News release: “The fifth meeting of the OECD’s Forum on Tax Administration was held in Paris on 28-29 May 2009, bringing together more than 100 participants from 34 OECD and non-OECD countries. The discussions focused on the challenges and opportunities currently facing revenue bodies and taxpayers around the world as a result of the first truly global financial and economic crisis. Working alongside senior business leaders, the heads of revenue bodies from FTA participating countries came together to share experiences and expertise to strengthen the responses of individual revenue bodies and to develop new joint initiatives…The full report will be available in July 2009. Below is the list of documents available:

• FTA Paris Communiqué
• Building transparent tax compliance by banks – Report summary
• Engaging with High Net Worth Individuals on tax compliance – Report summary
• Related postings on financial system