OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and : Sixth Meeting of the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes, 21-22 November 2013, Jakarta, Indonesia

Sixth Meeting of the Global Forum on

Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes

21-22 November 2013

Jakarta, Indonesia

All countries have an interest in fighting international tax evasion and working together to raise the level of tax cooperation throughout the world. The Sixth Meeting of the Global Forum, in Jakarta, Indonesia, on 21-22 November, will provide countries a new opportunity to move toward that objective.

The Global Forum meeting will see representatives of more than 80 jurisdictions and 10 International Organisations discuss ways to further promote information exchange in tax matters, toward the goal of ensuring that all people, in all countries, pay their fair share. The Global Forum will release peer review reports for more than 50 countries and jurisdictions, assessing the quality of their legal and regulatory framework and implementation of global tax standards. The reports will include for the first time new compliance ratings on the availability of information, access to information and exchange of information.  

Participants in the Forum meeting will also discuss new developments in the exchange of information, future challenges related to automatic exchange of information and how to ensure that developing countries maximise the benefits of technical assistance provided by the Global Forum and International Organisations.

The following events are open to accredited media:

• Thursday, 21 November at 8.30 a.m. (Jakarta time) - Opening Session, with speeches by H.E. Dr. Muhammad Chatib Basri, Minister of Finance, Indonesia, and Mr. Kosie Louw, Chair of the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes.

• Thursday, 21 November at 6.00 p.m. (Jakarta time) - Signing Ceremony for the Multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters.

• Friday, 22 November at 4.30 p.m. (Jakarta time) - News Conference to present compliance ratings for 50 jurisdictions with Global Forum standards, as well as key developments in the area of Exchange of Information.  Speakers include: Mr Bambang Brodjonegoro , Vice Minister of Finance, Indonesia; the Chair of the Global Forum, Kosie Louw; the Chair of the Peer Review Group, François d'Aubert; Pascal Saint-Amans, Director of the OECD Centre for Tax Policy and Administration; and Monica Bhatia, Head of the Global Forum Secretariat.

To request accreditation for the Global Forum media events, journalists should contact Mr Haru at [e-mail] and/or Ms Yani at [e-mail].

For background information and interview requests, journalists should contact  the OECD Media Division ([e-mail], + 33 1 45 24 97 00) or Jeremy Maddison of the Global Forum Secretariat ( [e-mail] or + 33 1 45 24 88 57).