international tax laws to meet the needs of increasingly global and digital business base.
As part of a wider project, the OECD has launched a taxation survey to give businesses and other stakeholders the opportunity to contribute their views on tax certainty.
This business survey gathers information on the effects of direct and indirect tax systems on business behaviour. The survey is being undertaken as part of an OECD project mandated by the G20.
The survey consists of five sections:
• general, broad information on the individual respondent (whilst preserving anonymity);
• characteristics of the firms (size, sector and geographical location);
• economic factors affecting business decisions, including but not limited to taxation;
• sources of uncertainty in the tax system; and
• measures to enhance certainty in the tax system.
The aggregated and anonymised results of the survey will be included in analysis and presented to the G20 in 2017.
The survey will run from 18 October to 16 December.
The survey will take approximately 15 to 20 minutes to complete and it is not compulsory to answer all the questions.
‘This survey provides a unique opportunity for businesses to share their views and experiences related to tax certainty. Tax administrations and policy makers as well as civil society organisations will of course have later on a chance to comment on the findings,’, said Pascal Saint-Amans, director of the OECD Centre for Tax Policy and Administration.
The OECD Business Survey on Taxation is available here
A Q&A session via webinar will be delivered on 25 October at 15:00 (CEST). To register
